Congress

A federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday threw out rules restricting protesters from the steps of the U.S. Capitol, finding that they violated the free speech rights of demonstrators. The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that U.S. Capitol Police Board restrictions on demonstrations on […]

House Budget Committee members laid out a case Monday for creating a fiscal commission to tackle the nation’s soaring debt at the panel’s first field hearing in three decades. Retiring Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, brought the committee to his home turf in Dallas while the House is in recess for a three-hour discussion about […]

The Senate returns Tuesday, and with the House already on recess until after the midterms, the big question might be: How long will senators stay in town? The Senate is also scheduled to be in session next week before departing for election season, unless GOP leaders decide to cut it short like House leadership did. […]

House Financial Services Chairman French Hill, R-Ark., often calls for easing regulatory burdens on community banks. Now he and a home-state Senate colleague are turning their attention to small investment brokers handling clients’ trades and dealers trading on their own behalf. Hill and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., have drafted legislation that would relieve small, privately […]

Flock cameras are under new scrutiny in the Senate as a privacy backlash against the law enforcement technology grows. The Senate Judiciary Committee’s panel on Crime and Counterterrorism will hold a hearing on Wednesday focused on the automated license plate readers, subcommittee Chairman Josh Hawley, R-Mo., announced Friday. He invited the CEOs of Flock and three […]

The last thing the Senate does before the midterms could be a bill on college athletics. It’s been on the to-do list for a while, but as senators think about their closing message ahead of the election, not everyone is sure it’s the best call. Many Republicans blame Democrats for not playing ball on anything […]

Senators from both parties emerged from a classified briefing with the Pentagon’s policy chief on Thursday morning expressing outrage at what they described as the official’s stonewalling. The stated purpose of the briefing by Elbridge Colby, the undersecretary of Defense for policy, was to update the Senate Armed Services Committee on implementation of the National […]

A bipartisan bill aimed at calming college athletics’ chaotic name, image and likeness era easily cleared a second procedural hurdle Thursday as several senators who opposed taking it up said they likely are out of trick plays and timeouts. The measure passed the latest floor test, to begin debate, 77-22, moving it one step closer […]

Former Sen. Jon Kyl, once a key player in Arizona politics and a powerful voice in Republican leadership, has died at the age of 84. His family announced his death on Thursday of complications from an unspecified neurological disease, sharing a statement with Arizona’s KTAR News. Kyl had previously announced at the end of 2025 […]

The House voted Wednesday evening to pass sanctions legislation targeting Russia and Iran, sending the long-delayed package to the Oval Office. The vote was 262-159 on the bill, which includes a childhood education measure that the Senate had used as a vehicle for the sanctions text. The Senate passed the sanctions package last month with […]