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Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., is seen outside the Capitol after House votes on July 25.

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Nevada’s Horsford likely to rejoin Ways and Means panel

Horsford has pushed for tax credits for electrical grid improvements and other clean energy measures

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted August 30, 2024 at 12:34pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., said the report shows "the FBI is continuing to fail victims."

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Watchdog finds FBI fell short on child sexual abuse allegations

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted August 29, 2024 at 2:04pm
An indictment unsealed Wednesday described “swatting“ attempts against government officials and threats to detonate explosives at the Capitol.

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Foreign nationals charged with ‘swatting’ members of Congress

By Justin Papp
Posted August 28, 2024 at 4:27pm
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during day two of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago this month.

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Biden faces hurdles to match Trump on judicial appointments

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted August 28, 2024 at 11:58am
Arkansas Republican Rep. Rick Crawford.

Crawford, former members argue in court for back pay

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted August 23, 2024 at 5:56pm
Then-Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is seen in the U.S. Capitol during senate votes on January 23, 2024.

Ethics review into Menendez closed after resignation takes effect

By Jacob Fulton
Posted August 21, 2024 at 5:47pm
Former Sen. Bob Menendez attends a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing in 2015 on the impact of U.S. policy changes on human rights and Democracy in Cuba.

Cuba embargo backers lose advocate with resignation of Menendez

By Rachel Oswald
Posted August 21, 2024 at 5:36pm
Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., is seen outside the House Democratic Caucus leadership election in Longworth Building on Nov. 30, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. dies after career in New Jersey politics

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted August 21, 2024 at 12:28pm
Then-Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., talks with the media in the Capitol after a shooting at the Republican's baseball practice in Alexandria on June 14, 2017.

Ex-lawmakers seek to curb political talk that could spark violence

By Justin Papp
Posted August 21, 2024 at 11:47am
Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic nominee for president, and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, kick off their campaign with a rally in Philadelphia on Aug. 6.

Walz, favorite of labor unions, opposed UAW-backed auto bailout

By Hunter Savery
Posted August 20, 2024 at 1:04pm
Then-Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., holds a news conference outside the Capitol in November 2023 to discuss an upcoming vote to expel him from Congress.

Former Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to two federal charges

By Ryan Tarinelli and Michael Macagnone
Posted August 19, 2024 at 5:52pm
President Joe Biden makes his way to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in May.

House Republicans release report on Biden impeachment inquiry

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted August 19, 2024 at 1:22pm
The Democratic Party is largely focused on the same issues and voters since the New Deal, Stu Rothenberg writes.

Still your father’s (and grandfather’s) Democratic Party

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted August 19, 2024 at 12:39pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., seen after Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on July 30, is looking ahead to his next act.

Departing GOP leader dominates Senate earmark rankings

By Peter Cohn and Ryan Kelly
Posted August 19, 2024 at 10:30am
Rep. Ken Calvert would need a waiver to remain the top Republican on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee if he wins reelection. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Calvert wants to stay at Defense panel, if he survives November

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 19, 2024 at 6:30am
Sarah McBride speaks to volunteers at her campaign office in Wilmington on July 27. A state senator since 2021, she’s now campaigning for Congress.

On track to be first trans member, Sarah McBride has hope for Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted August 15, 2024 at 3:17pm
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters in the Capitol on June 28.

Facing push from restless conservatives, speaker mulls March CR

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 15, 2024 at 8:49am
Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appears outside the Capitol on June 14. She has introduced a measure that would make it a felony for doctors to provide gender-affirming care to minors.

Trans care debate influenced by misinformation, doctors say

By Nina Heller
Posted August 15, 2024 at 7:30am
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., participates in a news conference n the Capitol on March 14.

NIH reorganization unlikely to happen this Congress, analysts say

By Ariel Cohen
Posted August 15, 2024 at 7:00am
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, left, appears with his former chief of staff George Helmy in a photo distributed in September 2023, when he announced Helmy's departure from that position.

Murphy to appoint George Helmy to replace Menendez in Senate

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 14, 2024 at 11:37pm
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., won the nomination to another term Tuesday, unlike colleague Jamaal Bowman, a fellow progressive who lost his primary in New York in June.

Easy wins by Omar, Hovde top primary races in four states

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 13, 2024 at 11:50pm
The services of veteran legislators like former Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, are in hot demand as K Street gears up for 2025 tax debate.

Biggest lobbying interests buck trend with higher 2024 spending

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted August 13, 2024 at 3:57pm
From left, Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and James Comer, R-Ky., Chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, prepare for a news conference in December as part of their probe into Hunter Biden.

House panel and Justice Department fail to resolve subpoena clash

By Michael Macagnone
Posted August 13, 2024 at 12:16pm
Rep. Joseph D. Morelle is putting a spotlight on Jan. 6, 2025, joined by police officers injured in the 2021 Capitol attack.

Win or lose, Dem urges GOP colleagues to certify election results

By Justin Papp
Posted August 12, 2024 at 7:55pm
Vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz takes the stage Wednesday to speak to several thousand attendees at a Harris-Walz presidential campaign rally in Detroit.

Walz immigration moves sharpen election border security debate

By Chris Johnson
Posted August 8, 2024 at 3:18pm
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Dec. 1, 2021.

Newhouse beaten by Trump-backed challenger in Washington primary

By Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 7, 2024 at 9:58am, Updated at 8:50pm
Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kan., and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., conduct a news conference on June 23, 2022.

Kansas GOP taps Reddy to face Davids, Schmidt for open seat

By Daniela Altimari
Posted August 6, 2024 at 10:38pm, Updated at 11:48pm
Democrat Lucas Kunce, seen here at a 2022 campaign event, will face Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.

Missouri GOP taps Onder in open district; Kunce to face Hawley

By Daniela Altimari
Posted August 6, 2024 at 11:36pm, Updated at 11:41pm
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks during a press conference with union leaders and supporters of a cease-fire in Gaza on Dec. 14, 2023.

Bush beaten in primary after onslaught of pro-Israel spending

By Daniela Altimari
Posted August 6, 2024 at 11:04pm
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the Farmfest agricultural forum in April 2023 in Morgan, Minn.

Harris’ VP pick Walz backed farmers during time in Congress

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted August 6, 2024 at 4:55pm
Then-Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., speaks with guests during a campaign event at the University of Minnesota Duluth on Oct. 28, 2016.

Walz’s personal experiences shape his health policy outlook

By Ariel Cohen, Lia DeGroot and Sandhya Raman
Posted August 6, 2024 at 3:01pm
Ronald Rowe Jr., acting director of the Secret Service, waits to testify last month during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing on security failures and the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Senators scrutinize Secret Service spending after Trump shooting

By Chris Johnson
Posted August 6, 2024 at 9:40am
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., leaves a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus on July 9.

Primaries to watch in Kansas, Missouri, Michigan and Washington

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 2, 2024 at 3:42pm, Updated August 5, 2024 at 10:45am
The bald eagle is used as a national symbol in the military and beyond

Senate swoops in, centuries late, to name bald eagle national bird

By Mike Magner
Posted August 5, 2024 at 8:36am