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Rep. Brendan Boyle, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, is seen at a hearing last May. This week he’s headed to an event he said was years in the making — a congressional trip to Independence Hall.

Heard on the Hill

America’s July 2 birthday, Philadelphia style  

Rep. Brendan F. Boyle is taking Congress back to its former home

By Nina Heller
Posted July 2, 2026 at 5:00am

The Supreme Court is pictured after the court ruled to allow the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for Syrian and Haitian nationals on June 25.

Policy

SCOTUS term marked by shifts to the right, some checks on Trump

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 1, 2026 at 3:09pm
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is the latest Washington lawmaker to come up short in a bid for governor this year.

Campaigns

When Washington politicians can’t go home again

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 1, 2026 at 3:15pm
Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in May 2024.

Campaigns

DeGette’s defeat in Colorado shows the fading clout of seniority

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 1, 2026 at 6:21pm
Fireworks are seen over the National Mall after a UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House in June. Meanwhile, states are forging ahead with their own plans that aim for inclusivity.

Heard on the Hill

States at heart of the Revolution plan 250th events sans Trump

By Mike Magner
Posted July 1, 2026 at 4:23pm

Capitol Ink | Semiquincentennial moment

By R.J. Matson
Posted July 2, 2026 at 7:00am

Capitol Lens | Sam I am

By Tom Williams
Posted July 1, 2026 at 6:52pm

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm
Andrew Fullwood, peer support lead for the Hepatitis C Trust in Birmingham, England, talks with a patient in a van equipped with hepatitis C testing and harm reduction supplies.

Syringe services in limbo under Trump, risking hepatitis C progress

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted July 1, 2026 at 3:11pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., listens as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives for Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on June 24.

Democratic socialists’ primary wins give Trump new midterms attack lines

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 1, 2026 at 11:45am
Smith attributed the Kansas City Chiefs’ relocation to ‘corporate greed.’ (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Ways and Means in early stages of tackling sports taxation

By Jacob Fulton
Posted July 1, 2026 at 6:00am

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette is the latest House Democrat to lose a primary this year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

DeGette, Bennet lose primaries in Colorado amid insurgent wave

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 1, 2026 at 3:58am
Rep. Thomas Massie led a resolution that aims to shed light on what he and others have dubbed the misconduct “slush fund.”

House votes to release sexual misconduct settlement data 

By Nina Heller
Posted June 30, 2026 at 6:41pm
Speaker Mike Johnson sent the House home after lawmakers rejected a rule needed to take up several measures.

Recess to start early in House after GOP frustration boils over

By Aris Folley and Aidan Quigley
Posted June 30, 2026 at 5:17pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Candidates Claire Valdez and Brad Lander, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier raise their hands during a Get Out the Vote rally at King's Theater on June 18 in New York City.

Mamdani, Schumer, Jeffries: Who’s in charge?

By David Winston
Posted June 30, 2026 at 4:53pm
NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth testifies on Tuesday.

Billions in rural broadband funds still on hold

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted June 30, 2026 at 4:17pm
Tourists visit the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress.

Supreme Court says Library of Congress official can stay in job

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 30, 2026 at 1:49pm
The Supreme Court building this week.

Supreme Court strikes down campaign coordination limits

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 30, 2026 at 12:09pm
Activists gathered with signs at the Supreme Court before the court heard oral arguments in May on President Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship executive order.

Supreme Court ends Trump’s birthright citizenship change

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 30, 2026 at 11:56am
Rep. Tom Kean, R-N.J., returns to the Capitol on Tuesday with his wife, Rhonda, after nearly four months away from Washington.

Tom Kean returns to DC after months away and 140 missed votes

By Nina Heller
Posted June 30, 2026 at 11:38am
Activists rally outside the Supreme Court in January as the court hears arguments on transgender athlete bans.

Supreme Court backs state transgender athlete bans

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 30, 2026 at 11:10am

At the Races: Rocky Mountain High Stakes

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 30, 2026 at 5:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives for a news conference at the Republican National Committee after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on June 24.

Housing bill sent to Trump, starting countdown to enactment

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted June 29, 2026 at 8:37pm
Images of deceased children are displayed at the 'Lost Screen Memorial', an art installation of large-scale smartphones featuring 50 children who lost their lives due to online harm, in Los Angeles on Feb. 13, 2026. (Frederic J. Brown/ AFP via Getty Images)

Kids bill faces uncertainty after House passage

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted June 29, 2026 at 7:37pm
Brody Sather, right, and his brother, Gage — both of Louisa County, Va. — show Cassidy, a Lincoln sheep, and Zoe, a Border Leicester sheep, during the Great American State Fair on The National Mall on Monday.

Capitol Lens | Sheep stakes

By Tom Williams
Posted June 29, 2026 at 4:56pm
An intern for a TV news outlet runs with a decision to their cameras as the Supreme Court hands down decisions on Monday.

Supreme Court to release final opinions of term Tuesday

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 29, 2026 at 2:18pm
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is seen at the Capitol on June 18. On Monday he released a letter from the Senate Ethics Committee closing a recent probe.

Complaint against Ruben Gallego dismissed by Senate Ethics

By Nina Heller
Posted June 29, 2026 at 2:04pm
An election worker processes mail-in ballots for the California state primary election at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center on June 5, 2026. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Supreme Court allows counts of late-arriving mail ballots

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 29, 2026 at 12:08pm
Lisa Cook arrives during the Federal Reserve Board open meeting in March in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court stops Trump firing of Fed board member

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 29, 2026 at 11:29am
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, is seen in the Capitol after a meeting in the office of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on March 26, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Kids online safety push clouded by House-Senate divide

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted June 29, 2026 at 7:00am
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is a leading proponent of taxing the AI industry. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Artificial intelligence becomes ripe target for taxes

By Jacob Fulton
Posted June 29, 2026 at 6:29am
Rep. Julia Letlow is the Republican Senate nominee in Louisiana. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump-backed Julia Letlow wins GOP Senate runoff in Louisiana

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 27, 2026 at 11:56pm

At the Races: Runoff, Set, Geaux!

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 26, 2026 at 5:15pm
The Presidential seal is packed away in National Statuary Hall in the Capitol on Wednesday after President Donald Trump canceled the signing ceremony for the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.

Unceremoniously yours — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted June 26, 2026 at 4:53pm
National Guard troops patrol the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 22, 2026. The Trump administration has accused vandals of damaging the reflecting pool.

Trump’s unsupported claims about Reflecting Pool vandalism

By FactCheck.org
Posted June 26, 2026 at 12:26pm
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