Recent articles
February 18, 2026
Leslie Wexner Says Epstein ‘Conned’ Him, but Democrats Are Skeptical
House Republicans skipped a deposition with Leslie Wexner, the retail billionaire, and Democrats said his answers were not credible.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026
Democrats Plan to Counter Trump’s Speech to Congress With Rally
The House Democratic leader has asked rank-and-file members to sit quietly at the speech or skip it altogether, wary of creating a distraction.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026
House Republican Faces Backlash to Islamophobic Post Suggesting He Prefers Dogs to Muslims
Representative Randy Fine had responded to a Palestinian organizer by saying that “the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.”
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026
Republicans, Braced for Losses, Push More Voting Restrictions in Congress
Legislation that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote was only the beginning as the G.O.P. presses to sharply limit voting in line with President Trump’s false claims of widesprea...
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026
House Passes Strict Voter ID Bill, Amplifying Trump’s Claims of Fraud
The measure had no path forward in the Senate, where Democrats are all but certain to block it and Republicans have said they will not try to skirt filibuster rules to ram it through.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026
Fired Former Trump Prosecutor to Run for Congress in Virginia as a Democrat
J.P. Cooney, a former top deputy to the special counsel Jack Smith, who led two prosecutions of President Trump, plans to seek election to a newly drawn district in Northern and Central Virginia.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026
Moderates Pitch Tough-on-Crime Message for Democrats Amid Immigration Talks
A polling memo circulated among centrist senators urged Democrats to talk tougher on crime, an issue where they lag Republicans, while noting an opportunity for the party to appeal to voters with c...
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026
In Forcing the Clintons to Testify on Epstein, Comer Sets a New Precedent
The Republican chairman’s successful targeting of a former president who faces no charge of wrongdoing was the sort of tactic typical in an autocracy where leaders fear being jailed when they are o...
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026
House Cancels Contempt Vote As Clintons Agree to Testify on Epstein
Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed to be deposed this month by an investigative panel but requested that it be in public, a request that the Republican chairman ignored.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026
Clintons Capitulate on House Epstein Inquiry, Agreeing to Testify
Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the ex-secretary of state, agreed to depositions they had long resisted days before the House was to vote to hold them in contempt.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026
Attack on Ilhan Omar Follows Years of Trump’s Targeting Her
President Trump has spent years demonizing and dehumanizing the Somali-born Democrat from Minnesota, fueling escalating threats against her.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026
Eleanor Holmes Norton Files to End Re-election Campaign
It was not clear whether Washington’s 88-year-old veteran delegate, who has been in declining health but has insisted she would seek re-election, was aware of the filing.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026
Defending His Absence in House, Hunt Celebrates Casting a Vote
House leaders were forced to rush Representative Wesley Hunt, Republican of Texas, to the Capitol with a police escort to avoid an embarrassing defeat on the floor.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026
House Panel Votes to Hold Clintons in Contempt in Epstein Inquiry
The votes by the Oversight Committee were bipartisan, though many Democrats said the charges were extreme given Bill and Hillary Clinton’s willingness to answer questions.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026
Comer Rejects Clinton Interview on Epstein, Setting Up Contempt Vote
The Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee refused an offer to interview the former president under oath, rejecting terms he said were unreasonable.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026
Former Senator Kyrsten Sinema Accused of Affair With Member of Security Team
In a lawsuit, the ex-wife of Ms. Sinema’s onetime staff member accused her of showering him with gifts and breaking up their marriage.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026
Republicans Advance Stock-Trading Bill With Limited Restrictions
The bill would allow lawmakers to keep their existing stock and continue to sell it if they provide seven to 14 days of notice. Democrats called it a “gift to insider traders.”
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026
Facing Contempt Threat, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein Inquiry
The couple denounced the efforts by Representative James R. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, to force them to appear, setting the stage for a legal battle.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026
Congress Tries, but Fails, to Take a Stand for Its Own Powers
House votes to override a pair of Trump vetoes were an unusual bid by some in the G.O.P. to assert their own branch’s prerogatives. But they fell short.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026
Steny Hoyer, Longest-Serving House Democrat, to Retire From Congress
The Maryland congressman, who served as one of his party’s top leaders, plans to depart after nearly half a century in Congress, as his party looks toward generational change.
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026
Doug LaMalfa’s Death Further Depletes House G.O.P. Majority
The California Republican’s sudden passing, on the same day that Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation took effect, made the party’s House math even trickier.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026
Top Democrats Say Trump Has Still Not Briefed Congress on U.S. Military Action in Venezuela
By Sunday evening, Trump administration officials had agreed to provide a briefing on Monday, after pleas from Democrats to fill them in on action that President Trump had taken circumventing Congr...
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026
Trump Avoids Congressional Approval for Maduro’s Capture, and Democrats Raise Alarms
Democrats raised constitutional concerns and said the Trump administration had misrepresented its goals in Venezuela, while most Republicans cheered the action.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025
In Congress and at Home, Omar Faces Trump’s Anti-Somali Attacks
Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, has long been a target of racist insults by the president. Now her whole community faces an immigration crackdown.
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025
Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her.
The G.O.P. congresswoman who ran as a moderate but became an “ultra MAGA” Trump acolyte ultimately found herself undermined by the president and politically adrift.
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025
Pelosi Long Resisted Stock-Trading Ban for Congress, Fueling Suspicion
The former speaker failed to appreciate the groundswell of support for banning the practice, refusing to give an inch amid G.O.P. accusations that she was corrupt.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025
Inside the Clintons’ Fight to Avoid Testifying in the House Epstein Inquiry
Bill and Hillary Clinton have repeatedly offered to provide sworn statements, but Representative James R. Comer has threatened to hold them in contempt of Congress if they fail to appear.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025
House Democrat Seeks to Impeach RFK Jr. for Undercutting Public Health
The move by Representative Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat who is running for Senate, does not have the support of her party’s leaders and is all but certain to fail.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025
Republican Anger Erupts at Johnson as Party Frets About Future
A small group of G.O.P. women have been among the most vocal in raising what their colleagues say is a broader frustration with the speaker.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025
‘In Triage Every Day’: A Beleaguered Speaker Says He’s Overwhelmed
In a podcast interview, Speaker Mike Johnson opened up about the crushing demands of a job that he joked was his in name only.
www.nytimes.com