Hakeem Jeffries

Tens of thousands of people are expected to rally this afternoon at the National Mall in Washington D.C. in support of Israel.

Tens of thousands expected in D.C. for pro-Israel rally: The Morning Rundown, Nov. 14, 2023

Rep. Jim Jordan dropped out of the race for House Speaker Friday. Here's a look at some of the lawmakers who are jumping in.

Jordan out as speaker nominee, Republicans starting from scratch

Rep. Jim Jordan and his supporters are working to convince the 50 or so GOP holdouts to vote for him to be the next House speaker.

Jim Jordan working to convince holdouts he should be speaker

The House passed a resolution to block Iran from accessing the $6 billion transferred to Qatar in a prisoner swap.

House needs to pass 11 bills in 12 days to prevent gov’t shutdown after recess

Fitch Ratings turned negative on the U.S.'s AAA credit rating as it gets closer to debt default. Here's how a credit downgrade played out in 2011.

US risks credit downgrade ahead of debt default. Here’s what happened last time.

Congressional leaders met with Biden to discuss the debt ceiling, just weeks before the government runs out of money to pay its debts.

McCarthy: No movement on debt ceiling negotiations after White House meeting

House Republicans and Democrats both went down to the border in what they described as educational trips for future legislation.

House Democrats and Republicans head to the border

The inspector general for the Department of Labor estimates $191 billion in pandemic unemployment insurance was paid improperly, more than 20% of the total.

US government paid at least $191 billion in fraud pandemic assistance

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is removing Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from the Intel Committee. Swalwell says McCarthy will regret it.

Swalwell: McCarthy will regret removing me from House Intel panel

The House failed to elect a speaker on its first ballot, as Rep. McCarthy said some Republicans demanded committee positions for their vote.

McCarthy: Some demanded House committee positions for Speaker vote