Bryan Metzger

Biden signs bill protecting same-sex and interracial marriage months after Supreme Court raised doubts about marriage and contraception decisions

President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law on Tuesday.Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law on Tuesday. It repeals...

Mitch McConnell says Trump's 2022 endorsements limited the GOP's 'ability to control a primary outcome' which led to 'candidate quality' issues

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and former President Donald Trump.Kevin Dietsch and Joe Raedle/Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blamed Trump for the GOP's poor showing in this year's Senate...

House Democrats reject a rules change that could've empowered junior members amid concerns about aging leadership

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, among the chamber’s youngest and oldest lawmakers, respectively.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images A proposed rule change would have limited...

Lawmakers explain why they went to Qatar for the World Cup despite human rights concerns: 'There are no perfect countries'

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call and Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images Qatar's hosting of the 2022 World Cup has been controversial, given...

House Judiciary GOP cites 'repulsive comments' in deleting pro-Kanye West tweet on Thursday, despite rapper's weeks of anti-Semitic rants

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, and Kanye West.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images A Twitter account for Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee deleted a...

Senate passes landmark bill protecting same-sex marriage nationwide. It's expected to pass the House and be signed into law by Biden

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) gives the thumbs up as he leaves the Senate Chamber after passage of the Inflation Reduction Act at the U.S. Capitol August 7, 2022 in Washington, DC.Drew Angerer/Getty...

Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger says she sought out Liz Cheney's endorsement in her nail-biter race against Yesli Vega

Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger greets voters on Saturday, Nov. 5 in Woodbridge, VA.Eliza Relman/Insider Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger told Insider she sought out GOP Rep. Liz Cheney's endorsement. "I think...

Joe Manchin tells CEOs it's 'foolish' for them to give money to political candidates while 'asking nothing in return'

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia speaks with Thomas McMillen, CEO of the LEAD1 Association, during an event on October 26, 2021 in Washington, DC.Drew Angerer/Getty Images Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin...

Lawmakers found a new excuse to not pass a stock trading ban before the midterms: not enough time to read the bill text

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer outside the Capitol on July 29, 2022.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images The House was set to vote on a Pelosi-backed bill to ban members of...

The Senate postponed a vote on codifying same-sex marriage until after the midterm elections even though the bill easily passed the House 2 months ago

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Aug 04, 2022.Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images The Senate won't vote on codifying same-sex marriage until after the midterms,...

Senate Democrats are punting a bill to ban members of Congress from trading stocks to the lame-duck session: 'It's not going to happen before the election'

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon at a press conference on banning stock trades for members of Congress on April 07, 2022.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Senate Democrats won't release a consensus bill to ban...

Florida's Charlie Crist says DOJ should intervene after Ron DeSantis' 'disgusting and vile move' sending migrants to Martha's Vineyard

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, left, authorized two planes to relocate migrants to Martha's Vineyard. His Democratic challenger, former Rep. Charlie Crist, called the actions "disgusting and...

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she was 'swatted' again just one day after someone falsely reported a shooting at her Georgia home

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia at committee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 24, 2022.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says the police were falsely called to her home for the...

John Bolton says he's 'embarrassed' that an Iranian Revolutionary Guard member offered the 'low price' of just $300,000 to assassinate him

Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton in Minsk, Belarus on August 29, 2019.Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images The DOJ announced Wednesday that John Bolton was the target of an assassination plot. Bolton says he...

Pro-impeachment Republican Rep. Peter Meijer introduced and congratulated his Trump-backed primary challenger for a 'hard-fought race' at GOP unity event

Republican Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan outside the Capitol on November 4, 2021.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Rep. Peter Meijer was defeated by primary challenger John Gibbs after voting to impeach Trump...

Meet Karrin Taylor Robson, the Pence-endorsed Republican who could stop Trump-endorsed Kari Lake from winning the Arizona GOP gubernatorial nomination

Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidates Karrin Taylor Robson and Kari Lake.Rebecca Noble/Reuters The Arizona GOP gubernatorial primary has turned into a proxy war between Donald Trump and Mike Pence. Karrin Taylor Robson...

Jan. 6 committee witness Rusty Bowers backs away from supporting Trump in 2024, says he's engaged in 'tyrannical' behavior

Former President Donald Trump and Arizona GOP House Speaker Rusty Bowers.Jamie Squire and Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Rusty Bowers recently testified about the pressure campaign he faced from Trump after the 2020...

Tech billionaire Peter Thiel is under fire from Arizona Republicans hoping to defeat his Trump-backed protégé Blake Masters in Senate primary

Billionaire Peter Thiel and Arizona GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters.Marco Bello/Getty Images and Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Blake Masters has surged in the Arizona GOP Senate primary after securing...

President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 people. Most of them have donated money to Democrats.

Then-Vice President Joe Biden speaks after being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 12, 2017.Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17...

Democratic Rep. Andy Levin deletes tweet showing him doing yoga poses and releasing 'toxicity' after Supreme Court guts abortion rights: 'I turn inward, at least for a moment'

Democratic Rep. Andy Levin of Michigan at a press conference on Capitol Hill on February 9, 2022.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Rep. Andy Levin tweeted a photo of him in a yoga pose amid Democratic angst about...

Sen. Josh Hawley predicts the overturning of Roe v. Wade will cause a 'major sorting out across the country' and allow the GOP to 'extend their strength in the Electoral College'

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, FL on February 24, 2022.AP Photo/John Raoux Sen. Josh Hawley predicted that the overturning of Roe v. Wade will...

House Democrats cheerfully sang 'God Bless America' on the steps of the Capitol as crowds protested the overturning of Roe v. Wade at the Supreme Court across the street

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leads a rally celebrating the passage of gun safety legislation as protesters swarm the court just yards away on June 24, 2022.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Democrats sang "God Bless...

14 House Republicans, including Uvalde's congressman, voted to back the most significant new gun restrictions since the 1990s

Republican Reps. Fred Upton of Michigan, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, and Tony Gonzales of Texas all voted for the bill.Win McNamee and Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images The House passed the Bipartisan Safer...

Here are the 27 House Democrats who voted against a bill to extend Supreme Court police protection to justices' families

Democratic Reps. Mikie Sherill of New Jersey and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on New York.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call and Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The House passed a bill to extend Supreme Court police protections to...

Mitch McConnell says he's 'comfortable' with with the deal on gun legislation struck by senators Murphy and Cornyn and may even vote for it

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stands behind Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at a ceremony at the Capitol on June 8, 2022.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Mitch McConnell signaled that he's likely...