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Mamdani Suing to Ensure That People Can Move to US in Order to Get Welfare David Strom 8:00 AM | September 15, 2026 Since the 1880s, the United States has had a policy requiring people entering the co...
House Republican leaders will speak with reporters Tuesday morning as calls mount for more transparency around artificial intelligence and implementing guardrails around the rapidly developing technol...
The prospect of SRO Housing Corp., which operates 2,500 units of affordable housing, going under creates a significant new problem for Mayor Karen Bass and other local political leaders.
The Iranian government has launched a digital platform called “Alaj” that encourages the public to report on Iranian dissidents living abroad, claiming the initiative aims to safeguard national securi...
Before federal dollars go out the door, the Education Department should return to the question Congress intended it to ask in 1997.
The fate of a major crypto bill remains unclear ahead of a Senate vote Tuesday afternoon.
President Trump's tariffs on Canadian imports and Canada's retaliatory measures are impacting key economic sectors in several Republican-leaning states, potentially affecting upcoming midterm election...
The Supreme Court has held that a deported alien "is not being punished" for his conduct but "is merely being held to the terms under which he was admitted."
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) on Monday said President Trump will likely not heed calls from technology leaders to implement guardrails on the development of artificial intelligence (AI) because of his fami...
FBI Director Kash Patel is testifying Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight of the federal law enforcement agency. Patel is likely to face questions over a series of personnel sha...
What obviously led to Bunch’s abrupt resignation was Trump on his case.
Rubi Flores, 30, is a concert pianist turned policy director who has landed at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) as it positions itself to fight the Trump administration on its mass deportation ...
No two days are the same for Wyndee Parker. As national security adviser to House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), Parker is responsible for overseeing the activities of all of the lower cham...
Kamela White sees that numbers can tell a story — or be used to hide one. As a clerk for Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, White plays a role in shaping federal...
Nelly Decker is a quintessential under-the-radar staffer who prizes being nearly un-Googleable. But she has nonetheless been a pivotal player in some of Congress’s biggest battles — and will be centra...
July 15, 2025, was “the most stressful day” of Raphaël Schreiber’s career in Congress. The legislative director for Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) had a “very brief” conversation with the congressman abou...
McKinley Lewis is a long-serving aide and trusted adviser to Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who has become an influential conservative voice in the Senate Republican Conference. Scott has made a national n...
John Chapuis has become one of the Senate’s leading experts on rules and floor procedure — a skillset that allowed him to play a key role helping the Senate GOP leadership team navigate tough situatio...
Few Capitol Hill staffers can match Raymond O’Mara and say they’ve worked at the leadership level in the Senate and the House, and even fewer can say they have worked in Congress from as many vantage ...
Alison MacDonald is preparing to sunset a long career supporting the work of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who is retiring from Congress at the end of the term. MacDonald, a New Hampshire native, was...