Mychael Schnell
Mychael Schnell covers Capitol Hill involving both Democrats and Republicans. She previously covered Congress at The Hill. She graduated from George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication and political science.
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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., believe the former Homeland Security secretary perjured herself while testifying before Congress. Chances are Attorney General Pam Bondi won’t bite.
GOP lawmakers returning from their Doral retreat are voicing deep frustration about the party’s lack of accomplishments and are divided over how to spend their remaining time in power.
Republicans in Congress are offering plenty of excuses as to why they don’t need a war vote even if Trump puts boots on the ground in Iran.
Republicans rejected a resolution to curb Trump’s ability to unilaterally take military action, even as questions linger about the scope and goals of the escalating conflict.
The senator’s clash with Trump ended his career — and set up a general election battle over whether MAGA can win statewide in North Carolina.
The interview with President Trump took place about 11 hours before the Pentagon announced the first U.S.military casualties of the war.
Most Republican lawmakers are backing the president so far, but some are ripping him for yet another foreign attack.
A recent scandal involving Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, is testing a blunt dynamic with House Republicans: They can get away with just about anything — and leaders won’t call on them to resign.
Top Democrats pushed for a strategy of “silent defiance.” Most followed suit. The ones who didn’t largely defined the Democratic response — at least for Republicans.
A woman who came forward in July 2019 to accuse Jeffrey Epstein of assaulting and raping her several times in the 1980s, beginning when she was just 13, is also a Trump accuser featured in the Epstein files.
