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Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 2:13 PM CDT
|By Nicole Neuman
The Inflation Reduction Act proposes cuts to the nation’s deficit, while making investments in climate programs and changes to Medicare drug negotiations.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 10:46 AM CDT
|By Josh Rultenberg
President Biden will sign a bill on Wednesdayhelping veterans exposed to toxic burn pits get better health care despite an arduous effort to get the bill passed through the Senate.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 9:52 AM CDT
|By Brendan Cullerton
Lawmakers call on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to deport migrants using a constitutional clause that allows states to go to war if they have been invaded
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 8:48 AM CDT
|By Jacqueline Policastro
The Safe Connections Act is a bipartisan measure aiming to end abuse through family phone plans.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2022 at 11:00 AM CDT
|By Molly Martinez
Sen. Thune is introducing a bill called the “Political BIAS Email Act” that would ban big tech from filtering campaign emails
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 11:46 AM CDT
|By Nicole Neuman
According to the Guttmacher Institute, abortion care rose 8% from 2017 to 2020.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2022 at 11:46 PM CDT
|By David Ade
“When taxpayers' dollars are involved, the work should be done in the United States," said the bill's co-sponsor, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio).
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 5:36 PM CDT
|By Jon Decker
President Biden was the NATO summit in Madrid to tout the United States’ biggest military expansion in Europe since the cold war. The historic move was a reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 11:44 PM CDT
|By Jacqueline Policastro
After the Supreme Court overturns Roe V. Wade, lawmakers on Capitol Hill tell us what they think about the court’s decision.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 9:26 AM CDT
|By Molly Martinez
Relief could come soon to Americans who are facing supply shortages and soaring prices. The answer is in America’s ports.
7 Day Forecast
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 7:54 PM CDT
|By Brendan Cullerton
The “PACT” Act has bipartisan support – and a group of senators from both parties held a press conference to celebrate its passing.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 8:32 AM CDT
|By Jacqueline Policastro
A Hawaii resident is sharing her mother’s story of living with Alzheimer’s to push for the ENACT Act.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 2:17 PM CDT
|By Brendan Cullerton
The House Select January 6 Committee is poised to give the nation a progress report on it’s progress following a 10 month investigation into the assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 of 2021
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 1:25 PM CDT
|By Roxanne Reid
The US is hosting the Summit of the Americas with the hopes of boosting solidarity in the region and stemming illegal immigration.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 12:37 PM CDT
|By Roxanne Reid
Jon Decker interviewed Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas about threats facing the nation. They also discussed the role of Homeland Security in preventing mass shootings.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 12:46 PM CDT
|By Brendan Cullerton
Political newcomer Carrick Flynn is setting fundraising records in the Democratic race for a congressional nomination.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 12:21 PM CDT
|By Molly Martinez
Candidates make the final sprint before polls close on Tuesday.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 12:10 PM CDT
|By Molly Martinez
Idaho’s gubernatorial race will show once again how powerful the Trump endorsement can be in 2022.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 11:04 AM CDT
|By Nicole Neuman
Voters in North Carolina will select the two finalists vying for Burr’s seat for the November election.
Updated: May. 16, 2022 at 2:49 PM CDT
|By David Ade
Monday marks six months since President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act into law.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 2:53 PM CDT
|By Nicole Neuman
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) took to the floor to detail her experiences with in vitro fertilization, and how Roe v. Wade is connected.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 12:04 PM CDT
|By Brendan Cullerton
U.S. leaders hope the Lend-Lease Act of 2022 can help get aid to Ukraine faster. "Lend-Lease" has not been utilized by the United States since President Roosevelt enacted it during WWII.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 3:51 PM CDT
|By Jamie Bittner
U.S. Representatives Alex Mooney and David McKinley currently serve in separate districts. In the 2022 elections, however, they are opponents for the 2nd district due to redistricting.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 2:32 PM CDT
|By David Ade
Voters in Nebraska’s first congressional district will vote twice in the next two months.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 9:03 AM CDT
|By Nicole Neuman
The Biden administration proposed ending the order on May 23, but now is unsure.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 11:48 AM CDT
|By Molly Martinez
Sen. John Thune thinks parents, not the government ,should be in the driver's seat when it comes to masks and their children.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 1:07 PM CDT
|By Jamie Bittner
The ‘Sunshine Protection Act’ has already passed the Senate. Yet, some sleep experts say they’re divided on the time debate.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 3:55 PM CDT
|By Nicole Neuman
On Friday, President Biden is scheduled to visit United Performance Metals in Hamilton, Ohio, located north of Cincinnati.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 2:54 PM CDT
|By Brendan Cullerton
President Biden will tour a Lockheed Martin facility in Troy, Alabama that produces weapons like anti-tank javelins that the United States has been sending to Ukraine.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 9:31 AM CDT
|By Peter Zampa
Secretary Lloyd Austin, a Georgia native, now leads as the Secretary of Defense.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 3:32 PM CDT
|By Nicole Neuman
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) helped launch the “Push for Lower Prescription Prices” campaign.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 3:24 PM CDT
|By David Ade
In Twyford v. Shoop, lawyers suggest bullet fragments could impact Raymond Twyford’s competency and want the inmate tested in a hospital.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 2:32 PM CDT
|By Peter Zampa
The Biden v. Texas case involves a policy that made asylum-seekers wait in Mexico until their claims are heard.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 2:12 PM CDT
|By Kristin Kasper
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released the results of their study on the privatized housing on Tuesday.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 11:38 AM CDT
|By Natalie Grim
Harris has had no close contact with the president, per her office.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2022 at 11:45 AM CDT
|By David Ade
A death row inmate who wants neurological testing is taking his case to the nation’s highest court.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2022 at 9:07 AM CDT
|By Peter Zampa
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Biden v. Texas starting Tuesday.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 9:09 AM CDT
|By Nicole Neuman
Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) visited the Southwest borders in San Diego, California and Yuma, Arizona.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 8:58 AM CDT
|By Jacqueline Policastro
The reintroduction of the PROTECT Act has lawmakers debating mandatory minimums along party lines.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 10:06 AM CDT
|By Peter Zampa
The White House is hoping to curb gun violence as President Biden announced an executive measure last week targeting so-called ghost guns, homemade weapons that are difficult to track.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 10:50 AM CDT
|By Kristin Kasper
With a bipartisan bill, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) aims to give the government more power at the ports by updating regulations and green-lighting federal agencies to look deeper into alleged unfair practices.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 3:22 PM CDT
|By Brendan Cullerton
For the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, families and guests were invited to partake in the annual White House Easter Egg Roll event.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 9:29 AM CDT
|By Nicole Neuman
The RURAL Veterans Act would establish an office of rural recruitment in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 4:34 PM CDT
|By Kristin Kasper
A second bus of undocumented immigrants arrived in Washington from Texas Thursday. According to Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas), it’s part of his response to President Biden’s decision to end Title 42 expulsions.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 12:29 PM CDT
|By Peter Zampa
The Senate is debating a $10 billion package that would provide funding to handle another potential surge in COVID-19 cases as the BA.2 subvariant causes cases to rise.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 11:04 AM CDT
|By Molly Martinez
If you earn more than $600 annually through money apps, you've got a new IRS form to file. One senator is trying to reverse that.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 5:18 PM CDT
|By Kristin Kasper
Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) hosted an event discussing the war in Ukraine and what it means for global food security.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2022 at 6:57 PM CDT
|By Nicole Neuman
The president held an event at the White House Monday to promote the Department of Transportation’s Trucking Action Plan.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 2:59 PM CDT
|By David Ade
President Biden’s call for Congress to cap the price to $35 per month has been answered by House Democrats: but the Senate still needs the support.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 9:29 AM CDT
|By Nicole Neuman
Bradley LeDure alleges Union Pacific Railroad Company is negligent after he fell in a Salem, Ill. railyard in 2016.