NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A familiar pattern emerges on Capitol Hill in the wake of a mass shooting. Lawmakers, aides, journalists and even congressional officials seem to follow a … [Read more...] about Reporter’s Notebook: The familiar political patterns of mass shootings
The Big Apple became a big headache for New York Democrats
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democrats knew that Republicans would redraw Congressional boundaries to their advantage in places like Ohio, Texas and Florida in an effort to maximize … [Read more...] about The Big Apple became a big headache for New York Democrats
Reporter’s Notebook: Space invaders return to Capitol Hill
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It was a close encounter of the congressional kind. The House Intelligence Committee went where no committee had gone before Tuesday – or at least, not in … [Read more...] about Reporter’s Notebook: Space invaders return to Capitol Hill
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to holding sitting lawmakers in contempt of Congress
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! They are the "1/6 Five." The House committee investigating last year’s riot took the extraordinary step recently of issuing subpoenas to five sitting … [Read more...] about The Hitchhiker’s Guide to holding sitting lawmakers in contempt of Congress
Reporter’s Notebook: Dianne Feinstein and the debate over lawmakers’ fitness to serve
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! CAPITOL HILL – It is said that one should count your age by friends, not years – which brings us to 88-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.Washington … [Read more...] about Reporter’s Notebook: Dianne Feinstein and the debate over lawmakers’ fitness to serve
Reporter’s Notebook: Supreme Court leak rattles Washington like an ‘October Surprise’ — in May
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! October arrived early in Washington.Everyone in politics is well-versed in the art of the "October Surprise," just before a consequential election in … [Read more...] about Reporter’s Notebook: Supreme Court leak rattles Washington like an ‘October Surprise’ — in May
Lawmakers behaving badly
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Congress is kind of like a Shakespearean play.There are political leaders who struggle for power. King Lear. Claudius in "Hamlet." Duke Frederick in "As … [Read more...] about Lawmakers behaving badly
Reporter’s Notebook: The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Kevin McCarthy’s Potential Path To the Speakership
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This is not 2015. And that means that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is in a much different position from when he ran for House speaker … [Read more...] about Reporter’s Notebook: The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Kevin McCarthy’s Potential Path To the Speakership
The new COVID-19 epicenter might just be Capitol Hill
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It may be easier to figure out who in Washington hasn’t tested positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks.A surge of coronavirus cases is seizing the U.S. … [Read more...] about The new COVID-19 epicenter might just be Capitol Hill
The hitchhiker’s guide to confirming Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson next week
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If you’re looking for drama or a spectacle, check out the Grammys.You likely won’t get much of it surrounding the prospective confirmation of Supreme … [Read more...] about The hitchhiker’s guide to confirming Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson next week
