Tal Kopan
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This Ohio trial has big implications for corruption and campaign finance law
The former speaker of the Ohio State House is facing federal corruption charges in a trial that has received little national attention but could ultimately have broad implications for campaign finance practices and when public officials can be charged with abusing their office. → Read More
Ed Markey helped make Elon Musk. Now, Markey is working to slow him down.
Musk has benefited from Markey’s environmental foresight. And Musk, in turn, has helped Markey realize some of his dreams as an elected official. → Read More
Across the Capitol from McConnell, McCarthy tries the opposite of his peers: rewarding his opponents
Past congressional bosses of both parties have not been hesitant about punishing anyone who was perceived to go against the team. But House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is using a different approach. → Read More
Sexual abuse in JROTC programs much higher than previously known, new documents show
Officials documented 114 allegations over the past decade, nearly double the previously known cases involving abuse of students enrolled in the military-led program. → Read More
Massachusetts lawmaker asked ChatGPT to write his floor speech
Representative Jake Auchincloss decided to see if AI technology could handle writing a congressional floor speech. The answer? Kinda. → Read More
Kevin McCarthy’s dealmaking won him the House speakership, but for how long?
Some of the promises that Kevin McCarthy made to his fellow Republicans were easy to keep. Others, however, strike observers as next to impossible. → Read More
The speaker vote underscored how money is so central to politics today
Some of the deals cut during the speaker’s votes were made not on the House floor or offices but by super PACs outside of them. → Read More
Elizabeth Warren endorses in California Senate race against incumbent colleague
Senator Elizabeth Warren has long supported California Representative Katie Porter's political ambitions. But timing of her endorsement of Porter's Senate bid carried an additional message about a current Senate colleague. → Read More
House spends Jan. 6 anniversary in a different kind of chaos
The contrast between the two events could not be more jarring. → Read More
‘There isn’t any House’: Speaker drama ripples throughout basic congressional function
House Democrats have no plans to help Republicans out of their messy internal feud over who will be the next speaker of the House. → Read More
Kevin McCarthy draws mockery online for moving into speaker’s office — even though he’s not speaker
“Kev you better have someone move those boxes back,” tweeted Jaime Harrison, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. → Read More
House GOP’s speaker shambles only the beginning of the drama
As Tuesday wore on with no movement, hopes of a functional House dwindled along with it. → Read More
Kevin McCarthy has long wanted to be speaker of the House. Now he faces his moment of truth.
Kevin McCarthy enters the first day of the 118th Congress in a stare-down with a handful of detractors who have pledged not to vote for his speakership. → Read More
Jim McGovern brings fight to end hunger to the halls of Congress
At a time when aid organizations are being pushed to the brink and food insecurity is growing, McGovern and advocates say the battle must be fought and won in Washington, with policies that measurably improve access to food. → Read More
Mitt Romney on Charlie Baker’s move to the NCAA: ‘Into the fire’
Senator Mitt Romney praised outgoing Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker but said he's going to have his work cut out for him as the new president of the NCAA. → Read More
Katherine Clark’s rise through politics has looked effortless. It was anything but.
While Clark’s climb to the number two spot may have seemed effortless — she ran unopposed — it was the result of months of quietly securing support among her colleagues in anticipation of a leadership shuffle. That mastery of the inside game has helped her at every level of her career. → Read More
Senate Democrats add teeth to their majority with Warnock win
The shift from a 50-seat majority to 51, while seemingly insignificant, opens up a whole range of possibilities to exercise oversight authority — especially for watchdog-minded senators such as the two Democrats from Massachusetts. → Read More
Katherine Clark cements new, historic role in House leadership
Representative Katherine Clark was elected as the second highest-ranking House Democrat on Wednesday. → Read More
Massachusetts communities are poised for a windfall if Congress can pass a new federal budget soon
But with Republicans set to take over the House next year, the fate of the more than $1.5-trillion federal budget and earmarks themselves are at risk. → Read More
As Pelosi’s historic reign as speaker ends, House Democrats prepare to pass the torch
That new slate of the party’s House leaders is widely expected to include Massachusetts Representative Katherine Clark. → Read More