Commuters cross the street near the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) headquarters on October 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. Al Drago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Government shutdowns have historically been an precarious time for federal workers, both for those required to remain on the job without pay and …
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It’s often hard to separate the noise from the signal in politics. The noise is that congressional Democrats are fighting President Donald Trump and Republicans over a prospective government shutdown and healthcare spending. The signal is scratchy. But if you turn the …
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! There is no thermostat in the U.S. Capitol. Only thermometers. And that’s why congressional leaders are struggling to lower the temperatures in Congress after the murder of Charlie Kirk. As a veteran congressional reporter, I lost count of how many efforts I …
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. found himself in the arena Thursday morning. Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building is not a conventional “arena.” It’s the hearing room for the Senate Finance Committee, but circumstances converted the …
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D., decried “out of control” violence in the nation’s capital city and revealed that she was assaulted by a gang of youths in the streets of Washington, D.C., before the Trump administration’s takeover. Speaking with reporters outside the Capitol …
On June 6, a long-awaited, landmark moment finally arrived for college athletes: For the first time in the history of the NCAA, schools were given the right to directly pay players. As a result of a lawsuit filed against the NCAA in 2020, a settlement approved by U.S. District Judge …
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Capitol is many things. Legislative assembly. Art museum. Historic site. And apparently now, city hall. The battle over the federal government policing the streets of Washington, D.C. – and perhaps other big cities like Chicago and Los Angeles – is …
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California Republicans are urging the state’s Supreme Court to stop Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats from quickly moving forward with their push to redraw congressional districts to add up to five left-leaning seats in the heavily blue state. Four GOP state lawmakers …
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The District of Columbia is a special case in American governance. Which is why President Trump has distinctive authority to dispatch federal agents and National Guard troops to patrol the city’s streets for at least a month. It’s in the Constitution. Article …
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It was mid-July. And the House of Representatives was already done for the summer. That’s right around the same time Halloween decorations like gigantic yard skeletons and Reese’s peanut butter and chocolate pumpkins began materializing in stores. Those weren’t phantasms. Halloween is …
