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Then-Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., attends the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.

Harris brought prosecutorial approach during time in Senate

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 31, 2024 at 2:08pm
Former President Donald Trump arrives on stage in the Fiserv Forum on the last night of the Republican National Convention on July 18.

Trump win would spark constitutional fight over spending power

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted July 31, 2024 at 12:05pm
Jon Arizti Sanz works in a Massachusetts lab on May 14 testing milk purchased at area grocery stores for the presence of bird flu.

Health officials report more Colorado workers infected with bird flu

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted July 30, 2024 at 5:46pm
SAMHSA found that 5.9 million people started vaping nicotine last year, higher than the other substances measured. In 2023, 9.4 percent of the people 12 and older vaped nicotine compared to 8.3 percent of that population in 2022.

SAMHSA finds increase in nicotine vaping, treatment uptake

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 30, 2024 at 4:22pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said the vote was a step in "the most important update in decades to federal laws to protecting kids on the internet."

Senate passes kids online safety package

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 30, 2024 at 2:26pm
Former U.S. alpine skiing champion Lindsey Vonn speaks during the Salt Lake City bid for the 2034 Winter Games during the 142nd session of the International Olympic Committee on July 24.

Lawmakers outraged at quid pro quo to host 2034 Olympics

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 30, 2024 at 1:13pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said social media “can do a lot of good things, but it also can lead to serious health risks that we cannot ignore.”

Tech groups, others plan full fight over kids’ online safety bills

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 30, 2024 at 7:00am
President Joe Biden spoke Monday about Supreme Court policies during a commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Acts at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.

Biden pitches Supreme Court changes in face of GOP opposition

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 29, 2024 at 6:40pm
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks to reporters in the Capitol on July 9.

Homeland Security bill pulled from Senate Appropriations markup

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 29, 2024 at 4:31pm
Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, arrives for a vote in the Capitol on Thursday.

Senators seek answers on dwindling fund for crime victims

By David Lerman
Posted July 26, 2024 at 11:30am
Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., are seen in the Capitol on July 8.

Massive veterans budget gap rips hole in appropriations process

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 26, 2024 at 9:18am
Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn, center, join families of victims of online abuse at a news conference Thursday on the childrens' online safety bill that advanced in the Senate.

Senate tees up kids online safety bill for vote next week

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 25, 2024 at 5:57pm
Vice President Kamala Harris addresses an event with descendants of iconic civil rights leaders to celebrate Black History Month at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on February 13.

Harris’ Senate portfolio included maternal health, telehealth

By Jessie Hellmann and Ariel Cohen
Posted July 25, 2024 at 7:00am
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, addresses the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17.

Vance pick for VP muddies push for rail safety bill

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 25, 2024 at 7:00am
Sen. Bernie Sanders is not someone who Wall Street, oil and gas, and pharmaceutical industries want to see on the tax-writing committee.

Sanders may bring his populist brand to powerful Finance panel

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 25, 2024 at 5:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters after his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday.

House lawmakers to start summer break Thursday morning

By David Lerman and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 24, 2024 at 12:02pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vice President Kamala Harris shake hands at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Feb. 17.

How Kamala Harris could approach foreign conflicts as president

By Caroline Coudriet, John M. Donnelly and Mark Satter
Posted July 24, 2024 at 10:56am
Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar speaks to reporters as she arrives for the Senate Democrats’ lunch in the Capitol.

Klobuchar staying put, not interested in Menendez’s Finance slot

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 23, 2024 at 8:27pm
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, seen in the Capitol on March 13, has expressed concern that the CDC has strayed from its original public health mission and is doing too much.

Four years after COVID-19, CDC’s mission divides Capitol Hill 

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 23, 2024 at 6:18pm
House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, seen here in 2023, this week hailed the fall of Chevron deference as a chance to “rein in the administrative state.”

A bigger, bolder Congress? Panel debates how to respond to end of Chevron deference

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 23, 2024 at 2:59pm
FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing in May.

House spending bill would clip FTC’s reach in MGM cyber probe

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 23, 2024 at 7:00am
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on reproductive rights in the Capitol on June 18.

Names circulate for Finance panel seat if Menendez leaves

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 22, 2024 at 3:19pm
Police stand guard near protesters in front of the Supreme Court in 2018 on the day Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh heard his first oral arguments.

Prosecutors seek trial in Supreme Court assassination plot case

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 19, 2024 at 3:47pm
President Joe Biden speaks during a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the East Room of the White House on May 3.

Summer COVID surge isn’t cause for alarm, experts say

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 18, 2024 at 4:35pm
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, and running mate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, talk with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., in Fiserv Forum on the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Vance’s ascension solidifies isolationist faction of GOP

By Briana Reilly
Posted July 17, 2024 at 8:08pm
Sen. JD Vance appears on stage for a podium check at the Fiserv Forum before the start of the Tuesday session of the Republican National Convention.

Vance has diverse record on tax, spending

By Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 17, 2024 at 12:30pm
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives to the Fiserv Forum on the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Once a tech investor, Vance is now Big Tech critic

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 17, 2024 at 10:38am
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

Cantwell says she’ll cut path for privacy bill despite opposition

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 17, 2024 at 7:00am
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is pictured with his sons Don Jr., left, and Eric, in Fiserv Forum on the first day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday.

With Roe overturned, Trump’s GOP turns to transgender health care

By Ariel Cohen and Sandhya Raman
Posted July 16, 2024 at 11:26am, Updated at 6:20pm
John L. “Jack” Smith, the special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, delivers a statement on the indictment in June 2023.

Florida federal judge tosses out Trump classified documents case

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 15, 2024 at 12:41pm, Updated at 6:01pm