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New York Assemblyman Mike Lawler was among 14 new “On the Radar” candidates in the Young Guns program. (Mike Lawler for Congress)

House GOP bets on assemblyman’s run to oust DCCC chair in New York congressional district

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., at right, pauses as they speak to reporters about the political battle for confirmation of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, following a closed-door Democratic policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Democrats turn to marijuana after failure on Biden’s agenda

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., speaks as the House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the future of abortion rights after the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House panel to take up assault-weapons ban legislation

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo speaks during an address at Brown University, March 15, 2022, in Providence, R.I. The Biden administration and congressional Democrats are warning of dire ramifications for the economy and for national security if Congress fails to pass a bill by the end of July that is designed to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. Raimondo says computer chip makers are being offered lucrative incentives from other countries such as South Korea, Japan, France, Germany and Singapore to locate plants there. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Biden team pleads with Congress to fast-track $52 billion chips bill

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Democrats promise to lower gas prices if voters grow their majorities in Congress

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a welcoming ceremony upon his arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Biden arrives in Israel on Wednesday for a three-day visit, his first as president. He will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders before continuing on to Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Biden’s bumbling puts spotlight on abundance of elderly politicians running Washington

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, speaks with members of the press after a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Schiff seeks rule that would block oversight of some military operations

By Susan Ferrechio and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this file photo from September 2021, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is joined from left by Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., and Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., as she holds a news conference just before a House vote on legislation aimed at guaranteeing a woman’s right to an abortion. As Congress returns from its Fourth of July recess, abortion rights will again be atop the House agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Abortion access tops House agenda as Congress returns from recess

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

The fence surrounding the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2019. Approval was given for a new and taller fence around the White House complex in 2017 and now construction of a almost 13-foot tall fence is slated to begin this summer. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Poll: Majority of adults say Washington under Biden hurts more than helps with top concerns

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden shows a wind turbine size comparison chart during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2022, with governors, labor leaders, and private companies launching the Federal-State Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership. The new partnership focuses on boosting the offshore wind industry. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden’s presidential notecard keeps it simple: ‘Say hello’

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A celebration outside the Supreme Court, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Washington. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

How U.S. states have banned, limited or protected abortion

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, photo Republican congressional candidate Mayra Flores speaks at a Cameron County Conservatives event in Brownsville, Texas. Flores argues that Democrats are forcing Texans choose between their energy sector jobs and curbing climate change. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **

GOP sees red wave after flipping Texas seat long held by Democrats

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, photo Republican congressional candidate Mayra Flores attends a Cameron County Conservatives event in Brownsville, Texas. Flores argues that Democrats are forcing Texans choose between their energy sector jobs and curbing climate change. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

GOP’s historic win in Texas portends nationwide ‘red wave’ disaster for Democrats in November

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., participates in a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 19, 2020. California is a heavily Democratic state, but the Republican Party retains pockets of strength in U.S. House districts that will be among the country's marquee elections in the fight to control Congress. Garcia is seeking reelection in the new 27th District, which overlaps a chunk of his old terrain but has a stronger Democratic tilt. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

GOP incumbents face House primaries in Democratic California

By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

The Jan. 6 kangaroo committee

Jan. 6 committee is a kangaroo committee

By Peter Navarro

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

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., left, and House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., talk on their way to a House Democratic Caucus meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

House Dems sound alarm on inflation as fears mount about election losses in November

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his State of the State Address in the House chamber at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Feb. 10, 2021. All 100 seats in the House of Delegates are up for election in 2022. The primary is May 10. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File)

Two Democrats defect to GOP, win primaries in West Virginia

By John Raby - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, talks with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom was sworn-in Monday as California's 40th governor. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Pelosi bristles after Newsom accuses Democrats of going missing on abortion rights

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press event where a statue of Mayor Ed Lee was unveiled at Chase Center's Thrive City Plaza on Thursday, May 5, 2022 in San Francisco. Lee served as Mayor from 2011 until his untimely death in 2017. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Pelosi lines up a vote on allowing House staff to unionize

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times