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Rep. Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, listens to the national anthem in the Fiserv Forum on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18, 2024.

Congress

Reconciliation debate to test ‘tax cuts for the rich’ narrative

List of potential cuts circulating would target Medicaid, food stamps, clean energy incentives and more

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 13, 2025 at 11:02am

The Capitol will be busy with confirmation hearings ahead of Inaugration Day.

Congress

Cabinet confirmation hearings dominate agenda as immigration bills move along

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 13, 2025 at 5:39am
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., hands out bottles of water to reporters staking out the House Ethics Committee offices on Nov. 20. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress

GOP eyes compromise ‘SALT’ cap in low-to-mid five figures

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 13, 2025 at 8:49am
Russell Ellis, right, who goes by "JollyGoodGinger," live streams Friday outside the Supreme Court building after the court heard oral arguments on whether to overturn or delay a law that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the U.S.

Policy

Supreme Court sounds ready to back TikTok ban law

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 10, 2025 at 2:41pm
A view of flames on a ridge, as seen Thursday from Topanga Canyon near Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles.

White House

As California fires rage, so does what could be final Trump-Biden battle

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 10, 2025 at 2:13pm
A man holds a Carter-Mondale campaign sign outside the Capitol on Tuesday night as people arrive for the general public viewing of former President Jimmy Carter, lying in state in the Rotunda.

Welcome back, and farewell, Carter — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted January 10, 2025 at 4:29pm
Then-Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is seen in the Capitol last year.

Menendez prosecutors seek 15 years in prison in corruption case

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 10, 2025 at 1:16pm

2025 Global Policy Outlook: Your Blueprint for Navigating the Coming Year

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted December 11, 2024 at 7:10pm
Carter family members touch the casket as they pay their respects during former President Jimmy Carter’s lying in state ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending January 10, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 10, 2025 at 9:58am
Michigan Republican Rep. Lisa McClain greets Vice President-elect JD Vance before the Electoral College vote count during a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Monday.

Vance resigns from Senate, clearing the way for a GOP replacement

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted January 9, 2025 at 6:23pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Tuesday.

Senate votes to move forward on immigration bill

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 9, 2025 at 5:21pm

Experts Share Advice on Navigating 2025 State Sessions

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted December 11, 2024 at 7:12pm
Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., opposed the sanctions bill.

House backs international court sanctions over Israeli warrants

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 9, 2025 at 3:02pm

Immigration politics hit the Hill

By Niels Lesniewski, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted January 9, 2025 at 2:28pm
The flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is carried down the steps of the Capitol on Thursday, ahead of a funeral service at Washington National Cathedral.

Jimmy Carter’s funeral: Fanfare for the common man with an extraordinary life

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 9, 2025 at 12:57pm, Updated at 1:15pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
A resident in a wheelchair at an assisted living facility in Boston, MA in 2020.

Trump’s immigration plans could imperil long-term care workforce

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted January 9, 2025 at 7:00am, Updated at 11:24am
Visitors attend the public viewing of former President Jimmy Carter in the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Capitol Police said they arrested a man trying to enter the Capitol Visitor Center with a machete.

Capitol Police arrest man with machete and knives

By Justin Papp
Posted January 8, 2025 at 4:26pm, Updated January 9, 2025 at 11:01am
From left, Sen. Patty Murray and Reps. Xavier Becerra and James E. Clyburn address the media outside the Senate Foreign Relations room in the Capitol, where members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, also know as the “super committee,” were holding a meeting in November 2011.

‘It’s incredibly hard’ — consider the super committee

By Jason Dick
Posted January 9, 2025 at 6:00am
President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania, followed by Senate Majority Leader John Thune and wife Kimberly, walk through the Ohio Clock Corridor on Wednesday.

‘Horse race’ is on as Trump hears from senators on budget strategy

By Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman
Posted January 8, 2025 at 9:17pm
A Capitol Police vehicle drives past a security fence on Jan. 6. The department faces a sexual discrimination suit that now has a trial date.

Capitol Police discrimination suit could go to trial later this year

By Justin Papp
Posted January 8, 2025 at 6:32pm
The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond is seen in July 2023. (Win McNamee/Getty Images file photo)

Virginia special elections suggest no major political shift since November

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted January 8, 2025 at 6:31pm
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of Health and Human Services, makes his way to a meeting with Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Dirksen Building on Wednesday.

Hawaii governor sounds alarm over RFK Jr.’s stance on vaccines

By Lia DeGroot
Posted January 8, 2025 at 5:57pm

Capitol Ink | In memoriam

By R.J. Matson
Posted January 8, 2025 at 5:29pm
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in November.

Senate appears poised to move forward on immigration bill

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 8, 2025 at 5:28pm
Ohio’s Sherrod Brown, right, and Montana’s Jon Tester, pictured here during a hearing in 2022, lost reelection last year despite having strong personal brands in their states.

How the decline of personal political brands hurts Senate Democrats

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted January 8, 2025 at 4:33pm
Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Dec. 11.

Biden administration finalizes rule on medical debt

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted January 8, 2025 at 4:03pm
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, here in the Senate subway in the U.S. Capitol in December, faces a competitive reelection next year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

An early look at potentially vulnerable senators in 2026

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted January 7, 2025 at 5:00am, Updated January 8, 2025 at 3:44pm
TikTok supporters are seen outside the Capitol in March 2024, before the House passed legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S.

Supreme Court action on TikTok could shape congressional power

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 8, 2025 at 1:18pm
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during Turning Point's annual AmericaFest 2024 in Phoenix, Ariz. on Dec. 22. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump asks Supreme Court to delay sentencing in New York case

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 8, 2025 at 11:44am
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.

Heinrich says panel chair Lee broke protocol on Burgum hearing

By David Jordan
Posted January 8, 2025 at 11:31am
President Jimmy Carter lies in state at the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress welcomes Jimmy Carter to the Capitol for the final time

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 7, 2025 at 6:36pm
From left: Republican Sens. Katie Britt, Eric Schmitt and Michael D. Crapo are joining the Judiciary Committee in the 119th Congress.

Three Republicans, all lawyers, join Senate Judiciary Committee

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 7, 2025 at 5:33pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune seeks to hold a procedural vote as soon as Friday on a Senate version of the immigration bill.

Republicans move on immigration bill with some bipartisan support

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 7, 2025 at 5:03pm

Capitol Lens | Leaders’ digest

By Bill Clark
Posted January 7, 2025 at 4:48pm
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters Tuesday during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.

As House GOP calls for spending cuts, Trump pushes pricey Greenland purchase

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 7, 2025 at 2:56pm
California freshman Derek Tran, pictured here arriving for new member orientation in the Capitol in November, is likely to be a GOP target next year.

An early look at House members who could be vulnerable in 2026

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted January 7, 2025 at 5:00am, Updated at 10:01am

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