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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware about whether gun control measures can pass Congress. Coons is one of a few Democrats to meet with the White House about the issue.

While statehood for the District of Columbia has long been an uphill battle, there's a renewed effort in the House to make the District the 51st state. The Senate likely won't go along anytime soon.

With details of the conversation between President Trump and the Ukrainian president released, House Democrats are charting next steps in their impeachment inquiry.

The 111th Congress on Sunday night managed to do what Congresses before it have tried and failed to do for nearly a century: Pass and send to the president a bill to fundamentally remake the nation's health care system.

Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., who earlier Tuesday was chosen by House Republicans to be the third speaker nominee in as many weeks, has dropped out.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., the third ranking Democrat in the House, about growing calls for an impeachment inquiry from the House Democratic Caucus.

The House select committee which is investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has issued subpoenas to four former Trump administration officials. More could be on the way.

Intelligence officials reportedly briefed a House committee that Russia favors reelecting President Trump, angering him. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with The Washington Post's Ellen Nakashima.

After weeks of wrangling over whether Washington could find common ground, the House passed a compromise bill to avert a historic default. The bill faces a final legislative test in the Senate.

Lawmakers on the House oversight panel are turning their attention to crime and police reform in D.C.