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America might be headed for a government shutdown (again)
If Congress doesn't pass a spending bill by September 30, the government could shut down. Here's wh…
Allie Kelly,Brent D. Griffiths
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Trump and Biden's chief of staff are squaring off next week to sway top business execs
Former President Donald Trump has been making inroads with the Wall Street crowd, with which he had…
Brent D. Griffiths
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John Kelly lashes out over Trump saying a civilian award is better than the Medal of Honor: 'No equivalency of any kind
Veterans groups have criticized Donald Trump for saying that the Presidential Medal of Freedom is b…
Brent D. Griffiths
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About half of all senior congressional staffers are mulling an exit: The 'physical and psychological toll of this place cannot be understated.'
The report comes as more than 40 House members have so far opted out of running for reelection this…
John L. Dorman
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JD Vance defends Trump for saying a civilian award is 'much better' than the Medal of Honor
JD Vance said that Donald Trump was simply trying to compliment a friend when the implied that ther…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Biden's former chief of staff says the president spends too much time 'talking about bridges'
Former Biden White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said he thinks Biden should focus more on economi…
Madison Hall
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Nancy Mace's office is in chaos, with her entire staff turning over since November and her former chief of staff running against her
In recent months, several of her former staffers said her office was "toxic" and "abusive."
Madison Hall
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Major Democratic donors are reportedly withholding $10s of millions unless Biden drops out
Donors are pausing around $90 in pledged donations to a pro-Biden super PAC unless the president bo…
Alice Tecotzky
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Nancy Mace's recently departed chief of staff is officially running to throw her out of office
Dan Hanlon, who worked for Mace for her entire congressional career until December, officially file…
Bryan Metzger
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Trump proposes a policy that could make tipping more annoying for everyone
Trump said at a rally in Nevada he wanted to make income from tips tax-free. Tax-law experts told B…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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I work for a House Democrat and disagree with my boss on Gaza. So I'm secretly organizing behind their back.
A staffer for a House Democrat explains what it's like to anonymously protest on Capitol Hill for a…
Bryan Metzger
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Inside Rep. Rob Menendez's fight to be more than a 'nepo baby'
The first-term congressman largely owes his seat to his criminally indicted father, Bob Menendez. N…
Bryan Metzger
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Lauren Boebert was cut off from drinking more alcohol at a GOP gala says report, as controversies stack up ahead of new election bid
Colorado GOP congresswoman Lauren Boebert was at the New York Young Republican Club's gala when eve…
Rebecca Rommen
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House Republicans voted to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics, and George Santos said it was 'fantastic'
"It's a good thing for transparency, it's a good thing for Americans," Santos said of rule changes …
Bryan Metzger
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Capitol Hill 'sounds like a perfect place for a union,' saying many congressional staffers 'don't make a living wage'
Insider previously reported that some staffers' salaries were so low that they had to live in incom…
Lauren Frias
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The dirty little secret on how congressional staff thrive in the always-on world of modern politics is doing moonlight work like 80-hour weeks, including unpaid Saturdays and Sundays
Many staffers told Insider they're pulled into working for campaigns for no extra pay despite a far…
Kimberly Leonard,Warren Rojas,Camila DeChalus
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Congressional staffers' student-loan debt, by the numbers
Insider reviewed thousands of financial-disclosure reports for top-ranking staffers to determine wh…
Warren Rojas
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Congressional staffers enjoy special tools to pay down their student-loan debt that aren't available to the general public
About 360 high-ranking congressional staffers reported student-loan debt in their official financia…
Warren Rojas,Camila DeChalus
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Congress makes it nearly impossible to investigate whether its aides are violating financial conflict-of-interest laws. We went and did it anyway.
Insider spent hundreds of hours investigating whether Capitol Hill aides are breaking the law. The …
Camila DeChalus,Warren Rojas,Kimberly Leonard
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The questionable way lawmakers get taxpayers to fund borderline-political ads
Rep. Shri Thanedar has spent at least $45,460 in taxpayer dollars on billboards in the Detroit area…