Congress

Latest Stories

U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., speaks with reporters on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, in the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. Rep. Rosendale, one of the Republicans who has vowed to vote against Speaker Mike Johnson's funding patch, said that he believed Mr. Johnson’s plan was “disingenuous and dishonest” because attaching the SAVE Act to the stopgap guaranteed its failure with Democrats. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, file)

Matt Rosendale announces retirement from House, cites death threat and ‘defamatory rumors’

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden outlines divide with Republicans, embraces age, depicts Trump as threat to integrity of U.S.

By Dave Boyer and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., listens during a confirmation hearing of Jared Bernstein to be the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Washington. The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat held a deeply personal and introspective interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, Dec. 31. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

LGBTQ earmark pulled from spending bill over ‘sex parties’; Democrats tried to avoid disgrace

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson attributes clunky spending process to Congress’ lack of ‘muscle memory’

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Ukraine between Russia and America illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Another way Congress can help Ukraine, confiscate frozen Russian funds

By Ilan Berman

President Joe Biden arrives to lay a wreath at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

What is the State of the Union? A look at some of the history surrounding the annual event

Associated Press

Then Speaker-elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., addresses members of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Woke agenda surmounts GOP hurdles in budget bill; spending bans fail for ‘ecogrief’ therapy, DEI

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, March 2, 2024, in Richmond, Va. The Supreme Court has restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to hold the Republican former president accountable for the Capitol riot. The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing on ballots. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Supreme Court unanimously rejects attempts to ban Trump from ballots over Jan. 6 Capitol riot

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee adjusts his glasses during a Q&A session for a lunch meeting of the 11th World Peace Forum at a hotel in Beijing, Sunday, July 2, 2023. The person who has gotten the most attention as a possible successor for the foreign minister role is Liu Jianchao, a Communist Party official who is a former Foreign Ministry spokesperson and ambassador to the Philippines and Indonesia. He has made several overseas trips in recent months including to Africa, Europe, Australia and the U.S., increasing speculation that he is the leading candidate.(AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Economic woes dominate as China’s legislature gets set to meet

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., discusses President Joe Biden's policies at the Mexican border during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Speaker Mike Johnson relies on Democrats to pass another stopgap spending bill

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

House panel grills Defense Secretary Austin over secret hospital stay

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., departs a news conference, joined by Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, left, and Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, after they discussed President Joe Biden for his policies at the Mexican border during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress punts on spending fight, passes fourth stopgap bill to prevent partial shutdown

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., talks with reporters outside the West Wing after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Congress nearing deal on a stopgap, spending bills ahead of Friday shutdown deadline

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Israeli soldiers run as they carry a stretcher towards a military helicopter during an exercise simulating evacuation of wounded people in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) **FILE**

Biden warns of ‘dire’ consequences if U.S. aid not sent to Ukraine, Israel

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listen. (Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Rep. Scott Perry says House GOP should cancel Biden’s State of the Union

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Russia and Putin's plans to orbit nuclear-armed satellites illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Our satellites are defenseless if Russian nukes are in orbit

By Jed Babbin

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a divided Senate passed an emergency spending package to provide send military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems, and provide food, water and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. The measure has an uncertain future in the House where it is opposed by Republicans in the face of pressure from former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Majority Leader Schumer in Ukraine to meet Zelenskyy as U.S. aid hangs in the balance

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Congress and illegal alien immigration amnesty bill illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden, Congress stick broke taxpayers with overseas war bills while ignoring invasion here at home

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Congress and name, image and likeness (NIL) standards for college athletes illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Congress must pass name, image and likeness standards for college athletes

By Lacy Clay

Election judges demonstrate the accuracy of the city's voting equipment on Oct. 28, 2022, in Minneapolis. With election season already underway, state election officials are expressing frustration that Congress has so far failed to allocate federal money they typically use for such things as securing voter registration systems, updating equipment and training staff. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) **FILE**

Election officials in the U.S. face daunting challenges in 2024. And Congress isn’t coming to help

By Christina A. Cassidy - Associated Press