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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House Committee on the Judiciary oversight hearing, July 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Wray spoke to one of the nation's largest police groups on Saturday, Oct. 14 about how the agency works with police around the country, including helping secure an indictment against two men accused in the death of a small-town Michigan teenager caught in an international online sexual extortion scheme. There's recently been a sharp in increase in such cases. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

FBI says terrorism threat hits ‘a whole other level’ after Hamas attack

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at a news conference on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

Mayorkas to face tough questions about conducting business using private email

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks to reporters as she leaves the U.S. House chamber, after the third round of voting to choose the Speaker of the House on the opening day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

MTG explains why she is backing Trump — in 26 words

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Reforming the FISA Laws Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Reforming FISA Section 702: Communications searches should require a court order

By Sharon Bradford Franklin, Edward W. Felten and Travis LeBlanc

A farm stands on Sept. 22, 2013, in Fort Motte, S.C. Agriculture officials announced Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, they have reached their goal of $50 billion of economic impact in South Carolina and plan to ask lawmakers for $75 million to help lure processing and packing plants to the state to keep growing the industry. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

Republicans press Speaker Johnson to act swiftly on Farm Bill

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Law enforcement continue a manhunt in the aftermath of a mass shooting, in Durham, Maine, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Authorities are scouring hundreds of acres of family-owned property, sending dive teams to the bottom of a river and scrutinizing a possible suicide note in the second day of their intensive search for an Army reservist accused of fatally shooting several people in Maine.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Joe Biden calls for GOP help on gun violence, praises police for work in Maine shooting spree

Associated Press

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., takes the oath to be the new House speaker from the Dean of the House Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Christian conservatives cheer one of their own as Mike Johnson assumes Congress’ most powerful seat

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

FILE - A flu vaccine is readied at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. The U.S. flu season is off to an unusually fast start, adding to a 2022 autumn mix of viruses that have been filling hospitals and doctor waiting rooms. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

America’s fiscal health check: Health care task force tackles health care spending

By Rep. Michael Burgess

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., holds up an article while questioning Attorney General William Barr during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the oversight of the Department of Justice on Capitol Hill, July 28, 2020 in Washington. Johnson, the new leader of one of the houses of Congress that will certify the winner of next year's presidential election helped spearhead the attempt to overturn the last one. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP, File)

New U.S. House speaker tried to help overturn the 2020 election, raising concerns about the next one

By Nicholas Riccardi - Associated Press

Former President George W. Bush speaks during an event to mark the 20th anniversary year of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, Feb. 24, 2023. As billions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program credited with saving millions of lives remains in limbo, the George W. Bush Institute is urging the U.S. Congress to keep money flowing for it. In a letter sent to Congress on Oct. 25, the former Republican president's institute pleaded with Congress to keep funding PEPFAR. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Billions for life-saving AIDS program need to continue, George W. Bush Institute tells Congress

By Amanda Seitz - Associated Press

Congress and President's Power to Declare War Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden, military force and the Constitution

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Washington Metropolitan Police investigate near the Supreme Court and Capitol after reports of a suspicious vehicle in which two men and a woman were detained with guns, in Washington, Oct. 19, 2022. The head of the D.C. Council said Monday, March 6, 2023, that he is withdrawing the capital city’s new criminal code from consideration, just before a U.S. Senate vote that seemed likely to overturn the measure. But it's unclear if the action will prevent the vote or spare President Joe Biden a politically charged decision on whether to endorse the congressional action. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The radicals behind the D.C. City Council’s pro-criminal policies

By Cully Stimson and Zack Smith

Anheuser-Busch has organized its sixth annual Brew Across America Congressional Brewing Competition — set to take place at a spot not all that far from the U.S. Capitol itself.
Six “brewing teams” comprised of 12 bipartisan members of Congress will go head-to-head for the coveted Brew Democracy Cup. (Image courtesy of Anheuser-Busch)

Ale to the chiefs: Bipartisan brew crews face off in congressional beer contest

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol is seen on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Americans want a House speaker ‘as soon as possible’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Congress and College Sports Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Future of college sports is in Congress’ hands

By Ryan Costello

FILE - Migrants who crossed into the U.S. from Mexico are met with concertina wire along the Rio Grande, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Biden bets on border money to entice Republicans on $105 billion spending bill

By Tom Howell Jr. and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Judiciary chairman and staunch ally of Donald Trump, meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. The Republican dysfunction that has ground business in the U.S. House to a halt as two wars rage abroad and a budget crisis looms at home is contributing to a deep loss of faith in American institutions. The pessimism extends beyond Congress, with recent polling showing a widespread mistrust in everything from the courts to organized religion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Americans’ faith in institutions has been sliding for years. The chaos in Congress isn’t helping

Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Washington, about the war in Israel and Ukraine. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

U.S. commitment to Ukraine a central question as Biden meets EU heads during congressional chaos

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, in Washington, about the war in Israel and Ukraine. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Biden declares Putin, Hamas threats to democracy in prime-time speech

By Jeff Mordock and David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Illustration on the strategic importance of America's aid to Israel by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The strategic imperative of U.S. military assistance to Israel

By Rep. August Pfluger and Michael Makovsky