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President Trump shared a picture Monday of the renovated White House helipad, calling it “a work of art” following months of construction over the summer. “It is magnificently made of carved granite in shades of Black and White. It is truly a work of art and, even the Trump Haters are saying, ‘Wow, that’s really…
In order to make the list, you have to be worth at least $4.4 billion.
Live updates and the latest news as lawmakers, actors and religious leaders join ‘Pro-Human’ summit to discuss curbs on artificial intelligence, while Trump has characterized concerns about AI development a “hoax.”
The Smithsonian Institution's American Indians museum labels George Washington a "town destroyer" while omitting key context about the attacks.
Justice Samuel Alito called the Supreme Court's refusal to lift a universal injunction against Trump's mail-in ballot rules incorrect in a sharp dissent.
Alliance for a Better Future targets Bernie Sanders and AOC in new AI ads while praising three GOP lawmakers for balancing innovation and safeguards.
The House GOP proposal would count only citizens for apportionment, with a CIS report saying noncitizens gave Democrat states a net 14 seats.
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Christiana Stephenson has spent more than seven years helping House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) navigate the relentless communications demands of House Democratic leadership. Stephenson joined Jeffries’s leadership operation as press secretary in January 2019, when he was House Democratic Caucus chair. She has been with him ever since. Her path to the Capitol was less direct. Stephenson first…
Advancing any legislation with a slim Republican majority is a challenge, but navigating the variety of GOP viewpoints while trying to advance appropriations bills adds a new layer of difficulty. For Marcus Towns, the member services director for the House Appropriations Committee, it helps to be a people person. “It’s a very personality-driven job,” Towns…
July 15, 2025, was “the most stressful day” of Raphaël Schreiber’s career in Congress. The legislative director for Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) had a “very brief” conversation with the congressman about the idea of a bill directing the Department of Justice to publicly release materials on its Jeffrey Epstein investigation. “And then he told me,…
Jessica Hayes said serving in Georgia’s 10th Congressional District during the chaotic and deadly U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan in August 2021 was a “holy calling.” Now a senior adviser working in the 9th District for Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), Hayes was working for former Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.) when the office started getting calls from…
Heading up member services is a “chameleon position,” Alyssa Erdel says — highly adaptable depending on the vision of the lawmaker in charge, whether for the House’s Republican Conference or in a committee. “My mission is always the same: I listen, identify what’s missing, build trusted relationships, solve problems, and fill voids,” Erdel said. Erdel…
Andrew Bower followed Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) from his personal office to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as Democrats elevated a fresh face, and with him, a fresh new approach to investigations. The committee has faced an avalanche of issues, but it’s the probe into deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that Bower said “has…
Zach Barnes says that working with members of the House Freedom Caucus — the hard-line conservative group famous for confronting Republican leadership and instigating procedural and floor fights — makes him joke about how Congress must have operated a century ago. “Members of Congress didn’t have 15 to 18 full-time staff in D.C., in their…
Julia Bartusek never expected to end up in Washington. The executive director of the House Democratic Women’s Caucus grew up on a pig farm in Minnesota, a far cry from the halls of Congress where she now helps shape one of the House Democrats’ most prominent coalitions. But she said that she’s always had an…
Managing the House floor is a big job in any Speaker’s office. That challenge is turned up to the max in the current House Republican majority, where super-slim margins and a culture of rebellion make drama on the House floor a regular occurrence. Chris Bien, Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) deputy chief of staff, has helped…
Rubi Flores, 30, is a concert pianist turned policy director who has landed at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) as it positions itself to fight the Trump administration on its mass deportation agenda and other issues key to Latinos. An immigrant from Mexico who moved to the U.S. at age 10, Flores excelled not only…
