STEPHEN GROVES

Congressional reporter

Groves covers Congress for The Associated Press.

Trump tested the limits on using the military at home. If elected again, he plans to go further

During his first term as president, Donald Trump tested the limits of how he could use the military to achieve policy goals.

Departures in House create crucial Republican targets in the fight for majority control

After a tumultuous and unproductive session of Congress, nearly 50 House members have decided either to not seek reelection or to run for a higher office.

Biden says he’ll speak with Israeli leader, vowing all-out war in the Middle East must be avoided

President Joe Biden says he will speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and believes an all-out war in the Middle East has to be avoided.

Democrats try to censure Rep. Clay Higgins for slandering Haitians in social media post

A Republican congressman who slandered Haitian immigrants in a social media post is facing a censure push from Democrats. Rep.

House approves GOP resolution condemning Biden and Harris over Afghanistan withdrawal

House Republicans have voted to condemn President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Work has begun on an inauguration stage at the Capitol. The last one became part of Jan. 6 attack

Work on the presidential inauguration platform is kicking off at the U.S. Capitol. Congressional leaders pounded the first ceremonial nails into a stage they cast as a symbol of America’s commitment to the peaceful transfer of power.

John Thune is striving to be the next Republican Senate leader, but can he rise in Trump’s GOP?

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is competing intensely to become the next Republican leader in the Senate.

Congress bestows its highest honor on the 13 troops killed during Afghanistan withdrawal

House Speaker Mike Johnson has presented Congress’ highest honor — the Congressional Gold Medal — to 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Trump is putting mass deportations at the heart of his campaign. Some Republicans are worried

Donald Trump is putting immigration at the heart of his campaign to retake the White House. He is pushing the Republican Party towards an aggressive strategy of deporting millions of people.

Trump ramps up his defense of Vance after one of the rockiest VP rollouts in recent memory

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is in the rare position of having to defend someone else’s controversial comments.

Volunteers and donations surge into Democratic campaigns with Harris atop the ticket

Congressional Democrats in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and beyond are seeing an outpouring of volunteers to help Vice President Kamala Harris and counter Republican Donald Trump.

House Republicans vote to rebuke Kamala Harris over administration’s handling of border policy

House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris’s role in the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. border with Mexico.

Biden was all in until the day he got out: How a campaign unraveled

Insiders who were close to Joe Biden’s struggles are describing a president who was dogged in his determination to keep his candidacy alive — but ultimately not in denial about the odds.

Democrats hail Biden’s decision as selfless while Republicans urge him to resign

Democratic lawmakers are hailing President Joe Biden’s historic decision not to seek reelection as putting his country and his party before himself.

Uproar over Biden’s campaign shows no signs of abating. Manchin is latest to call for a new nominee

The uproar over President Joe Biden’s reelection bid is showing no signs of abating. A fifth senator is now urging Biden to withdraw from the race and let Democrats hold an “open process” for a new nominee.

Democrats consider expelling Menendez from the Senate after conviction in bribery trial

Sen. Bob Menendez has shown no sign he will voluntarily resign from the Senate following his conviction on bribery charges.

Democrats in Congress are torn between backing Biden and sounding the alarm

After days of no direct talks between Joe Biden and congressional leaders, many lawmakers have been grappling with a potential crisis that could reach beyond the results of the presidential election.

House ethics panel reviews 2 GOP lawmakers’ campaign payments to private social clubs

The House Ethics Committee is reviewing separate accusations against two Republican congressmen from Texas that allege they violated ethics rules by using campaign funds to pay membership dues at private social clubs.

Endangered House candidates grapple with how closely to run with Biden and Trump

As candidates for the U.S. House vie for election in the few dozen districts that are likely to determine political control of the chamber, they are leaning into local issues.

Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a sweeping new plan from Biden

President Joe Biden has ordered an expansive election-year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S.

Biden will announce deportation protection and work permits for spouses of US citizens

President Joe Biden is planning to announce a sweeping new policy that would lift the threat of deportation for tens of thousands of people married to U.S. citizens.

White House preps ‘dreamers’ celebration while President Biden eyes new benefits for immigrants

President Joe Biden will host a White House event next week celebrating an Obama-era directive that offered deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants.

Senate Republicans block bill on women’s right to IVF as Democrats make push on reproductive care

Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would make it a right nationwide for women to access in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments.

Speaker Johnson appoints two Trump allies to a committee that handles classified intelligence

House Speaker Mike Johnson is appointing two far-right Republicans to the powerful House Intelligence Committee.

Will Biden’s new border measures be enough to change voters’ minds?

President Joe Biden is trying to address a major liability for his reelection campaign by taking executive action to significantly restrict asylum.

Biden rolls out asylum restrictions, months in the making, to help ‘gain control’ of the border

The U.N.’s International Organization for Migration is responding to President Joe Biden’s effort to restrict asylum at the U.S.

Seeking to spotlight Republican resistance, Senate Democrats renew push for IVF rights

Senate Democrats are making a renewed push to show their support for ensuring nationwide access to in vitro fertilization. Sen.

Biden prepares an order that would shut down asylum if a daily average of 2,500 migrants arrive

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign says the Biden administration’s upcoming executive order to limit border crossings is ineffective and that President Joe Biden could completely close the border “with a swipe of the same pen.”

Key Republican calls for ‘generational’ increase in defense spending to counter US adversaries

The top-ranking Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the military is calling for a “generational investment” in America’s defense. Sen.

Border bill fails Senate test vote as Democrats seek to underscore Republican resistance

Senate Republicans are blocking for a second time a bill to clamp down the number of migrants allowed to claim asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. The bill failed 43-50.

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