OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks with reporters following meetings on Capitol Hill, in Washington, June 3, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters OpenAI is dominating the first visible wave of artificial intelligence spending inside Congress. The maker of ChatGPT accounted for roughly $9 out of every $10 spent on identifiable AI tools by House offices, committees…
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Three days after SpaceX’s blockbuster public debut, Rep. William Timmons bought as much as $100,000 of the rocket company’s stock. The South Carolina Republican chairs a House oversight panel on military and foreign affairs and sits on a financial services subcommittee covering artificial intelligence — two sectors central…
A Mercedes-Benz logo is displayed on a used vehicle for sale at a dealership on November 11, 2025 in San Diego, CA. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Senate Commerce Committee advanced bipartisan legislation Wednesday aimed at toughing a ban on Chinese automakers from the U.S. market, even as Chairman Ted…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts and ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, speaks to members of the media following a confirmation hearing in Washington, June 25, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Five top Senate Democrats on Friday renewed calls for hearings into President Donald Trump’s…
U.S. Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-NJ) (C) arrives at the U.S. Capitol with his wife Rhonda Kean (R) on June 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Rep. Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., said Tuesday that he was diagnosed with depression, explaining a months-long absence from Congress that had become a political liability…
A person holds a sign reading “Save Our Social Security” during a rally against President Donald Trump’s tax plan, near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, April 10, 2025. Bryan Dozier | Afp | Getty Images Washington lawmakers have a new deadline by when to fix Social Security‘s retirement trust fund, based on a new annual…
US President Donald Trump, alongside Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, speaks to the press on the way to a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump is turning a series of would-be…
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (R) welcomes US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during the “Our Team, Our Year” Get Out The Vote (GOTV) rally at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, on June 18, 2026. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Voters in New York, Maryland, Utah and South Carolina head to the…
Alan Greenspan, the longtime Federal Reserve chairman known as “the Maestro” who became one of the most influential economic policymakers of his era and famously warned of “irrational exuberance,” has died. He was 100. The influential economist died Monday from complications of Parkinson’s Disease, said his wife of 29 years, Andrea Mitchell, the chief Washington…
U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) holds a press conference with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other Republican leadership on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 3, 2026. Annabelle Gordon | Reuters Rep. Lisa McClain, one of the House GOP’s top leaders, has a family investment poised to benefit from SpaceX’s record public debut…
