List of U.S. Congress articles
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Sen. Patrick Leahy greets Sen. Marco Rubio on his first day back in Congress after suspending his presidential campaign, in Washington on March 17, 2016. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Senators Press Justice Department on Chinese State Media Outlets Registering as Foreign Agents
If Russian outlets have to file, lawmakers ask, why not Chinese ones?
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Sen. Bob Corker (left) and Sen. Ben Cardin prepare to listen to testimony at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the U.S.-Russia relationship, on Feb. 9, 2017. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Republicans Are AWOL on Russian Election Meddling
The GOP's absence from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's report on Russian interference is sad and abnormal.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, in March 2014. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images) Senate Report Outlines Playbook to Prevent Future Russian Election Meddling
Conspicuously absent from the report, however, is Republican buy-in.
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Rep. Ed Royce speaks during a conference on countering violent extremism, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 23, 2017. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Rep. Ed Royce’s Failure to Hold Trump Accountable Is a Dereliction of Duty
The chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee should use his last year in office to reverse the unprincipled silence and moral weakness of Republicans in Congress.
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U.S. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) (L) speaks during a hearing before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill, May 23, in Washington, DC. ( Alex Wong/Getty Images) Congressional Republicans Are Pulling a Bait-and-Switch in the Trump-Russia Investigation
Signs are mounting that the House Intelligence Committee plans on prematurely abdicating its work.
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U.S. President Donald Trump announces his administration's National Security Strategy in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 18. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s National Security Strategy Deserves to Be Ignored
The Trump administration claims — and fails — to provide a plan to keep Americans safe.
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Omar Ashmawy, staff director at the Office of Congressional Ethics. (Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call) Head of Congressional Ethics Office Sued for Abusing Position, Accused of Assaulting Women
A key official involved in House investigations faces a federal lawsuit alleging misconduct.
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A Department of Homeland Security official at a train station in Jersey City, New Jersey on February 7, 2006. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Trump Administration Seeks to Slash Counterterrorism Funding
On the chopping block: incident response teams, air marshals, and nuclear detection.
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Flanked by members of the U.S. military, President Donald Trump signs the National Defense Authorization Act on December 12. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) SitRep: McMaster Calls Out Russia, While Trump Squashes Russian Rules in Bill
Haley to offer evidence of Iranian meddling; another General sees victory in Afghanistan
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Vladimir Putin and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller examine a map of the Nord Stream gas project outside Vyborg, Russia on Sept. 6, 2011. (Alexey Nikolsky/AFP/Getty Images) Congress Weighs Threat of Moscow Wielding the Energy Weapon
The “mere threat of a cutoff gives Russia political leverage” over Europe.
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The U.S. capitol building on Sep. 27, 2013. (Getty Images) Warning to Congress: Bad Iran Legislation Is Worse Than No Iran Legislation
President Trump can’t let the House and Senate play politics with Iranian nuclear deal.
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Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Oct. 28, 2015. (Allison Shelley/Getty Images) Lawmakers Take Aim At Tillerson’s Botched State Department Redesign
Two top lawmakers take aim at Tillerson's handling of State Department reform, again.
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 15: Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee member Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) listens to testimony during a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill November 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams testified before the committee about community-level health promotion programs and businesses that offer incentives to employees that practice healthy lifestyles. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) GOP Senator Presses Trump Administration Over Deadly Saudi Blockade in Yemen
Sen. Todd Young is holding up a key State Department confirmation until the White House helps ease the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen.
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Three Taiwanese submarines at the Tsoying navy base in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, on Jan. 18. (Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images) America Just Quietly Backed Down Against China Again
When China complained about a plan for the Navy to make port calls in Taiwan, Congress listened.
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A U.S. soldier takes cover near a patrol base south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Aug. 29, 2007. (David Furst/AFP/Getty Images) America’s Military Doesn’t Have Enough Money to Do Its Job
Donald Trump promised a bigger defense budget, but the Pentagon is still waiting.
