A bipartisan group of lawmakers has asked the military to explain why cleanup of PFAS chemicals at bases nationwide has been pushed back.

The groups highlighted how Obamacare subsidies, which have been front and center for Democrats in the government funding fight, got around the 1976 Hyde Amendment that banned federal funding from being used on elective abortions.

Rep. Mike Haridopolos has been averaging 15,000 steps a day during the shutdown, and his years of being a history teacher have come in handy. With staff-led tours of the Capitol on pause until the government reopens,

Attorneys for former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith rebutted claims by Republican lawmakers that the investigators in the January 6 election subversion case had “wiretapped” GOP members of Congress.

Republicans and Democrats say the administration is failing to share basic information with Congress about the intelligence, rationale and goals of its war on drug trafficking.

The allegation that Republican House members gave reconnaissance tours to Jan. 6 rioters was later disproven by the Capitol Police.

Since assuming office in January, Mr. Trump and his top aides, seasoned from their first stint in the White House, have aggressively and enthusiastically usurped congressional power with little resistance from G.O.P. leaders in the House and the Senate. In many instances, they have willingly ceded their prerogatives and cheered on the president.

It’s been a long time since Democrats have been on the right side of any political fight when you look at the polls, but this is one of those times.

With control of the White House and Congress, the GOP holds all the cards. Blaming Democrats for the impasse is ridiculous.

During his remarks at Pennsylvania's Energy and Innovation Summit in July, Donald Trump lashed out at Republican members of Congress for not voting in favor of his agenda despite doing "big favors" for them.