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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., departs as the Senate breaks for the Memorial Day recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the Senate. Republicans on Thursday blocked debate on a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on domestic terrorism, hate crimes and gun policy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Manchin open to assault weapons ban after wave of mass shootings

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Republican Tara Sweeney, right, speaks Monday, May 16, 2022, at a forum in Juneau, Alaska, that was also attended by three other Republican candidates for Alaska's U.S. House seat, including John Coghill, left. Sweeney and Coghill are among 48 candidates in a June 11 special primary for the House seat left vacant by the death earlier this year of Republican Rep. Don Young. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Alaska’s unusual House primary draws Palin, Santa, 46 others

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

In this March 15, 2020, file photo people wait in a line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) **FILE**

Tulsa shooting puts focus on waiting periods for gun buyers

By Gene Johnson - Associated Press

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows listens during an announcement of the creation of a new South Carolina Freedom Caucus based on a similar national group at a news conference on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

DOJ declines to charge Meadows, Scavino for defying Jan. 6 subpoenas

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro speaks to reporters Friday, June 3, 2022, outside of federal court in Washington. Navarro was indicted Friday on contempt charges after defying a subpoena from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Navarro indicted on contempt charges for defying Jan. 6 panel

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the latest round of mass shootings, from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 2, 2022. Biden is attempting to increase pressure on Congress to pass stricter gun limits after such efforts failed following past outbreaks. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden calls for assault weapons ban, making gun manufacturers liable for shootings

By Haris Alic, Kerry Picket and Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

The Jan. 6 kangaroo committee

Jan. 6 committee is a kangaroo committee

By Peter Navarro

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., takes a question during a news conference following a closed-door policy lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, on May 24, 2022. The Biden administration foresees unnecessary deaths if lawmakers don’t approve billions of dollars more to brace for the pandemic’s next wave. Yet the push to provide the money is in limbo in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Gridlock could delay COVID funds until fall — or longer

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

Ill-advised China Investment Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Congress should remove China’s state-owned companies from U.S. capital markets

By Robby Stephany Smith

In this file photo, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., speaks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 7, 2021. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP, File)

Rep. Andy Biggs raises concerns with Jan. 6 subpoena, requests rationale before cooperating

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 17, 2018, file photo, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks during a campaign event in Hanover, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Former Speaker Paul Ryan says ‘entertainers’ are upending Capitol Hill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

States belong in the driver’s seat of infrastructure investment

By U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Paley Center in New York, Oct. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

State AGs target tech as lawmakers’ efforts to hammer companies lack momentum

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Illustration on student loan forgiveness by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Slow the roll in the student loan market

By Thomas W. Miller Jr.

FILE - White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, April 26, 2022. The White House is planning for “dire” contingencies that could include rationing supplies of vaccines and treatments this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more money for fighting COVID-19. In public comments and private meetings on Capitol Hill, Jha has painted a dark picture in which the U.S. could be forced to cede many of the advances made against the coronavirus over the last two years and even the most vulnerable could face supply shortages. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

U.S. sees risk of COVID supply rationing without more funds

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Bipartisan bill targets near-total control of online advertising by Facebook, Google

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

FILE - Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., crowds into an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The Democratic incumbent of 30 years, now Georgia’s senior congressman, is likely to face his toughest reelection campaign in a decade, with six Republicans running in the May 24 primary in hopes of winning the party’s nomination to challenge Bishop. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Georgia’s senior congressman facing toughest race since 2010

By Russ Bynum - Associated Press

In this file photo, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Moderate congressional Democrats sound the alarm about the party’s far-left direction

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the chamber from his office at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 13, 2022, in this file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

McCarthy blasts Pelosi plan to give House staffers Peloton memberships

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Navy's current course illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Our Navy’s current course headed into shoal waters

By Tom Jurkowsky