The Atlantic

Public Anger Is Rising

For a brief moment last week, Congress started to do something productive. The Senate, after weeks of bickering and fruitless negotiations, unanimously approved legislation to fund most of the ...
Fox News

Eric Swalwell to resign from Congress as pressure mounts over misconduct claims

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who had been one of the top candidates running for California governor, announced his resignation from Congress as he faces sexual misconduct allegations. Rep. Eric ...
CNN

GOP leaders plan to keep Congress out of session even as pressure to end DHS shutdown grows

Lawmakers have departed Washington for spring recess locked in a stalemate over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. But even as their movements outside the halls of Congress face ...
The Conversation

Congress still has ways to throttle back Trump’s war with Iran – and to ask questions

Despite the scale of its military assault on Iran, the Trump administration’s reasons for entering into war have been inconsistent and vague, from regime change to the destruction of nuclear weapons, ...
Aclu.org

Your Questions Answered: Can Congress Stop President Trump's Illegal War Against Iran?

In the early morning of February 28, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. and Israel had started bombing Iran. He said that "the lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may ...
The New York Times

Some Voters Say Congress Is Too Old. These Black Democrats Aren’t Leaving.

As older members of Congress head for the exits amid growing pressure for fresh faces in the Democratic Party, some of the most seasoned Black lawmakers are resisting retirement. By Robert Jimison ...
Time

King Charles Hails U.K.-U.S. Bond as 'More Important' Than Ever But Splits From Trump on Key Issues

Bennett is the senior White House correspondent at TIME. Bennett is the senior White House correspondent at TIME. In a rare royal speech to the United States Congress on Tuesday, King Charles III ...

Congress didn’t kill Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund. So where does it stand?

Senate Republicans rejected multiple attempts to kill President Donald Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund ...
The New York Times

A Hot Mess in Congress

We look at the dysfunction on Capitol Hill. By Sam Sifton and Evan Gorelick We are writers for The Morning The 119th Congress is a mess. Partisan gridlock strangles both houses even though ...