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A portion of the arena on the South Lawn of the White House, set up for the upcoming UFC match to celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary, is seen from the North Lawn on May 28.

White House

Activities around the 250th highlight America’s disunity

Some groups organize counter celebrations to Trump's plans for MMA fight, rally

By Mike Magner
Posted June 4, 2026 at 6:00am

Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.

Campaigns

Another one bites the dust

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 3, 2026 at 5:39pm
Reps. Andy Ogles, center, talks with Speaker Mike Johnson in the House chamber at the start of the 119th Congress. A now-deleted post about homosexuality on one of Ogles’ social media accounts was denounced by GOP leaders, unlike some of his previous posts about religious pluralism.

Congress

The GOP push to ‘love thy neighbor’

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 3, 2026 at 6:26pm
Bessent testifies during the Senate Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

White House

Bessent stays mum on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund at hearing

By Jacob Fulton
Posted June 3, 2026 at 3:36pm
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, walks behind Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at a markup on May 20. President Donald Trump endorsed Cornyn’s opponent in the Republican primary. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Congress

Cornyn, Tillis could create ‘wild card situation’ on Judiciary

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 3, 2026 at 12:35pm

Capitol Ink | Happy ‘Dumocrats’

By R.J. Matson
Posted June 4, 2026 at 7:00am
From left, Kate Goodloe, managing director of the Business Software Alliance, Ashli Watts, president and CEO of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Caitriona Fitzgerald, deputy director and policy director for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and Tyler Bridegan, partner at Womble Bond Dickinson and former director of privacy and technology enforcement in the Office of the Texas Attorney General, testify during the House Energy and Commerce panel hearing on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Consent questions raised at data privacy bill hearing

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted June 3, 2026 at 4:31pm

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm
Rep. Thomas H. Kean Jr., R-N.Y., arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday, March 4.

He hasn’t been seen in months. The Congressional Record disagrees

By Nina Heller
Posted June 2, 2026 at 5:00pm, Updated June 3, 2026 at 4:06pm
Landscapers plant bushes along the east side of the Cannon House Office Building on June 1. The renovation of that building is nearing completion, but the Rayburn Building is likely next in line.

‘Tough lessons’: House braces for Rayburn renovation

By Nina Heller
Posted June 3, 2026 at 3:36pm
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, talks with reporters after a Senate Budget Committee markup on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.

Cornyn’s loss proves election rules still apply

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted June 3, 2026 at 2:49pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Former Alabama and LSU head football coach Nick Saban, left, and Notre Dame athletics director Pete Bevacqua testify during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senators urge quick action to halt college sports decay

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 3, 2026 at 2:20pm

Capitol Lens | Show Me State of play

By Tom Williams
Posted June 3, 2026 at 2:05pm
Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Friday, March 27, 2026.

Congress finds a unifying issue — geothermal energy

By David Jordan
Posted June 3, 2026 at 1:35pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee, speaks during an interview at DNC headquarters in Washington on Nov. 2, 2025.

An autopsy of the DNC campaign autopsy

By David Winston
Posted June 3, 2026 at 12:00pm
Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, attends the House Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the budget for the Department of Agriculture in Rayburn building on Thursday, April 16, 2026.

In Iowa Senate race, Hinson-Turek matchup set for November

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 3, 2026 at 5:13am
The Supreme Court building is seen at dawn.

Supreme Court allows Alabama to use new congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 2, 2026 at 10:30pm
Rep. Thomas H. Kean, R-N.J., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on June 4, 2025.

Bennett will face Kean in high-profile matchup in New Jersey

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 2, 2026 at 10:11pm
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears at the House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing Tuesday.

Blanche says ‘anti-weaponization’ fund not moving forward

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 2, 2026 at 6:55pm
Bill Pulte is sworn in for his confirmation hearing to be director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency on Feb. 27, 2025. Many senators raised concerns on Tuesday about his qualifications for the job of director of national intelligence.

Pulte pick raises concerns about DNI independence

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted June 2, 2026 at 2:43pm, Updated at 4:32pm
President Donald Trump talks with reporters during the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 6, 2026. He signed his executive order at the White House on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Executive order sets voluntary cyber reviews for advanced AI

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted June 2, 2026 at 3:33pm
Senate Commerce Chairman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks with ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell , D-Wash., before the start of a Jan. 15, 2025 hearing.

White House ‘reviewing’ college sports bill ahead of Senate hearing

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 2, 2026 at 2:51pm
North Carolina Democrat Jamie Ager.

DCCC kicks off rural engagement program in North Carolina

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 2, 2026 at 11:20am, Updated at 12:42pm
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, center, appears at a news conference with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., in the Capitol on June 17, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Administration sticks with Congress on Medicaid work mandate exemptions

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted June 2, 2026 at 6:00am

At the Races: Going for the Golden State

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 2, 2026 at 5:00am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, seen in the Capitol on May 19, wants the reconciliation bill focused on immigration.

Trump backs off ‘anti-weaponization’ fund after GOP backlash

By Jacob Fulton
Posted June 1, 2026 at 5:49pm, Updated at 8:43pm

Capitol Lens | House work

By Bill Clark
Posted June 1, 2026 at 5:29pm
Cherry blossoms bloom outside of the Supreme Court building in March.

Alabama groups urge Supreme Court to halt congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 1, 2026 at 4:53pm
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is shown on Jan. 6, 2026, the five-year anniversary of the attack on the Capitol.

Heading for retirement, Pelosi still lends political heft to fellow Dems

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 1, 2026 at 2:11pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, seen here at at the Capitol on May 19, has a tricky post-recess to-do list this week.

This week: Reconciliation round two? 

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted June 1, 2026 at 11:08am
Former Attorney General Pamela Bondi arrives for an interview on her role in the Epstein files' release before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Friday.

Bondi sits for closed-door interview over Epstein files release

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 29, 2026 at 5:57pm
Reps. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, and Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, right, talk with reporters about the renaming of the Kennedy Center to include President Donald Trump’s name in December 2025.

Judge blocks moves to add Trump to Kennedy Center name

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 29, 2026 at 4:45pm
Rep. Cleo Fields addresses the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais at an April news conference at the Capitol. His seat is hit hard by a new map adopted by Louisiana state legislators this week.

Louisiana legislators adopt new House map, giving GOP pickup opportunity

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 29, 2026 at 3:56pm
Rep. Frederica S. Wilson, D-Fla., is seen at the Capitol in 2019, wearing one of her signature cowboy hats.

Florida’s Frederica Wilson announces retirement

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 29, 2026 at 1:09pm
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent conducts the White House press briefing Thursday, when he addressed topics that included the fund.

Judge temporarily halts DOJ ‘anti-weaponization fund’

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 29, 2026 at 12:19pm
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