Congress

Latest Stories

Vice President Mike Pence, accompanied by left, President Donald Trump's acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli, Surgeon General Jerome Adams, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaks at a coronavirus task force meeting at the Department of Health and Human Services, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House officials hope for coronavirus funding deal by next week

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sununu urges Congress to approve funds for virus response

By HOLLY RAMER - Associated Press

Nancy Pelosi says Congress is close to coronavirus funding deal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2015, file photo, two sailors stand with a gun as the USS John Stennis aircraft carrier leaves Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state. A federal judge in Seattle ruled Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, that President Donald Trump cannot divert $89 million intended for a construction project at the base to help build his wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Judge: Military funds for Washington state can’t go to wall

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 18, 2019 file photo, U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, R-La., speaks at a business event in Baton Rouge, La. Abraham said Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, that he won't seek another term in Congress representing northeast Louisiana's 5th District. The Republican who ran unsuccessfully for governor says he's sticking to a campaign pledge to serve only three terms in the U.S. House.(AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

Abraham won’t run again for Louisiana congressional seat

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., left, gives his closing statement as ranking member Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., listens during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the constitutional grounds for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Advocacy groups push for Congressional reforms to surveillance, war declaration policies

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

ERA Amendment Tombstone Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Jerrold Nadler’s wrong, the ERA is dead and buried

By Thomas L. Jipping

In this April 9, 2019, file photo, Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lowey, the chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee and a 31-year veteran of Congress, says she will retire at the end of next year. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) **FILE**

Donald Trump requests $2.5 billion for coronavirus fight

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2018 file photo, welders work on Iowa-side columns for the new Interstate 74 bridge in Bettendorf, Iowa. In the midst of an election year, President Donald Trump has outlined a new $1 trillion infrastructure plan. This time, the Republican president is proposing to rely fully on federal spending to reach his goal, a fundamental change that is praised by some state transportation officials and industry groups, even though Trump's proposal doesn't spell out how to pay for it all. (Todd Mizener/The Dispatch – The Rock Island Argus via AP, File)

Trump tries new approach for $1 trillion infrastructure plan

By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass, left, and Sen. Ed Markey, second from left, square off in the first senate primary debate hosted by WGBH News on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 at the WGBH Studios in Boston. Moderators Margery Egan, right, and Jim Braude speak with the candidates. (Meredith Nierman/WGBH via AP, Pool)

Ed Markey, Joe Kennedy face off in first televised debate

By STEVE LeBLANC - Associated Press

President Donald Trump smiles as he speaks to members of the National Border Patrol Council at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s exaggerations on Roger Stone sentence

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

President Donald Trump displays photos of the border wall under construction as he speaks to members of the National Border Patrol Council at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s wall claim is beyond ‘redemption’

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

In this June 26, 2015, file photo, a crowd celebrates outside of the Supreme Court in Washington after the court declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the U.S. On Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, the Justice Department brief filed telling the Supreme Court that federal law allows firing workers for being transgender. The brief is related to a group of three cases that the high court will hear in its upcoming term related to LGBTQ discrimination in the workplace. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) **FILE**

LGBTQ push in Equal Rights Amdt. creates legal mess: Proposal is ‘essentially meaningless’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump tours a section of the southern border wall, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Otay Mesa, Calif. President Trump is asking a federal judge to block an effort by New York prosecutors to obtain his tax returns. Trump’s attorneys filed a lawsuit Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in U.S. District Court in New York.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump grabs another $3.8 billion from Pentagon for border wall

By Stephen Dinan and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Attorney General William Barr should resign or face impeachment for "interfering" with operation of justice. (Associated Press)

Elizabeth Warren suggests squeezing money from Justice Department to limit Trump interference

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 10, 2019, file photo, Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., speaks at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ms. McSally is facing a tough 2020 election challenge from Democrat Mark Kelly. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

1st McSally ad for 2020 race slams Kelly over impeachment

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, during the second public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Marie Yovanovitch gets diplomacy award after Trump ouster

Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talk to reporters about President Donald Trump's budget request for fiscal year 2021, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Democrats slam ‘heartless’ Trump budget

By Gabriella Muñoz and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Surprise Medical Bill Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

No more surprise fixes to surprise medical billing

By Josh Withrow