Aug 09 Sen. Dianne Feinstein, oldest member of Congress, briefly hospitalized after fall at home, her office says By Associated Press A spokesman for the 90-year-old Democrat says she "briefly went to the hospital" on Tuesday afternoon as a precaution after "a minor fall."… Continue reading
Jul 26 WATCH: McConnell stops talking mid-sentence and briefly leaves news conference By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze up and stared vacantly for around 20 seconds before his colleagues in Republican leadership, who were standing behind him and could not see his face, grabbed his elbows and asked if he… Continue reading
Jul 24 Justice Department to make prosecutor in Hunter Biden case available to testify before Congress By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The offer by the Justice Department on Monday sets up a clash with House Republicans who have demanded U.S. Attorney David Weiss of Delaware come in soon for a closed-door interview. Continue reading
Jul 20 WATCH: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies at House hearing on social media and alleged censorship By Lisa Mascaro, Ali Swenson, Associated Press Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is denying that he traffics in racist and hateful online conspiracy theories, testifying at a House hearing on government censorship despite requests from outside groups to disinvite him. Continue reading
Jul 20 WATCH: Senate Judiciary approves bill to impose stronger ethics standards on Supreme Court By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The ethics legislation has little chance of passing the Senate — it would need at least nine GOP votes, and Republicans have strongly opposed it — or the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Continue reading
Jul 19 WATCH: Israeli President Herzog addresses joint meeting of Congress By Farnoush Amiri, Zeke Miller, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press While lawmakers repeatedly rose to their feet in thundering applause of Herzog's recounting of Israel's founding, a handful of leading young progressive Democrats boycotted his speech. Continue reading
Jul 14 WATCH: House approves GOP-led defense bill that adds abortion restrictions, rolls back diversity initiatives By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The bill is expected to go nowhere in the Democratic-majority Senate. Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch 5:37 House Republicans grill FBI director over claims of bias and probes of Biden family By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura, Saher Khan The director of the FBI sat on the other side of an interrogation Wednesday, taking sharp criticism before Congress, mostly from the right, but at times from the left as well. Congressional Correspondent Lisa Desjardins sat in on the House… Continue watching
Jun 26 Running for Congress, Sarah McBride would be 1st transgender member of Congress By Associated Press In a video posted to social media, McBride, a Democratic state senator in Delaware, said people deserve a representative “who sees them and who respects them.”… Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch 3:19 Former Texas Congressman Will Hurd becomes latest Republican to launch bid for White House By Lisa Desjardins, Tess Conciatori, Ian Couzens The long list of Republicans seeking their party's nomination for president grew by one more Thursday. Former Congressman Will Hurd of Texas is kicking off his campaign with a direct hit at the field's front-runner, Donald Trump. Lisa Desjardins reports. Continue watching