Capitol Police officers were ordered not to fire crowd-dispersing sting ball grenades when rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which could have prevented them breaching the building, the agency's inspector general told lawmakers on Thursday. Published April 15, 2021
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday denounced Democrats' bid to expand the size of the Supreme Court as a power grab to push their far-left policies. Published April 15, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she has "no plans" to allow the chamber to vote on a Democratic bill that would add four seats to the Supreme Court, dampening hopes of liberals who want to pack the court with Democratic appointees. Published April 15, 2021
Congressional Democrats forged ahead Wednesday night with two of their main priorities in dealing with grievances over race. Congressional Democrats forged ahead Wednesday night with two of their main priorities in dealing with grievances over race. Published April 14, 2021
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Tuesday ramped up pressure on Republicans to allow a vote on a bill that would increase the reporting of hate crimes against Asian Americans. Published April 13, 2021
The head of Big Pharma on Tuesday blasted House Democrats' plan to lower drug costs by allowing Medicare to negotiate down drug prices as a "hyperpartisan and draconian" scheme. Published April 13, 2021
The top Republican on the House education committee on Monday blasted President Biden's plan to give college tuition aid to "Dreamers," reversing a longstanding policy of barring noncitizens from receiving taxpayers' aid. Published April 12, 2021
House Democrats are "likely" to include a controversial provision in the upcoming infrastructure bill that would require Medicare to negotiate down the prices it pays drug companies, a senior Democratic aide told The Washington Times. Published April 8, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she's willing to listen to Republicans' concerns that President Biden's $2.2 trillion infrastructure proposal is too expensive, but she didn't sound willing to scale it back significantly. Published April 8, 2021
A prominent Senate Democratic proponent of the Green New Deal argued Thursday that Democrats should prepare to go at it alone in passing President Biden's $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal, including its ambitious initiative to address climate change. Published April 8, 2021
Several cities and states, including some jurisdictions with White majorities, are backing the explosive idea of giving Blacks reparations in recognition of slavery and racism in the nation's past. Published April 7, 2021
House Republicans plan to try next week to force Democrats to vote on a pro-life bill they have not allowed to come to the floor, according to the activist group Priests for Life. Published April 7, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she isn't sure if the administration's $2.25 trillion infrastructure package headed to Congress will win much Republican support in the House, but she asserted it has "bipartisan support among the American people." Published April 7, 2021
The Education Department moved forward Tuesday with plans to revise a Trump administration policy aimed at counteracting what Trump officials considered to be colleges going overboard in punishing those accused of rape or sexual harassment on the nation's campuses. Published April 6, 2021
President Biden is proposing to transform how Americans get online by encouraging more cities to offer Internet service like any other utility, under a little-noticed provision in his mammoth $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan that is raising concerns about government competing with the private sector. Published April 4, 2021
A Capitol police officer was killed when a driver rammed his vehicle into him and another Capitol Police officer Friday at a main security checkpoint at the complex, site of a deadly riot on Jan. 6, acting Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman said. Published April 2, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she supports and is "sympathetic" to a push by some Democrats to remove a controversial $10,000 federal cap on deducting state and local taxes, an issue in high-tax blue states such as New York and New Jersey. Published April 1, 2021
Democrats kept the heat on President Biden on Thursday to wipe away $50,000 from the debt of all people with student loans. Published April 1, 2021
The Biden administration announced Monday that it let tens of thousands of people with disabilities off the hook for their student loans at a cost to the taxpayers of $1.3 billion. Published March 29, 2021
Democratic lawmakers and their allies on the left aren't nearly satisfied with President Biden's moves to forgive Americans' mountain of student debt, even though the administration has wiped away $1 billion from tens of thousands who had been scammed by for-profit colleges. Published March 28, 2021
