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Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, on left, speaks with staff and Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., during the House Budget Committee markup of the reconciliation bill on Friday.

Congress

Weekend do-over planned for ‘big, beautiful’ budget package

GOP leaders regroup to try to cut deal with conservatives ahead of Sunday night vote

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted May 16, 2025 at 12:46pm, Updated at 3:34pm

A spokesperson for the Government Accountability Office said it has “declined any requests” to have a team assigned to it from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

Congress

DOGE attempt at GAO is ‘intrusion’ into legislative branch, Dems say

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 16, 2025 at 6:29pm
The Supreme Court building in Washington.

Policy

Supreme Court rules US tried to deport migrants too quickly

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 16, 2025 at 4:56pm
Elon Musk attended President Trump's address to Congress in March.

Congress

Democrats renew call for probe of Musk-Putin ties

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 16, 2025 at 6:30am
Utah Rep. Blake D. Moore dozes off during a House Ways and Means markup early Thursday morning.

Video

Nap-itol Hill — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted May 16, 2025 at 3:10pm
A congressional staffer sets up a poster on stage for Texas Republican Rep. Brian Babin’s news conference on the bill dubbed the Birthright Citizenship Act in the Capitol on Jan. 23. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments over birthright citizenship

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 14, 2025 at 12:32pm, Updated May 16, 2025 at 11:55am
President Donald Trump arrives on the south lawn of the White House on April 28.

Q&A on Trump’s prescription drug pricing executive order

By FactCheck.org
Posted May 16, 2025 at 11:04am

Securing American Battery Technologies

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2025 at 3:08pm
Rep. Randy Weber, R-Texas, holds up his “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” binder during the House Energy and Commerce Committee markup of the budget reconciliation legislation in the Rayburn office building on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | May 9-15, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 16, 2025 at 11:00am
Demonstrators outside the Department of Labor building on April 14 hold signs during a news conference with Federal Workers Against DOGE to oppose the Trump administration's funding cuts and firing of federal workers.

For the sake of our communities, honor our public servants

By Rob Shriver
Posted May 16, 2025 at 10:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves budget reconciliation negotiations to open the House on Thursday.

GOP leaders try to keep Friday reconciliation markup on track

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 15, 2025 at 8:42pm

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., left, questions Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Jan. 14. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, is at right.

Senate Republicans halt resolution on El Salvador deportations

By Chris Johnson
Posted May 15, 2025 at 7:12pm
Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and ranking member Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., are seen during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Jan. 15.

Senate panel leaders back Trump’s lifting of sanctions on Syria

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 15, 2025 at 7:05pm

Capitol Lens | Speaker mode

By Bill Clark
Posted May 15, 2025 at 4:32pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Activists gather with signs at the Supreme Court before the court heard oral arguments Thursday about President Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship executive order.

Supreme Court sounds open to limits on nationwide injunctions

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 15, 2025 at 3:40pm
Nebraska Rep. Adrian Smith says the school voucher proposal "fits well within the purview of reconciliation."

School choice proponents cheer voucher proposal in budget reconciliation measure

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 14, 2025 at 6:24pm, Updated May 15, 2025 at 3:31pm

At the Races: Democrats go back to school

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 15, 2025 at 2:45pm

Capitol Ink | Renaming rights

By R.J. Matson
Posted May 15, 2025 at 7:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, seen here arriving for a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday, publicly threw his weight behind a push to ban congressional stock trading.

Speaker Johnson backs congressional stock ban, cites ‘a few bad actors’

By Justin Papp
Posted May 14, 2025 at 1:43pm, Updated at 7:37pm
Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar backed off his push for an impeachment vote Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump impeachment effort pulled moments before House vote

By Victor Feldman
Posted May 14, 2025 at 7:00pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries used a procedural maneuver on the floor Wednesday to call attention to an overdue plaque honoring police who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

‘It’s time’: Jeffries urges placement of Jan. 6 plaque during police week

By Justin Papp
Posted May 14, 2025 at 5:59pm
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives to testify Wednesday at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing.

Kennedy defends budget request but is silent on big HHS changes

By Sandhya Raman and Lia DeGroot
Posted May 14, 2025 at 5:21pm
Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., center, opens the House Ways and Means Committee markup of the budget reconciliation bill on Tuesday. Smith is flanked by Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., left, and ranking member Richard E. Neal, D-Mass.

How much SALT is enough?

By David Winston
Posted May 14, 2025 at 5:05pm
President Donald Trump greets Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. as he arrives to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress in March.

Trump’s speedy appeals put Supreme Court on tricky path

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 14, 2025 at 4:49pm
Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., is a former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and a current member of House Democrats’ whip team.

Rep. Steven Horsford on tourism, trade wars and taking on Trump

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 14, 2025 at 4:31pm

Capitol Lens | Running time

By Bill Clark
Posted May 14, 2025 at 3:57pm
Runners make their way to the starting line of the ACLI Capital Challenge 3-mile race in Anacostia Park on Wednesday.

A run in the (Anacostia) park

By Jason Dick
Posted May 14, 2025 at 3:27pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on April 8.

Reconciliation text includes big boosts to immigration fees

By Chris Johnson
Posted May 14, 2025 at 2:36pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is seen in the Capitol on May 8.

Schumer announces holds on Justice Department nominees

By Nina Heller
Posted May 14, 2025 at 11:19am
President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court on Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Palestinians face stark uncertainty as Trump tours Middle East

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 14, 2025 at 11:07am
Speaker Mike Johnson, seen here in April, was slow to appoint members to the Office of Congressional Conduct, compared to previous House leaders.

After delay, Johnson appoints ethics watchdog board members

By Justin Papp
Posted May 13, 2025 at 5:26pm, Updated at 8:06pm
The Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson Building is seen from the observation area at the top of Capitol Dome. A power struggle at the library has become an unexpected focal point for questions of legislative branch authority.

As Library of Congress crisis deepens, lawmakers tread carefully

By Justin Papp
Posted May 13, 2025 at 7:36pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee earlier this month.

States challenge immigration cooperation requirements for grants

By Chris Johnson
Posted May 13, 2025 at 4:59pm
Iowa Rep. Randy Feenstra is exploring a run for governor. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra exploring run for Iowa governor

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 13, 2025 at 4:55am, Updated at 4:55pm

Capitol Lens | Markup interuptus

By Tom Williams
Posted May 13, 2025 at 4:01pm

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