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Gregory Bull / AP Recording: Hear the Voices of Children Detained at the Border
They scream “Mami” and “Papá” over and over again, as if those are the only words they know.
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Daniel Acker / Bloomberg via Getty Why Aren’t Top Democrats Acknowledging the Black Women Running for Office?
Some candidates winning their primaries are frustrated that they still haven’t heard from party leadership.
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Jeff Chiu / AP The Democrats Barely Pull It Off in California
The party’s fears of being shut out of races that could determine the House majority did not come to pass on Tuesday night.
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Steve Helber / AP / Katie Martin / ... The 2018 Congressional Retirement Tracker
Democratic Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota announced Tuesday he would run for state attorney general rather than reelection to the House. Here's a running list of all the lawmakers calling it quits this year.
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Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters Campaign-Finance Reform Can Save the GOP
As the Republican Party tilts toward populism, its donor base is drying up.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The House Is on the Brink of Forcing Votes on Immigration
The bid by a group of GOP moderates to bypass Speaker Paul Ryan on DACA is just five signatures away from success.
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Charles Mostoller / Reuters Women Are the Key to Winning Back the House for Democrats
The party is pinning its hopes of retaking the chamber on Pennsylvania, where seven women won their primaries on Tuesday.
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Darron Cummings / AP An Ominous Night for House Republicans
The GOP's glee over Don Blankenship's defeat in West Virginia obscures warning signs for House incumbents, who lost three out of four races for Senate and a reelection primary on Tuesday.
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Carolyn Kaster / John Bazemore / AP / ... An Exodus From Congress Tests the Lure of Lobbying
There’s a wave of lawmakers fleeing Capitol Hill this year, but if recent history is a guide, many of them will put down roots in the D.C. swamp.
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Mike Blake / Reuters The Democratic Push for a 'Public Option on Steroids'
Proposals in the Senate envision a considerably more aggressive role for government in the delivery of health care.
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Mark Wilson / Getty The High Cost of Free Labor on Capitol Hill
Congress will have to study the effect of this long-standing practice, while renewed attention to the issue is bringing it out of the shadows.
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Anita Snow / AP A Republican Victory in Arizona Sets Off Alarms in the GOP
Debbie Lesko narrowly escaped a loss to Hiral Tipirneni in Tuesday’s special election, leaving Democrats elated about their prospects this fall.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP The Comey Memos Won't Derail the Mueller Probe
The release of the documents seems unlikely to harm the current stage of the investigation, but if Congress keeps tipping the special counsel’s hand, that could change.
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Alex Brandon / AP The Humbling of Mike Pompeo
President Trump’s pick to replace Rex Tillerson could become the first secretary of state to win confirmation over the objections of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Bryan Oller / AP Born a Decade Too Late
Paul Ryan’s message was out of step with his moment.
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Jacqueline Martin / AP Paul Ryan's Unrealized Conservative Vision
The House speaker rose through Congress with a goal of remaking—and slimming down—the American social safety net. All he got was tax cuts.
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters A Domestic Budget to Make Barack Obama Proud
The Republican Congress didn’t just ignore Trump’s proposals: The $1.3 trillion spending bill actually fulfilled—or even exceeded—many of the funding requests of his Democratic predecessor.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Two Major Deals Congress Couldn't Strike
Lawmakers couldn’t reach an agreement to stabilize Obamacare or extend DACA in their omnibus spending bill, possibly dooming the issues until after the November elections.
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Paul Morigi / AP Congress's 'Baby Steps' on Guns
The omnibus spending bill includes the Fix NICS Act, more money for school safety, and a clarification on federal research. But the changes fall short of what gun-control advocates have demanded.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters 'I Think We Have a Leadership Problem'
Growing numbers of congressional Republicans are pressing for action on guns.
