TWN Staff

WASHINGTON — Few days come bigger, few are more anticipated inside the Capital Beltway, than this one. Shortly before 4 p.m. this afternoon, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., will make his way up the macadam drive outside the West Wing, and be escorted to the Oval... Read More

Happy debt-limit summit eve, for those who celebrate! The House returns to Washington after a district work period, but no votes are planned for today. However, one can expect plenty of activity behind the scenes as Republicans and Democrats alike get ready for Tuesday’s much-anticipated meeting... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday evening voted 56 to 41 to end the Biden administration’s two-year pause on tariffs for imports of solar panels and related equipment from four Southeast Asian countries. The vote sends the resolution, known as the Congressional Review Act, to President Joe... Read More

The big news in Washington today is, of course, the pending decision by the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee on interest rates. That decision is scheduled to be released early this afternoon. A press briefing by Fed Chair Jerome Powell will follow, at about 2:30 p.m.... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy announced the division winners and Project Pitch Champion in the Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition's Class of 2022-2023 during a live event held at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on Monday. According to a press release from the... Read More

All eyes will be on the Supreme Court today — sort of — on this the first anniversary of Politico publishing the leaked draft majority opinion in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision and voided the... Read More

This is a district work week for the House, but House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., will be making news today as he delivers an address to the Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel. McCarthy, who is leading a bipartisan delegation of his congressional colleagues to mark the 75th... Read More

WASHINGTON — It’s a relatively quiet, rainy Friday in Washington, with a forecast of periodic heavy rain and high wind gusts sure to inspire those who can to stay home. Others, however, aren’t so lucky. Among them, the president, who will be venturing out this evening... Read More

After a full day of diplomacy at the White House, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will address a joint session of Congress on Thursday, continuing a tradition of foreign leaders and dignitaries addressing lawmakers dating back to the Marquis de Lafayette’s appearance on Capitol Hill... Read More