House approves $1.9B to bolster Capitol security after Jan. 6 riot
The House on Thursday narrowly approved $1.9 billion to bolster security at the Capitol after the Jan. 6 insurrection, as Democrats pushed past Republican opposition to harden the complex with retractable fencing and a quick-response force following the most violent domestic attack on Congress in history.
House Republicans oust Liz Cheney from leadership
Liz Cheney is no longer the Chair of the House Republican Conference, nor is she the third highest-ranking House Republican after falling out of favor with her Republican colleagues with her public criticism of former President Donald Trump.
Rapper Cardi B takes on Wisconsin Rep. Grothman: 'Gets me so mad'
Rapper Cardi B took issue Thursday with a Wisconsin congressman who criticized her Grammy performance during a speech on the House floor.
Rep. Matt Gaetz sought preemptive pardon from Trump, report says
Gaetz is the subject of a sex trafficking investigation for his alleged relationship with a 17-year-old girl.
Pelosi: Rep. Gaetz should be removed from House Judiciary Committee if alleged sex trafficking claims are true
Rep. Matt Gaetz, facing accusations of a sexual relationship with an underage girl, should at a minimum be removed from the House Judiciary Committee if the claims are true, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.
House poised to vote on COVID-19 relief plan, $1,400 stimulus checks this week
The House is moving toward a final vote on the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan this week, which could send the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law before unemployment benefits expire.
House poised to pass landmark voting rights, ethics bill
House Democrats are poised to pass a sweeping elections and ethics bill, offering it up as a powerful counterweight to voting rights restrictions advancing in Republican-controlled statehouses.
Marjorie Taylor Greene puts up anti-transgender sign outside office in feud with Illinois congresswoman
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene put an anti-transgender rights placard outside her DC office across from a transgender flag raised by her neighbor, Illinois Rep Marie Newman, part of an escalating feud between the two congresswomen.
Impeachment trial will pivot to Trump's defense team
Election law attorney Burt Odelson provides analysis on the Democrats' attempts to frame former President Donald Trump as the inciter of the Capitol riot and talks about how political allegiances will play a strong factor in determining his culpability.
Trump won't testify at Senate impeachment trial, rejecting request from House Democrats
House Democrats asked former President Donald Trump to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial. A Trump adviser said Trump won't testify.
House committee advances resolution to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee assignments
The U.S. House Rules Committee has voted to advance a resolution to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green of her committee assignments. The unprecedented measure will be taken up on the floor of the House on Thursday for a full vote.
Republicans press constitutional amendment term-limiting members of Congress
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joined five other Republicans on Monday in moving to restrict the number of times members of Congress can be reelected.
Official says 'no direct evidence’ of plot to kill at pro-Trump Capitol riot
The remarks came in a motion prosecutors filed late Thursday in the case against Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man who took part in the insurrection while sporting face paint, no shirt and a furry hat with horns.
Rep. Mike Quigley on today's impeachment push in the House
Rep. Mike Quigley talks about the latest push for impeachment and implications it could have going into Inauguration Day.
What's next in the impeachment process?
Jonathan Masur from University of Chicago Law breaks down the next steps in the impeachment process.
D.C. aide grabs Electoral College ballots before mob broke into Senate floor
A Washington, D.C. aide is getting props from lawmakers after they grabbed the Electoral College ballots moments before the mob broke into the Senate floor.
House GOP, Dems stymie requests to reconsider stimulus, spending package after Trump grievances
House Republicans and Democrats Thursday blocked each others' "unanimous consent" requests put forward after President Trump aired grievances to the massive coronavirus stimulus and government funding package.
MORE Act: House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level
If signed into U.S. law, the MORE Act would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and reinvest in communities hit hardest by the war on drugs.
Record number of at least 131 women to serve in the next Congress
106 women will serve in the next U.S. House and 25 women will serve in the next U.S. Senate.
NY elects two openly gay Black men to Congress
New York Democrats Mondaire Jones and Ritchie Torres have become the first openly gay Black men to be elected to Congress.