Much of the focus of my work is on the institution of Congress, the leadership of the House and Senate and the interplay between the Senate, the Supreme Court and federal courts.
I have been a full-time journalist since graduating from Illinois State University in 1976 with a degree in communications and have worked at news organizations both large and small. My first newsroom job was with the News-Tribune in LaSalle, Ill., where I learned the importance of getting articles right because they impact people you know. I joined The Times in 1986, first as a correspondent for papers around the South owned by The Times, and I eventually went on to cover the Capitol and the White House and serve in several management roles including as Washington Editor. I am the author of “Confirmation Bias,” a deeply reported account of the political battle for the Supreme Court and the federal courts.
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The question of whether the president-elect would back the speaker for another term has hung over Republicans, especially after recent tensions. But the endorsement does not lock up the job for Mr. Johnson.
By Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Carl Hulse
Past efforts to shrink the federal bureaucracy, including basic things like selling off unused government buildings, have come up short. Republicans are set to try again.
By Carl Hulse
The Senate passed the measure and sent it to President Biden’s desk, shortly after the midnight deadline for funding to lapse.
By Carl Hulse and Catie Edmondson
With the vote, the Senate approved its 235th lifetime judge of President Biden’s tenure, besting his predecessor by a single judgeship.
By Carl Hulse
This was featured in live coverage.
By Carl Hulse, Maya C. Miller and Catie Edmondson
A Republican backlash to the speaker’s plan to temporarily fund the government has sparked new talk of ousting him, and highlighted the challenges he will face if he manages to keep his job.
By Carl Hulse
The president-elect weighed in against the huge spending package after Elon Musk had spent the day warning Republicans not to support it. The blowup left the compromise on life support.
By Catie Edmondson and Carl Hulse
Ohio’s senior Democratic senator told colleagues that despite his defeat, he was not done with politics just yet.
By Carl Hulse
Adeel Mangi, who would have been the first Muslim American federal appellate court judge, wrote an angry letter to President Biden describing bigotry he faced in the confirmation process.
By Carl Hulse
President Biden and House Democrats objected to the bipartisan measure that would immediately give President-elect Donald J. Trump about two dozen new judicial seats to fill.
By Carl Hulse