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President Donald Trump departs the Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on June 24.

Congress

As Congress leans on ‘pro formas,’ bills become law without Trump signature

Politics, power plays and procedural tactics make it likely to happen again, scholars say

By Victor Feldman
Posted October 5, 2026 at 5:00am

Former President Barack Obama greets guests during a campaign rally in Pittsburgh in October 2024.

Campaigns

Obama will campaign with Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 5, 2026 at 3:25pm
Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Ore., speaks with a reporter in her office in the Longworth building on Jan. 22.

Campaigns

Crypto industry PAC gives to 32 House incumbents, on both sides

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted October 5, 2026 at 3:33pm
Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., flanked by other congressional leaders, stands on the Capitol steps on Sept. 11, 2001, to speak about the terrorist attacks earlier that day.

Congress

Disgraced former Speaker Hastert dies

By Nick Eskow
Posted October 5, 2026 at 2:21pm
President Donald Trump arrives for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for his new helipad on the South Lawn of the White House Sept. 21. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

White House

Trump expressing concern about GOP midterm chances

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 5, 2026 at 2:27pm
Sunrise light illuminates the Capitol building on Sept. 30, 2026.

Behind the Byline — A look at the most vulnerable Senate and House incumbents

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Chris Hale
Posted October 5, 2026 at 4:31pm
Demonstrators rally against oil corporations involved in the suit against Colorado municipalities outside of the Supreme Court Building on Monday. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)

State climate suits face skeptical Supreme Court

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 5, 2026 at 2:26pm

2026 State Sessions Recap Report

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted September 10, 2026 at 12:07pm
Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss scores a touchdown during the Rebels' win over the visiting LSU Tigers at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Sept. 19 in Oxford, Miss. (Justin Ford/Getty Images)

Employee question could stall Senate college sports bill at midfield in House

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 5, 2026 at 5:15am
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries conducts a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 17.

Jeffries says Democrats are poised to win the House majority

By Daniela Altimari
Posted October 4, 2026 at 9:19pm
Republican Rep. Derek Schmidt, here at the Capitol in September, represents Kansas' 2nd District, a new Democratic target.

House Democrats grow more bullish about midterms as target list expands

By Daniela Altimari
Posted October 2, 2026 at 7:45am, Updated October 3, 2026 at 7:54pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
President Donald Trump participates in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new helipad on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 21.

Court challenges mount over Trump’s funding clawback

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 2, 2026 at 7:47pm
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., right, holds a sign while Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., questions former special counsel Jack Smith during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on September 29, 2026.

Schmitt show  — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted October 2, 2026 at 4:06pm
Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., poses for photos with Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., and a supporter wearing a hat and necklace made of okra before the start of the Lexington Health Irmo Okra Strut Parade in Irmo, S.C., on Saturday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | September 25-October 1, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted October 2, 2026 at 10:24am

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By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
The Supreme Court is pictured Sept. 15. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Guns, voting and immigration on deck for Supreme Court

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 2, 2026 at 5:00am
The presidential limo known as "The Beast" rolls into the factory floor as President Donald Trump visits the Peterbilt Motors truck plant in Denton, Texas, on Thursday.

‘Pain in the ass’: Trump again shows annoyance with Paxton after leaked audio

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 1, 2026 at 7:01pm
Sens. Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren greet David Slade, nominee for a top Export-Import Bank post, after a confirmation hearing on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Rare out-of-session hearing draws top Banking Democrat’s ire

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted October 1, 2026 at 4:35pm
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., co-sponsors the legislation reversing a decade of Medicare payment policy that made it too expensive for many seniors to buy ultra-lightweight manual wheelchairs. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Bill easing seniors’ wheelchair upgrade costs clears Senate

By Peter Cohn
Posted October 1, 2026 at 4:16pm
Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., speaks during a news conference last year. She recently gave birth to a second child.

Rep. McIver joins rare group who have given birth in Congress

By Nina Heller
Posted October 1, 2026 at 3:53pm

At the Races: Debate demands and dodges

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 1, 2026 at 3:45pm
Maine Sen. Susan Collins talks with reporters during votes in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Vulnerable Republican senators stick with Trump on votes since 2025

By Ryan Kelly
Posted October 1, 2026 at 1:50pm
The coming Supreme Court term is starting to take shape. Justices will hear a case about a mandatory detention policy for immigrants.

Trump’s immigration detention policy to face justices

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 1, 2026 at 11:39am
Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski are seeking to keep funding decisions rooted within the medical research agency.

Lame-duck effort brewing to protect NIH grantmaking

By Ariel Cohen
Posted October 1, 2026 at 11:38am
Former NASA Chief of Staff Bale Dalton is the Democratic nominee for Florida's 7th District.

Florida Democrat is latest candidate to unveil anticorruption plan

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 1, 2026 at 6:00am
Chairman Josh Hawley, R-Mo., right, arrives for the hearing on hearing on Wednesday, with Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senators debate liability for ‘rogue’ AI agents

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted October 1, 2026 at 5:00am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, seen here after a news conference last Wednesday, complained that Republicans were spending time this week on “toothless messaging.”

‘Toothless messaging’? Senate agenda caught up in midterm branding

By Savannah Behrmann, Kelly Livingston and Nina Heller
Posted September 30, 2026 at 6:26pm
The Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery are seen from a plane flying over Arlington, Va., on Sept. 23.

DOD spent record fiscal 2026 funds at breakneck pace in final weeks

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 30, 2026 at 6:18pm
Local housing groups are suing over planned cuts to congressionally appropriated funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Housing groups challenge Trump funding clawback

By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 30, 2026 at 4:01pm
Tennessee Republican Marsha Blackburn leaves the Senate Republican luncheon in the Capitol on June 23.

Blackburn sues Jack Smith over phone records

By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 30, 2026 at 3:59pm
An Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center stands adjacent to single-family homes in Stone Ridge, Va. on Aug. 12, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Voluntary ratepayer protection bill blocked in Senate again

By Kelly Livingston
Posted September 30, 2026 at 2:20pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles. E. Schumer, seen in the Capitol on Tuesday, called the bill "ineffective" at addressing concerns over lawmaker stock trades. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Lawmakers’ stock trading bill falls short in Senate

By Nina Heller
Posted September 30, 2026 at 1:55pm
TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne shakes hands with Burgum after signing an agreement to end the French company's U.S. offshore wind projects during the 2026 CERAWeek by S&P Global energy conference in Houston on March 23. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)

New critique of offshore wind clawbacks: Taxpayers lose out

By David Jordan
Posted September 30, 2026 at 9:35am

Capitol Ink | Pickpocket rescissions

By R.J. Matson
Posted September 30, 2026 at 7:00am
Redistricting may be a high-stakes topic, but it can sometimes make people’s eyes “glaze over,” the authors of a new book say. Above, anti-gerrymandering activists are seen outside the Supreme Court in 2018.

How is ‘Mean Girls’ like gerrymandering? Ask these former Hill staffers

By Nina Heller
Posted September 30, 2026 at 6:15am
California Rep. James Gallagher tops CQ Roll Call's latest list of the most vulnerable House lawmakers. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The 10 most vulnerable House members just over a month before Election Day

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted September 30, 2026 at 5:00am
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