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President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event, Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Scranton, Pa. Biden has begun three straight days of campaigning in Pennsylvania in his childhood hometown of Scranton. The Democratic president is using the working class city of roughly 75,000 as the backdrop for his pitch for higher taxes on the wealthy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump, Biden plans expose deep divisions in tax law philosophies

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media with his attorney Todd Blanche at Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday, May 20, 2024 in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Pool Photo via AP)

Alan Dershowitz, Bernie Kerik, Vernon Jones join Trump trial guest list

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden talks with the U.S. Border Patrol and local officials, as he looks over the southern border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Rio Grande. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

House Democrats call on Biden to ‘restore order’ on the border

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The historic Arizona Capitol building stands, April 11, 2024, in Phoenix. Democrats in the Arizona House are expected on Wednesday, April 24, to make another attempt to repeal Arizona's near-total abortion ban, which the state's highest court says can be enforced. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona House advances repeal of state’s near-total abortion ban to the Senate

By Jacques Billeaud and Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

Activists supporting Ukraine demonstrate outside the Capitol in Washington on April 20, 2024. The Senate is returning to Washington to vote on $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine and Israel. They are taking the final steps in Congress to send the legislation to President Joe Biden's desk after months of delays and contentious internal debate over how involved the United States should be abroad. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan heads to the Senate for final approval after months of delay

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

People walk outside the U.S Capitol building in Washington, June 9, 2022. President Joe Biden goes into Thursday's State of the Union address with an expanded plan to raise corporate taxes. He would use the proceeds to trim budget deficits and cut taxes for the middle class.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

House passes foreign aid package amid threats to oust speaker

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus gather at a news conference to denounce the spending package being voted on for the current budget year, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Old fights resurface while lawmakers await foreign aid plan from Speaker Johnson

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

The Tennessee Capitol is seen, Jan. 8, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Republicans in the Tennessee House and Senate both plan to offer businesses new tax help worth upward of $1 billion, Friday, March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Tennessee Senate advances bill to arm teachers a year after deadly Nashville school shooting

By Jonathan Mattise and Kimberlee Kruesi - Associated Press

House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, speaks at a news conference following the session at the Capitol in Atlanta on Sine Die, the last day of the legislative session, Thursday, March 28, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia House and Senate showcase contrasting priorities as 2024 session ends

By Jeff Amy - Associated Press

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference by the Congressional Progressive Caucus on the threat of default, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Congress’ far-left ‘Squad’ amassed $224 million in earmarks

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., front row right, is joined by, from left, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as they attend a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for surviving members of a top-secret WWII unit, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Spending saga’s end is cold comfort for Speaker Mike Johnson with next wave of troubles growing

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Biden pressures Speaker Johnson to pass foreign aid and border deals after signing funding bill

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Happy Birthday: On Tuesday, C-SPAN celebrates 45 years of relentless but unbiased and very helpful coverage of Congress, the White House and U.S. politics. (C-SPAN)

C-SPAN turns 45

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones, a Baltimore County Democrat, announces a plan to raise more than $1 billion in revenue for K-12 education and transportation during a news conference with other House Democrats on Friday, March 15, 2024 in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

Maryland House pushes higher taxes, online gambling in $1.3B plan for education and transportation

By Brian Witte - Associated Press

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., leaves the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2023. A judge on Monday, March 11, 2024, ended a temporary restraining order Boebert had sought against her ex-husband at her request. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Lauren Boebert won’t resign her seat to run in Colorado’s special election

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., joined by fellow Republicans, speaks during a news conference ahead of the State of the Union at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. House Speaker Johnson was optimistic that Congress would unveil the final spending package for fiscal 2024 later on Wednesday and finish the long-delayed government funding process by the Friday deadline. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans are seeking unity at an idyllic West Virginia retreat. Many didn’t bother to come

By Stephen Groves - Associated Press

U.S. Attorney Robert Hur arrives at the U.S. District Court in Baltimore, on Nov. 21, 2019. The special counsel who impugned the president's age and competence in his report on how Joe Biden handled classified documents is set to be questioned himself on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)

Special counsel Hur says he didn’t sanitize his findings on Biden and didn’t disparage him unfairly

By Zeke Miller, Colleen Long and Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., asks questions during a hearing, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. Porter built a social media reputation by wielding a white board at congressional hearings, and that helped propelled her campaign for the Senate. But on Super Tuesday, the numbers didn't add up for her in the primary and she'll be out of a job in Washington come January. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Katie Porter’s star dims in failed U.S. Senate bid, leaving Californian facing uncertain future

By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

The North Carolina Capitol stands, July 24, 2013, in Raleigh, N.C. The promotion of certain beliefs some North Carolina lawmakers have likened to “critical race theory" is on track to be banned in state government workplaces, under a bill that received final legislative approval on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

College student defeats 10-term state House member in North Carolina GOP primary

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

Del. Luke Clippinger, a Baltimore Democrat who chairs the Maryland House Judiciary Committee, talks about juvenile justice legislation that passed the Maryland House of Delegates 126-6 during floor debate on Friday, March 1, 2024, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

Maryland House OKs juvenile justice measure in response to rising auto thefts, gun possession

By Brian Witte - Associated Press