Congress

Washington needs quality control, not cover-up - opinion

The US government should take its constitutional oversight responsibility seriously.

DEMOCRATIC US Sen. Tim Kaine (C) speaks next to fellow Democrats Chuck Schumer (L) and Adam Schiff during a press conference on Capitol Hill last week.
A view of the dome of the US Capitol building, during a vote in the US House of Representatives.

Holocaust survivor to address US Congress on anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation

People attend an anti-Israeli protest after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, June 20, 2025

Drunk on Jew-hatred, Iran’s horrors go unmentioned - opinion

US Representative Steny Hoyer speaking during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, DC on March 24, 2019.

Longtime pro-Israel Democrat Steny Hoyer announces retirement from Congress


Rashida Tlaib rallies 20 Democrats in push for Congress to recognize Gaza 'genocide'

The resolution would declare US policy as set toward ceasing the transfers of military equipment to Israel due to concerns that a supposed genocide was underway.

US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) holds up a sign as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 24, 2024.

Kennedy heir Jack Schlossberg launches bid for New York’s 12th District congressional seat

“We deserve better, and we can do better, and it starts with the Democratic Party winning back control of the House of Representatives,” Schlossberg said.

Jack Schlossberg sits at a table before presenting the 2019 Profile in Courage Award to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts, US, May 19, 2019.

US strikes on two drug-carrying vessels in Pacific kill six, Hegseth says

"These vessels were known by our intelligence to be associated with illicit narcotics smuggling," Hegseth said in a post on X/Twitter.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, in Quantico, Virginia, US, September 30, 2025.

Government shutdown officially becomes longest in US history

Over 1 million federal workers have not received a paycheck, even though as many as 737,000 have continued to work through the shutdown.

An assembly line rotation to prepare grocery carts at Adams County Emergency Food Bank, weeks into the continuing U.S. government shutdown, in Commerce City, Colorado, U.S. October 31, 2025.

Nancy Pelosi, first woman to serve as US House speaker, to retire from Congress

Pelosi has been at the forefront in battling for control of the House and especially taking on Republican Donald Trump, who feuded with her in his first presidential term from 2017-2020.

 U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) walks to a democratic caucus meeting to nominate their own candidate for the next Speaker of the House, after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as Speaker, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 10, 2023.

US Supreme Court casts doubt on legality of Trump's global tariffs

US Supreme Court questions whether Trump can use a 1977 law intended for national emergencies to impose his global tariffs without congressional approval.

Demonstrators protest outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, November 5, 2025.

Massachusetts congressman returns AIPAC donations, refuses further support

AIPAC emphasized that its member base was made up of American citizens - Republicans, Democrats, and independents - who wanted to advance policies that strengthened US-Israel ties.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton from Massachusetts running for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections.

Ro Khanna distances himself after posting documentary clip featuring antisemitic influencer

The documentary, titled “Investigating Israeli Influence on US Politics” and made by the popular YouTuber Tommy G, takes aim at AIPAC and what it says is Israel’s influence over American policy.

California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna speaks to reporters following a news conference with alleged victims of disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 3 in Washington, D.C.

Rabbi urges US Congress to reject permanent extension of Caesar Act

The Syrian Jewish community—absent for more than three decades—will not be able to revive its heritage or return to the country under such a restrictive economic environment, according to critics.

The Dura Europos Synagogue wall paintings in the National Museum of Damascus on September 16, 2025.

No. 24: Norman Brownstein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Josh Gottheimer: Lobbying for Israel in DC

Norman Brownstein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Josh Gottheimer all provide extensive pro-Israel voices on Capitol Hill.

(L-R): Josh Gottheimer, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Norman Brownstein