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1 week ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Casey Wooten |Cristina Maza |Philip Athey
Republicans want to allocate billions of dollars to a controversial missile defense project that could upend decades of U.S. nuclear deterrence. As Congress begins work on a massive budget reconciliation package designed to cut trillions in federal spending, House Republicans released a proposal to allocate nearly $25 billion as a down payment for a program known as the Golden Dome.
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2 weeks ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Savannah Behrmann |Charlie Cook |Philip Athey |Erin Durkin
Sen. Jon Husted wants Washington to take a lesson from his home state and share it with the rest of the country: Make AI available to every school child in America. But the Ohio Republican isn’t encouraging more AI in schools just to help with the lesson plans. He argues it’s crucial to ensure the future of America’s global competitiveness. Less than four months on the job, Ohio’s former lieutenant governor has emerged as one of Capitol Hill’s biggest champions of AI.
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4 weeks ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Tom DeFrank |Ledyard King |Philip Athey
On March 28, she went on the Daily Beast Podcast with comedian Samantha Bee and co-host Joanna Coles. Again, she mocked the correspondents for asking her not to target only one party. “They were like, ‘You need to be equal and make sure that you give it to both sides,’ and I was like, ‘There’s no way I’m going to be freaking doing that,'” she said.
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1 month ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Casey Wooten |Erin Durkin |Savannah Behrmann |Philip Athey
The Trump administration wrongfully deported a Maryland resident to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador and has now asked the Supreme Court to block attempts to return him to the U.S. The dramatic case is raising alarm among lawyers representing migrants in the U.S. as they grapple with an administration that is removing their clients with little due process and refusing to address deportation errors.
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2 months ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Philip Athey |Taameen Mohammad
President Trump’s unprecedented flurry of executive orders targeting the federal bureaucracy has roiled the livelihoods of millions of workers, prompting advocates and labor unions to ratchet up legal actions. “Every day, there's a new story being pushed from this administration that causes anxiety and concern for my membership on just how they're going to function. How are they going to live?” said American Federation of Government Employees National Secretary-Treasurer Eric Bunn.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
nationaljournal.com | Erin Durkin |Savannah Behrmann |Philip Athey |Abby Turner
Amid cheers and jeers, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his case to lead the Health and Human Services Department Wednesday morning in a Senate hearing, where no Democrat appeared poised to help advance his nomination. President Trump’s pick to be HHS secretary in the last few months faced severe criticism over his former statements and actions around vaccines, including his promotion of a debunked theory that vaccines cause autism.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
nationaljournal.com | Cristina Maza |Erin Durkin |Philip Athey
For several years, Khalil was a legal adviser for the Afghan Air Force, working alongside U.S. pilots to approve airstrikes targeting the Taliban and the Islamic State. But when Kabul fell under Taliban control in the summer of 2021, his life was thrown into disarray. Since then, the 32-year-old Afghan frequently has had to relocate his wife and young son to avoid the Taliban’s reprisals, he told National Journal. His 12-year-old son hasn’t attended school for the past three years.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Lauren Green |Philip Athey |Cristina Maza
After 13 years of civil war, one of the Middle East’s most brutal dictators, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has been forced out of power in a swift and unexpected rebel uprising. Now, just one month before a new administration enters the White House, threatening to dramatically upend U.S. foreign policy, officials in Washington are grappling with whether they should celebrate the downfall of a cruel and deeply entrenched regime or worry about what will replace it.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Philip Athey |Casey Wooten |Lauren Green |Natalie Jackson
The Equal Rights Amendment was approved by Congress in 1972 and initially ratified by 35 states. It finally met the three-fourths state-ratification requirement in 2020 when Virginia followed suit. However, it has not been certified and published into the Constitution. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand spoke to Savannah Behrmann about why she wants President Biden to compel the national archivist to certify and publish the ERA before his time in the White House ends.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Cristina Maza |Lauren Green |Philip Athey
As the world prepares for a new administration in Washington next month, Russia and Ukraine are scrambling to solidify their positions ahead of inevitable negotiations. President-elect Trump has boasted he will end the war in Ukraine days after returning to office. Few believe that he can obtain such a swift cessation of hostilities. However, many believe his administration will push Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table shortly after he reenters the White House in January.
