Oct 12 Watch 9:27 Jeffries encourages moderate Republicans to join Democrats and end House deadlock By Geoff Bennett, Matt Loffman As Republican infighting complicates the process of electing a new speaker, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York joined Geoff Bennett to discuss who Democrats would like to see holding the gavel and how it is affecting aid for… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 5:00 Supreme Court hears arguments in key racial gerrymandering case from South Carolina By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan, Marcia Coyle The Supreme Court heard arguments in a key racial gerrymandering case out of South Carolina. The state redrew its congressional map and moved thousands of Black voters out of a competitive district, making it reliably Republican and diluting the Black… Continue watching
Oct 05 AP report: Trump may visit Capitol Hill amid House speaker vacuum By Farnoush Amiri, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump would most likely attend a closed-door candidate forum that Republicans plan to hold Tuesday evening, ahead of a vote that could happen as soon as Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 03 ‘Tennessee Three’ Rep. Justin Jones sues for expulsion and House rules restricting lawmakers’ speech By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press Tennessee Democratic Rep. Justin Jones has filed a federal lawsuit challenging his expulsion and House rules restricting lawmakers' floor comments that Republicans applied to silence Jones for part of one day. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch 3:02 McCarthy faces revolt from far-right Republicans after deal to avoid government shutdown By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura The government is open after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy side-stepped the hard-right flank of his party and cut a temporary funding deal with Democrats this weekend. But this week, he may need to broker another cross-aisle bargain to keep his… Continue watching
Sep 19 House Speaker McCarthy faces uphill battle to unite House GOP and fund the government By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press With time dwindling, plans for a Tuesday test vote were scrapped as negotiations resumed. Congress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to reach a deal. But even a popular defense bill was turned back Tuesday as conservatives press for cuts. Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 3:13 How GOP presidential candidates are courting evangelical voters in Iowa By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman, Saher Khan, Ian Couzens Republican presidential hopefuls took center stage in Iowa over the weekend and made their case to a key voting bloc in the state: evangelicals. The candidates touched on issues important to religious conservatives, abortion in particular. Laura Barron-López reports. Continue watching
Sep 15 Biden aims to amp up safeguards for government workers as GOP hopefuls vow to slash workforce By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press The Biden administration is taking steps meant to strengthen protections for government employees as leading Republican presidential candidates, including Donald Trump, campaign on shrinking and remaking the federal workforce. Continue reading
Sep 11 McCarthy faces government shutdown, pushes for Biden impeachment inquiry with Congress back in session By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press McCarthy faces hard-right Republicans who reject the deal he struck over the summer with Biden on spending levels and are demanding further cuts. Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch 4:55 Congress returns to work in Washington facing deadline to keep government funded By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz The Senate is back to work in Washington after a month-long recess. The return sets up the start of a high-stakes showdown to prevent a government shutdown by the end of the month. That will be a tough task as… Continue watching