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Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., holding his one-year-old son Matthew, speaks at an Independence Day parade on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 in Phoenix. Schweikert, who won his last election by just 3,200 votes, is now among the top 2024 targets for Democrats, who sense better-than-expected odds of retaking the House majority they lost last year. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper)

U.S. House majority is in play next year after a weak GOP midterm showing and recent court ruling

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of Move Forward Party and top winner in the May's general election, answers question from a lawmaker at the Parliament, in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Thai lawmakers are gathering Thursday to select a new prime minister, a process whose outcome is far from certain even though the country's most progressive party won both the popular vote and the most seats in the House of Representatives in the most recent election. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Pita, Thai election winner, blocked from forming government

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Hunter Biden talks with guests before President Joe Biden offers a toast during a State Dinner for India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington, June 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Top Republicans are gearing up to investigate the Hunter Biden case. Here’s what to know.

By Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

FILE - Clarissa Sabattis, Chief of the Houlton Band of Maliseets, foreground, and other leaders of Maine's tribes are welcomed by lawmakers into the House Chamber, Wednesday, March 16, 2023, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. Maine Gov. Janet Mills delivered a setback to Native American tribes in Maine seeking greater sovereignty on Friday, June 30, 2023, vetoing a proposal aimed at ensuring most federal laws apply to them despite a state land claims settlement that dates back to the 1980s. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Tribal sovereignty bill falters as Maine lawmakers fail to override governor’s veto

By David Sharp - Associated Press

FILE - Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference following the collapse of an elevated section of Interstate 95 after a tanker truck caught fire, June 11, 2023, in Philadelphia. Shapiro is trying to wrap up his first budget by the start of the new fiscal year on Saturday, July 1, as the Democrat works to balance Pennsylvania's politically divided Legislature in perhaps his biggest test yet of his political skills under the Capitol dome. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti, File)

Pennsylvania governor calls on divided Legislature to finalize budget past deadline

By Brooke Schultz - Associated Press

Then-Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., joins progressive lawmakers to advocate for reimposing a nationwide eviction moratorium that lapsed, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Ex-Rep. Mondaire Jones launches comeback House bid in N.Y.

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, walks to a motorcade vehicle after stepping off Air Force One with President Biden, Feb. 4, 2023, at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, N.Y. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Three House committees to investigate DOJ’s handling of Hunter Biden investigation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, top right, participates with other U.S. and South Korean navy ships during the joint naval exercises between the United States and South Korea in waters off South Korea's eastern coast in South Korea, on Sept. 29, 2022. South Korea, U.S. and Japanese warships launched their first anti-submarine drills in five years on Friday, Sept. 30, after North renewed ballistic missile tests this week in an apparent response to bilateral training by South Korean and U.S. forces. (South Korea Navy/Yonhap via AP, File)

House bill directs Pentagon to study wartime naval blockade of China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Senate Appropriations Committee chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, along with Shalanda Young, the first Black woman to lead the Office of Management and Budget; Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine; House Appropriations Committee chair Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas; and House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.; at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. It's the first time in history that the four leaders of the two congressional spending committees are women. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Congress to move a step closer to fiscal gridlock with unveiling of Senate spending measures

By Haris Alic and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Louisiana state Rep. Francis Thompson, D-Delhi, reacts after being in sworn in with other members of the Louisiana House of Representatives at the state Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 13, 2020. An historically high number supermajorities in state legislatures has pushed laws further to the edge on abortion, climate and transgender issues. Twenty-eight states have legislatures with majorities so large they could override a gubernatorial veto without any help of the opposing party. (AP Photo/Brett Duke, File)

Supermajorities in state capitols push controversial policies to the edge

By David A. Lieb - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves a gathering of the Republican Conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. McCarthy told reporters yesterday he would bring a contempt resolution against FBI Director Christopher Wray to the floor if it passes the committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top House Democrat accuses McCarthy of ‘walking away’ from debt limit deal

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

American National Emergencies Act Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

National Emergencies Act: No president should be handed a blank check and endless special powers

By Rep. Paul Gosar

Advocates gather outside the Statehouse in Concord, N.H., on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, ahead of state Senate votes on the next two-year state budget and a bill to expand a school voucher program. The New Hampshire Senate passed a $15.2 billion, two-year state budget with bipartisan support Wednesday, sending the pared-down proposal back to the House for further consideration. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)

New Hampshire budget passes after rare bipartisan, bicameral cooperation

By Holly Ramer - Associated Press

The Louisiana state Capitol stands on April 4, 2023, in Baton Rouge, La. In a victory for the transgender community, and bucking the trend of other reliably red states, a Republican-controlled Louisiana legislative committee voted to a kill a bill Wednesday, May 24, 2023, that would have banned gender-affirming medical care for minors. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith, File)

Series of Louisiana LGBTQ+ bills advance in legislature in waning days of session

By Sara Cline - Associated Press

Illustration on current Republican developments in Congress by Linas Garsys/ The Washington Times

Why I support the Fiscal Responsibility Act

By Rep. Tom McClintock

The draft of a bill that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., negotiated to raise the nation's debt ceiling, is photographed Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Key test ahead on federal debt deal that could prevent a disastrous default

By Lisa Mascaro and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

The U.S. Capitol is seen on Monday, May 29, 2023, in Washington. After weeks of negotiations, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have struck an agreement to avert a potentially devastating government default. The stakes are high for both men — and now each will have to persuade lawmakers in their parties to vote for it. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Debt limit deal is in place, but budget deficit still a multi-decade challenge for U.S. government

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., left, looks to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., before leaving after McCarthy announced that he and President Joe Biden reached an "agreement in principle" to resolve the looming debt crisis on Saturday, May 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

McCarthy sells debt limit deal as conservatives fume: ‘We finally were able to cut spending’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Lights illuminate the Capitol after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., announced that he and President Joe Biden had reached an "agreement in principle" to resolve the looming debt crisis on Saturday, May 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Selling the debt ceiling plan and making a deal into a law: What’s next?

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Kevin Freking - Associated Press

The national debt clock is seen in midtown Manhattan, Thursday, May 25, 2023. Both President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are speaking hopefully of the likelihood of an agreement to raise the government's debt limit and avert an economically chaotic federal default. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Biden hails ‘progress’ on debt talks as nation ticks closer to default

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times