Haris Alic

Haris Alic covers Congress for The Washington Times. A veteran journalist, Alic has covered Capitol Hill, the executive branch and presidential nominating contests. During the 2022 midterm cycle, Alic moderated a Republican primary debate for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire.

Alic was most recently a politics reporter at Fox News. He got his start in journalism as a staff writer for the Washington Free Beacon.

He can be reached at halic@washingtontimes.com.

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Articles by Haris Alic

Senate Appropriations Committee chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, along with Shalanda Young, the first Black woman to lead the Office of Management and Budget; Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine; House Appropriations Committee chair Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas; and House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.; at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. It's the first time in history that the four leaders of the two congressional spending committees are women. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Congress to move a step closer to fiscal gridlock with unveiling of Senate spending measures

Senators are poised to set up a clash with the House on Thursday when they unveil fiscal 2024 spending legislation that is starkly higher than spending measures the House plans to pass. Published June 21, 2023

Special counsel John Durham leaves a closed hearing of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Tuesday, June 20, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

John Durham testimony underscores need for FBI overhaul, House intel leaders say

The top Republican and Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said the FBI needs an overhaul, after hearing testimony Tuesday from former special counsel John Durham. Published June 20, 2023

In this July 15, 2019 file photo, from left, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., respond during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, to remarks by President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their &quot;broken&quot; countries. All are American citizens. Pressley, the only one of the four who has yet to back any of the Democrats seeking the party's nomination for president in 2020, told the Associated Press, Monday, Nov. 4, that several top party candidates are seeking her endorsement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

‘Squad’ moves to block landlords from using criminal records to screen renters

The far-left clique of progressive House Democrats known as the "Squad" want to block landlords from being able to view criminal records when conducting background checks on potential tenants. Published June 19, 2023

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., whispers to Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., during an event hosted by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

House conservatives eye ‘unauthorized’ spending to broadly slash federal budget following debt deal

Conservatives in the House believe they may have found the secret path to force instant, deep cuts in government spending. Published June 18, 2023

President Joe Biden, left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talk to reporters after a lunch with Senate Democrats on his upcoming budget and political agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Tax policy bill aims to offset high inflation, punish China, Russia; GOP evokes families, businesses

House Republicans have assembled a $237 billion tax cut package with a bevy of provisions to bolster the economy and offset the impact of 40-year high inflation on American workers. Published June 17, 2023

A U.S. Air Force pilot looked down at the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon as it hovered over the Central Continental United States Feb. 3, 2023. The Defense Department and the Federal Aviation Administration have been tracking a balloon (not pictured) that was flying off the coast of Hawaii last week, but a defense official said Tuesday there's no indication it is connected to China or any other adversary, and it presents no threats to aviation or national security. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense)

Senators press Biden to release U.S. intel analysis of Chinese spy balloon incident

Republican senators are pushing for President Biden to explain why a Chinese spy balloon was allowed to float across the U.S. earlier this year before being shot down. Published June 16, 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif. along with other Republican members of the House, speaks at a news conference after the House passed the debt ceiling bill at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The bill now goes to the Senate. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Republicans push McCarthy to address Social Security, Medicare in the spending fight

The largest faction of House GOP lawmakers is pushing Speaker Kevin McCarthy to use the upcoming government spending fight to shore up Social Security and Medicare. Published June 14, 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks at a news conference after the House passed the debt ceiling bill at the Capitol in Washington, May 31, 2023. The bill now goes to the Senate. McCarthy is studying history and considering the appointment of a mix of lawmakers and business leaders to a new commission to tackle the nation's soaring debt. McCarthy is fresh off his biggest political victory since becoming speaker. He got the White House to agree to a debt limit suspension that also contained some $1.5 trillion in deficit savings. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

McCarthy quells conservative blockade of bills, but peace could be short-term

Speaker Kevin McCarthy brokered an end Tuesday to a week-long conservative blockade of legislation coming to the House floor, but there are already signs the truce could be short-term. Published June 13, 2023

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves a gathering of the Republican Conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. McCarthy told reporters yesterday he would bring a contempt resolution against FBI Director Christopher Wray to the floor if it passes the committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top House Democrat accuses McCarthy of ‘walking away’ from debt limit deal

A top member of the House Democratic leadership accused Speaker Kevin McCarthy of reneging on the debt limit agreement struck with President Biden last month. Published June 13, 2023

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., left, and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walk together to a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans after quelling a rebellion from hardline conservatives who brought the chamber to a standstill last week, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Last week, a dozen Republicans, mainly members of the House Freedom Caucus, shuttered House business in protest of McCarthy's leadership. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House breaks legislative logjam after McCarthy agrees to negotiate with Freedom Caucus

The House broke a week-long impasse on Tuesday after conservative hardliners ended their blockade of Republican-backed legislation coming to the floor. Published June 13, 2023

McCarthy OKs $130 billion spending cut, portending potential government shutdown

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has agreed to push for a $130 billion spending cut in the upcoming government funding battle in contravention of the debt limit deal struck with President Biden last month. Published June 13, 2023

Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., center, arrives for a news conference with members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus to talk about the debt limit deal, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

McCarthy cancels House votes amid private negotiations with conservative rebel holdouts

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy canceled a series of planned votes on Monday amid negotiations with 11 conservative rebels who have frozen the chamber. Published June 12, 2023

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., listens in the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Conservative rebels push McCarthy to defund 1,100 federal programs in government spending fight

The small group of conservative lawmakers that has paralyzed the House is pushing Speaker Kevin McCarthy to back the defunding of more than 1,100 unauthorized federal programs in the upcoming government spending fight. Published June 12, 2023

Speaker Kevin McCarthy vexed by conservative revolt as House returns to Washington

The House of Representatives is set to return to Washington on Monday with no clear resolution to the standoff between conservative hard-liners and Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Published June 11, 2023

Former President Donald Trump leaves the stage after speaking at the Georgia Republican convention, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Columbus, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

‘I will never be detained’: Trump defiant after federal indictment

Former President Donald Trump struck a defiant tone Saturday in his first public appearance since being indicted on 37 counts of mishandling classified documents, calling the prosecution by the Biden Justice Department a dangerous abuse of power to stop his campaign as the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination. Published June 10, 2023

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the North Carolina Republican Party Convention in Greensboro, N.C., Friday, June 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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