The Senate returns for floor speeches. The Senate will recess for the Democrats' weekly lunch, postponed from yesterday when Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was participating in an infrastructure event in New York with President Biden.
Representatives Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) hold a press conference on the reintroduction of the Bipartisan Background Checks Act.
The House will consider two COVID-19 pandemic-related bills. One that would end the COVID-19 pandemic national emergency declared by President Trump on March 13, 2020. The other requires federal workers to return in person to pre-COVID-19 workplaces.
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President Biden delivered remarks on raill infrastructure investments at the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel located in Maryland. His remarks highlighted the $6 billion dollar investment into the 150-year-old tunnel as a part of the bipartisan…
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee met to adopt its new rules package in a party line vote of 25-19. The new rules included ending remote participation in public hearings for members and witnesses. Chair James Comer (R-KY) said he will…
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the influx of migrants and security concerns at the southern border as well as arguments to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the border situation.
2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced the leadership of his South Carolina campaign team, which is headed by Governor Henry McMaster (R). The former president also weighed in on the incidents of classified documents being found at his and…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks about new monetary policy actions and the economic outlook during a news conference in Washington, DC.
View More about the EconomyPresident Biden attends the 71st annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC.
View More National Prayer BreakfastLaw Professor Kermit Roosevelt explains how modern America traces its political sentiments to Abraham Lincoln and the Reconstruction era, rather than the Founding Fathers and the Revolution. The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco hosted this event.
View More Book TVAuthor Saket Soni retells the story of how a group of men from India came to the U.S. as guest workers and became trapped in forced labor.
View More After WordsAuthor, essayist and journalist Lance Morrow joins Book TV to talk and take calls about American culture, politics, and history. Mr. Morrow’s many books include The Chief and the forthcoming The Noise of Typewriters: Remembering Journalism.…
View More In DepthJournalist Eugene Linden explores the last forty years of the climate change conversation, from scientific studies and public opinion to the reaction by corporations and the financial sector.
View More Book TVRepresentatives Adam Schiff (D-CA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) criticized House Republican leadership’s efforts to keep them off certain key committees. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has the sole power to remove members from…
Mayor of Bucha, Ukraine, Anatolii Fedoruk and others talked about the destruction from the Russian invasion and alleged war crimes. Bucha is a suburb of Kyiv. Other topics included reconstruction and private sector investments in Ukraine. The Wilson…