Capitol Hill

Policymakers on Capitol Hill remain in a standoff, with Republicans so far digging in and refusing to grant the Democrats' demands to extend subsidies that make health insurance affordable for millions of Americans.

A pardon for Zhao will likely invite intense scrutiny from Democrats on Capitol Hill.

But an acquaintance of Mr. Platner told the Jewish Insider news site that the candidate explained the tattoo’s Nazi connection to him “in a cutesy little way” at a Capitol Hill bar in 2012.

After years in the procedural grind of Capitol Hill, he has found the authority to move quickly “freeing,” said a senior adviser.

“I think he thought the Republican leadership was a bigger impediment to conservative causes than Democrats were,” a former Capitol Hill colleague of Vought’s said.