Tech

Despite Privacy Fears, Senate Passes Cybersecurity Bill

After months of negotiation, a bill designed to step up defenses in the wake of high-profile hacks moves closer to the president’s desk.

Oversight

How Paul Ryan Is Changing the Conversation About Family Time for Public Servants

He's demanding what women for decades have not felt they could ask for: more time with family.

Oversight

Boehner: 'There Isn't a Reason Why Any Member' Should Oppose Deal

The departing speaker is asking Republicans to help him one last time on the budget.

Nextgov

Pentagon and VA ‘Still Years Away’ from Fully Interoperable Electronic Health Records

The Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs are on track to to blow past a congressionally mandated end-of-2016-deadline to fully deploy modernized EHR software.

Oversight

How Trump and Carson Benefit From the Backlash Against Corruption

Many Republican voters are tired of lobbyists and donors setting the agenda—and eager to back outsiders who feel the same way.

Oversight

Congress Nears Deal on Its Other Crisis: Highway Funding

Lawmakers veer closer to the edge, but both chambers see a path forward.

Oversight

Export-Import Bank Gets Unstuck in the House, While Its Senate Fate Is Uncertain

A discharge petition finally budged the bill out of the lower chamber. What's next?

Oversight

White House, Congressional Negotiators Strike a Budget Deal

Negotiators have reached an agreement that would increase federal spending, and the debt limit, for the next two years.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Hillary Clinton Celebrates a Birthday

Everyone knows what the candidate's wish was when she blew out her candles.

Oversight

The White House and Congressional Republicans Are Nearing a Budget Deal to Avoid Shutdown

Boehner is eager to get an agreement on spending and the debt ceiling before he leaves office.

Oversight

Hillary Clinton Celebrates Her Political Fortune

The Democratic front-runner appears with Gov. Terry McAuliffe, one of her closest political allies, at a Virginia rally.

Oversight

After Last Week's Hearing, Benghazi Panel Goes Back Behind Closed Doors

Republicans say that other high-profile witnesses will be interviewed in private.

Oversight

Benghazi Committee Democrats: We Will Stay on Panel “For Now”

Democrats on the committee met with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Friday.

Management

Senators Press White House to Clamp Down on 'Bridge Contracts'

Carper-McCaskill letter to procurement chief seeks tougher oversight to ensure competition.

Defense

Thursday's Benghazi Hearing Was Tense, Lengthy

Hearing represented the climax of months of investigations and weeks of political sparring.

Oversight

The Debt-Limit First Move No One Wants to Make

House and Senate GOP leaders know they need to pass a clean debt-ceiling measure, but neither wants to go first.