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The Debt Limit: Outlook, Concerns, and Strategies

Discover how to win contracts in the rapidly growing AI market with insights on spending by government agencies, major vendors, and key solicitations.

Zach Cohen
Zach C. Cohen is a congressional reporter at Bloomberg Government. He previously wrote for National Journal, where he covered both of former President Trump’s impeachment trials, the confirmation of Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, the crafting of multi-trillion-dollar coronavirus relief packages, Senate races, and governors’ races.

U.S. Military Fighter Jets Miss Readiness Goals, Watchdog Finds
BY Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg News) and Roxana Tiron
Lockheed Martin Corp.‘s F-22 Raptor and Boeing Co.'s Super Hornet fighter aircraft — the Pentagon’s top combat jets — failed to meet their mission targets from fiscal year 2011 through 2019, even as the Pentagon spent billions of dollars on weapons upkeep, according to the leading government watchdog.

Megan U. Boyanton

Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Fracking Ban Roils Swing-State Races (1)
BY Emily Wilkins
House Democrats from districts reliant on oil and gas production are distancing themselves from a new bill to ban fracking even though the measure is unlikely to gain any traction in Congress.

What to Know in Washington: Impeachment Shifts to Senate
BY Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee
The Senate will convene a formal impeachment trial of President Donald Trump early next year in a bitter and divisive climate where there’s only one thing both parties agree on: keeping the proceedings relatively brief.

Defense Bill Stocked With Goodies to Help Vulnerable Democrats
BY Emily Wilkins
Vulnerable House Democratic freshmen looking to dispel accusations of a do-nothing Congress are pointing to projects benefiting their districts sprinkled throughout a massive defense policy measure headed to the president’s desk.

What to Know in Washington: Trump Faces Historic Impeachment Vote
BY Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee
Donald Trump’s legacy will be forever marked today by his impeachment at the hands of House Democrats, who say it’s a necessary rebuke for the president’s pursuit of a political vendetta. On the eve of the vote, Trump defiantly rejected the move as a predetermined partisan assault.

From the Hamptons to Disneyland, GOP Banks on Suburban Comeback
BY Emily Wilkins
The 2020 elections will measure to what degree the Republican brand has crumbled in what was once the party’s bedrock -- suburbia.

New N.C. Redistricting Boosts Democrats in 2020 Elections (1)
BY Greg Giroux
North Carolina's redrawn map will not only narrow the GOP’s dominance of the state’s House delegation but also force incumbents, even those in relatively safe districts, to seek re-election in significantly new territory.
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