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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives to hold his daily news conference on the government shutdown in the Capitol on Monday.

Opinion

Whom to blame for shutdown? All 535 members of Congress

Congress has the ability to work intelligently and solve problems, but members choose not to

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted November 3, 2025 at 1:19pm

Cheese has greased the wheels of some bipartisan gatherings in the past — and even a government shutdown can’t stop collaboration altogether, Fitch writes.

Opinion

Whiskey, cheese and common ground in Congress

By Bradford Fitch
Posted October 29, 2025 at 12:00pm
For House Minority Whip Katherine M. Clark, D-Mass., and her caucus, leverage is worth a lot, Winston writes. Above, Democratic leaders hold a news conference on Oct. 8.

Opinion

Democrats say the quiet part out loud: Shutdown is leverage

By David Winston
Posted October 29, 2025 at 10:34am
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Sept. 9.

Opinion

Making sense of Greene’s stance on the government shutdown

By Brandon Wetherbee
Posted October 29, 2025 at 9:30am
New York Rep. Elise Stefanik is a prospective candidate for governor in 2026.

A teachable moment in a New York minute

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted October 28, 2025 at 5:23pm

Capitol Ink | Kitchen table constituents

By R.J. Matson
Posted October 24, 2025 at 11:59am
Tunisian farmers sort pomegranates at a farm in the town of Tebourba, about 30 kilometers west of Tunis, on Oct. 23, 2025.

From aid to trade: How to put America first

By Ted Yoho and Colin Christensen
Posted October 24, 2025 at 6:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives to hold his daily news conference on the government shutdown in the Capitol on Monday.

Whom to blame for shutdown? All 535 members of Congress

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, seen here in 2019 at the G-20 summit in Osaka, are likely to meet next week in South Korea.

Must-see summit: Global audience awaits Trump-Xi meeting

By Bruce Stokes
Posted October 23, 2025 at 4:52pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., walks from his office to the microphone to hold a news conference on the government shutdown in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025.

The shutdown: How did we get here?

By David Winston
Posted October 22, 2025 at 4:48pm
Marc Maron, seen here on tour earlier this year, ended his “WTF with Marc Maron” podcast last week with an interview with former President Barack Obama. Their conversation offers a different path for politics from the one we are on, writes Brandon Wetherbee.

‘We can make it better’ — the end of ‘WTF with Marc Maron’ and the future of politics

By Brandon Wetherbee
Posted October 21, 2025 at 6:00am
President Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 25. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

President Trump’s aluminum and steel tariffs strengthen US national security

By Former Rep. Allen West
Posted October 17, 2025 at 10:40am
Blue skies replace rain clouds over the Capitol on Oct. 8.

Reporter recalls a time when shared humanity prevailed in Congress

By Neda Toloui-Semnani
Posted October 15, 2025 at 6:00am
The current challenges in higher education didn’t begin overnight, according to the new book “Peril and Promise.” Above, a high school graduate tosses a cap in the air at the Lincoln Memorial in June 2020.

Higher education is hurting. Why should you care?

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted October 14, 2025 at 1:59pm
Blue skies replace rain clouds over the Capitol on Oct. 8.

Shutdown serves as exhibit A into why Congress does not work

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted October 10, 2025 at 11:42am