Capitol Hill

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On a board typically dominated by Ph.D. economists, Warsh brought a different skill set: deep relationships on Wall Street and Capitol Hill.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The new figure, revealed by the Defense Department during a budget hearing on Capitol Hill, is about $4 billion higher than the estimate offered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth two weeks ago.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

King Charles III’s address to a joint meeting of Congress was the closest thing in a long time to a kumbaya moment on an ever more dysfunctional Capitol Hill.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Last week, US House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters that he thought Cherfilus-McCormick's fate was sealed on Capitol Hill.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Three months later, a six foot, two-hundred-fifty-pound army colonel named Leslie Groves was walking down the hallway of a congressional office building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin