Rob Portman

Ethane demand globally is currently soaring, with traditional producers in the Gulf states struggling to keep up with demand. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Energy and Environment

Coal state lawmakers look to new sources of jobs in infrastructure bill

John Siciliano · May 18, 2017 4:01 am

A major theme of the working group's meeting was what to do about the individual market in 2018. (AP)

GOP senators talk 2018 Obamacare rescue plan

Robert King · May 16, 2017 7:54 pm

Items seized in a drug raid in the Asylum Hill neighborhood in Hartford, Conn. Hartford Police Department Deputy Chief Brian Foley said multiple officers became ill when they were exposed to heroin and fentanyl during the bust. (Hartford Police Department via AP)

Opioid epidemic looms over Senate’s Medicaid talks

Robert King · May 15, 2017 4:01 am

Tom Price's questioning of the benefits of medication-assisted treatment for opioid abuse doesn't signal a change in federal policy, the agency said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

HHS says it won’t change rules on opioid treatments

Robert King · May 12, 2017 8:43 pm

Daily on Healthcare: Senators tackle Medicaid growth rates

Daily on Healthcare: Senators tackle Medicaid growth rates

Kimberly Leonard, Philip Klein and Robert King · May 10, 2017 4:36 pm

The Trump administration is still formulating its approach to Russian aggression and long-time commitments such as the NATO alliance as questions continue to swirl over its relationship with Moscow. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, pool)

National Security

Senators urge Trump to meet with Ukraine leaders before Putin

Travis J. Tritten · May 8, 2017 7:47 pm

The White House said a budget document that the reason for the steep cuts is to streamline the agency. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

GOP Sen. Rob Portman slams proposed cuts to drug control agency

Robert King · May 5, 2017 7:50 pm

If we don't get a change on appropriations soon, then we're probably going to get the nuclear option for appropriations bills before long. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Nuclear option for appropriations bills? It’s probably only a matter of time

David Freddoso · April 24, 2017 7:41 pm

Rob Portman proposes bill to end government shutdown threat

Rob Portman proposes bill to end government shutdown threat

Susan Ferrechio · April 24, 2017 7:02 pm

Sen. Portman became the third Republican senator to call for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Rob Portman wants dollar-for-dollar spending cuts for any debt ceiling hike

Joseph Lawler · March 23, 2017 9:02 pm

Skeptical GOP senators huddle with White House staff on healthcare

Sarah Bedford · March 20, 2017 8:35 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan took off his jacket and rolled up his shirtsleeves last week to go through a 20-minute PowerPoint presentation defending the plan the House Freedom Caucus and a handful of conservative senators have instead dubbed "Obamacare lite." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan faces GOP unity test on Obamacare repeal

W. James Antle III · March 12, 2017 4:01 am