Bernie Sanders

The U.S. Capitol building is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March. 21, 2022. The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to begin its historic confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. The 51-year-old federal judge would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Congressional update from WTOP’s Mitchell Miller

We get the latest about what’s going on at Capitol Hill from WTOP’s Congressional Correspondent Mitchell Miller.

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JAIC thinks AI might solve DoD’s struggles with contract writing systems

DoD Reporter's Notebook

In this image from video, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks on the House floor, Thursday, July 23, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ocasio-Cortez's objections to a Republican lawmaker's verbal assault on her expanded Thursday as she and other Democrats took to the House floor to demand an end to a sexist culture of “accepting violence and violent language against women.” Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., is seated right. (House Television via AP)

House, Senate Dems want to allow Postal Service to do more banking activities

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Flatter defense budgets means Congress will look for savings and legacy cuts

Defense

A MTA employee, wears a mask to protect against coronavirus, waits in the conductors area of a subway car as NYPD and MTA officers wake up sleeping passengers and direct them to the exits at the 207th Street A-train station, Thursday, April 30, 2020, in the Manhattan borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

EPA wants to help cities keep their transit systems clean

Federal Newscast

Defense cuts, cybersecurity and IoT: Five Senate NDAA amendments to know

Defense

Space Force has officially started posting job openings

Federal Newscast

GSA takes aim at those submitting fake comments on proposed regulations

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2016, file photo, the FBI's J. Edgar Hoover headquarter building in Washington. An FBI terrorism investigation that concluded last week with a 20-year prison sentence is atypical since it involves a defendant in the United States receiving funds from abroad to commit an attack locally. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

GAO says GSA is underreporting how much it spent on federal real estate

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Ben Sasse

These four amendments snuck into the Senate defense authorization bill

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Congress questions progress on veterans choice, suicide prevention amid ‘constant churn’ of VA leadership

Veterans Affairs

Lawmakers battle over letting US Postal Service offer financial services

House lawmakers are offering different visions of U.S. Postal Service plans to begin offering financial services to help balance its budget.

Federal Newscast

Sen. Sanders pitches USPS as one-stop shop for mail, printing, banking

As a White House Postal task force conducts a review of the USPS business model, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has a few suggestions.

Management

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Shutdown odds, VA funding, politicals vs. career feds

Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has a few questions about some recent top news stories.

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