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Congress and pork earmarks illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Congress must say no to earmarks

By Rep. Tom McClintock

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., right, and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., arrive to speak with members of the press after a House Republican leadership meeting, Nov. 15, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCarthy won the House Speaker nomination from his colleagues, while Scalise was voted majority leader. Even with their threadbare House majority, Republicans doubled down this week on using their new power to investigate the Biden administration and in particular the president’s son. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

House GOP pushes Hunter Biden probe despite thin majority

By Colleen Long - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks at the Tunnel Hill Depot during a campaign stop in Tunnel Hill, Ga., Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (Matt Hamilton/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP) ** FILE **

House Republicans call for Ukraine aid audit

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

The Goldwater Buzzsaw of 1964 Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Avoiding the 1964 Republican presidential defeat in 2024

By Newt Gingrich

The U.S. Capitol is seen on a sunrise in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Congress faces busy lame-duck session as it returns to Washington

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

State Sen. Burt Jones, Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, participate in the Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young Debate Series with Libertarian Ryan Graham and Democrat Charlie Bailey, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Atlanta. (Dustin Chambers/Pool Photo via AP)

Republicans sweep Georgia state offices, retain legislature

By Jeff Amy - Associated Press

Supporters wait for Democratic incumbent J.B. Pritzker to arrive at an election night event, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

2022 midterms live updates: Latest election news from AP

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - The Kentucky state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., is pictured on April 7, 2021. Republicans have expanded their overwhelming majorities in the Kentucky legislature. The GOP claimed sweeping victories statewide in voting that concluded Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

GOP expands lopsided legislative majorities in Kentucky

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

Supporters of stricter abortion laws and opponents watch the South Carolina House special session on abortion on monitors in the Statehouse lobby on Sept. 27, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Supreme Court justices grilled lawyers over the extent of the right to privacy in a case Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, that could determine the scope of the state's abortion restrictions. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)

South Carolina legislature’s final effort to tweak abortion law

By Jeffrey Collins - Associated Press

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., arrives to speak at an event early Wednesday morning, Nov. 9, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republicans on path to flipping House, hope to put a check on Biden agenda

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event where he joined New York Gov. Kathy Hochul at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, N.Y., Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) **FILE**

Biden tones down his talk of upset victory for Democrats on Tuesday

By Jeff Mordock and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake speaks at a rally, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Chandler, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York) ** FILE **

GOP’s Kari Lake predicts anger at border chaos, high inflation will seal her win in Arizona

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Agriculture Sec. Tom Vilsack, left, and Mitch Landrieu, White House senior adviser, listen at a community panel on rural high-speed internet at Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh, N.C., on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Biden pitchman Landrieu hawks infrastructure and hope

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

A man sorts humanitarian aid in front of a house destroyed by Russian attack in the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Cracks appear in U.S. bipartisan support for Ukraine as bills mount, economy near brink of recession

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Predicting Winners and Losers in the Midterm Elections Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Midterm predictions: Republicans will roll

By Michael McKenna

State Department building in Washington D.C. ** FILE **

Rep. McCaul: State Department grant for Ecuador drag show sparks congressional concern

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., is seen here in this file photo in a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Mr. Maloney serves as the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Reelection race for House Democrats’ campaign chief now a ‘toss-up’

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 16, 2021, photo, hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as it moves down a runway of the international airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Verified UGC via AP) **FILE**

Buckle up Biden: House GOP plans deep-dive into botched pullout from Afghanistan

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Yesli Vega, a candidate for Virginia's 7th Congressional District, speaks to the crowd during a rally at Gourmeltz in Spotsylvania County, Va., Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. (Tristan Lorei/The Free Lance-Star via AP) ** FILE **

Tulsi Gabbard campaigns with Republican Yesli Vega in Virginia

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., questions top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, and career Foreign Service officer George Kent, as they testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, during the first public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

House GOP preps bills for first 100 days if Republicans capture majority

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times