Apr 16 Watch 8:10 Johnson faces another threat to speakership over Ukraine and Israel aid plans By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura On Capitol Hill, House Speaker Mike Johnson spent the day juggling his foreign aid priorities for Ukraine and Israel with potential threats to his job from members of his own party. Lisa Desjardins reports. Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch 6:35 Why right-wing Republicans are blocking the reauthorization of FISA By Lisa Desjardins, Saher Khan GOP infighting continues on Capitol Hill as Speaker Mike Johnson tries to rally his conference into passing a controversial intelligence provision before the weekend. A faction of House Republicans broke rank and failed to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch 4:20 Speaker Johnson faces legislative dilemmas as he fights to hold job among divided GOP By Lisa Desjardins, Ian Couzens, Ted Everett Congress arrived back in Washington with a long list of priorities for House Speaker Mike Johnson to accomplish and a razor-thin margin to get it done. Lisa Desjardins reports. Continue watching
Mar 28 House Republicans invite President Biden to testify at public hearing as impeachment inquiry stalls By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Rep. James Comer, chair of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter Thursday to the Democratic president, inviting him to sit for a public hearing to "explain, under oath," what involvement he had in the Biden family businesses. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 5:21 House GOP may face another leadership battle after effort to avoid government shutdown By Amna Nawaz, Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura The federal government is just hours away from shutting down as Capitol Hill scrambles to finalize its $1.2 trillion spending deal. That agreement would keep the lights on but could also cost Speaker Mike Johnson his job. Congressional Correspondent Lisa… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch 6:30 How dysfunction has defined the House By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura Congress is on the verge of passing its yearly budget, six months into its fiscal year and with less than 48 hours left before the government shuts down. Dysfunction is one of the defining features of this House narrowly divided… Continue watching
Mar 13 Hunter Biden rebuffs House Republicans’ invitation to appear for public hearing By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The invitation sent last week from Rep. James Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, included three of Hunter Biden's former business associates, each of whom is currently facing his own legal challenges. The panel is investigating the Biden… Continue reading
Feb 28 Hunter Biden appears for Congressional deposition, tells Republicans he did not involve his father in businesses By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Republicans have long questioned whether those business dealings involved corruption and influence peddling by President Joe Biden, particularly when he was vice president. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch 5:16 Capitol Hill fight over spending pushes country closer to government shutdown By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz Even as Congress is out of town, bipartisan negotiators may reach a spending deal in the next few days. But that may not be soon enough to avert a partial government shutdown. This has been a familiar plotline in recent… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch 3:43 Informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden’s ties to Burisma By Geoff Bennett, Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman The special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation charged a one-time informant with lying about President Biden and his son. Alexander Smirnov is accused of falsely claiming Ukrainian energy firm Burisma paid the Bidens $5 million apiece in 2015 and… Continue watching