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Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's Defense secretary pick, and his wife, Jennifer, make their way to a meeting with Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., in the Russell Senate Office Building on Dec. 12, 2024.

Congress

Senate confirms Hegseth as next Defense secretary

Vice President JD Vance casts tie-breaking vote

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 24, 2025 at 10:07pm

President Donald Trump speaks Friday while visiting a neighborhood affected by Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, N.C. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

White House

Trump floats executive order on ‘maybe getting rid of FEMA’

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 24, 2025 at 3:43pm
Anti-abortion activists arrive for the March for Life rally on the National Mall in Washington on Friday.

Policy

Republicans unify messaging at annual March for Life

By Sandhya Raman
Posted January 24, 2025 at 4:32pm
Donald Trump dances as the Village People perform the song “YMCA” at a rally at the Capital One Arena on Jan. 19 in Washington.

Video

It takes a Village (People) — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted January 24, 2025 at 4:15pm
An artist sells prints outside the Capital One Arena before the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Monday. Trump addressed the crowd at the arena later in the day. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Heard on the Hill

Photos of the week ending January 24, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 24, 2025 at 9:30am
A group of 80 Mexicans are deported from the United States on Thursday through Ciudad Juarez via the Paso del Norte international bridge.

Mexico and other countries could hamper Trump border plans

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 24, 2025 at 10:03am
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., at his weekly news conference Thursday, shows a picture of Daniel Ball, a pardoned January 6th defendant who was arrested on gun charges.

Trump’s pardon of Jan. 6 defendants hits minor court snags

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 23, 2025 at 7:11pm

PolicyNote’s AI-powered platform helps you track, analyze, and report on policy changes—all in one place.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd in the VIP overflow viewing area in Emancipation Hall after being sworn in Monday.

Federal judge blocks Trump order on birthright citizenship

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 23, 2025 at 2:58pm, Updated at 5:45pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries talks with reporters after his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Thursday.

Jeffries warns GOP over ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted January 23, 2025 at 5:32pm
Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Agriculture secretary, testifies to the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday.

USDA pick Rollins to ‘follow and listen’ to farmers on deportations

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted January 23, 2025 at 4:13pm

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

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted December 11, 2024 at 7:10pm
Global CEOs listen as President Donald Trump addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland virtually. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)

Takeaways: Some of Trump’s Davos declarations could divide Republicans

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 23, 2025 at 4:00pm
A Capitol Police officer has been suspended pending an administrative investigation by the force’s Office of Professional Responsibility, after a man was found with a gun following a Capitol tour.

Man found carrying handgun after taking Capitol tour

By Justin Papp
Posted January 23, 2025 at 2:47pm

At the Races: March for Life brings abortion votes

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 23, 2025 at 2:38pm

Experts Share Advice on Navigating 2025 State Sessions

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted December 11, 2024 at 7:12pm
Turner testified to the Senate Banking Committee last week.

Senate Banking approves Turner for HUD along party lines

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted January 23, 2025 at 1:54pm

Capitol Ink | Unpardonable offense

By R.J. Matson
Posted January 23, 2025 at 7:00am
The 50th annual March for Life makes its way down Constitution Avenue in Washington on Jan. 20, 2023.

GOP majority renews focus on abortion 

By Sandhya Raman
Posted January 23, 2025 at 6:30am

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Rep. Brittany Pettersen holds her son at a news conference in 2023. Now pregnant with her second child, the Colorado Democrat has joined forces with Anna Paulina Luna to call for a proxy voting exception for new parents.

Grounded in Colorado ahead of birth, Pettersen is still fighting for proxy change

By Justin Papp
Posted January 22, 2025 at 7:23pm
Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens, here arriving at the Capitol in July, leads the New Democrat Coalition Action Fund. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

For Haley Stevens, the road to the House majority runs through the ‘New Dems’

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted January 22, 2025 at 7:05pm
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President 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 Jan. 8.

HHS pauses communications through Feb. 1, memo says

By Lia DeGroot
Posted January 22, 2025 at 6:49pm
Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., left, is seen near the House chamber door as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, 2021.

Law enforcement groups criticize Trump pardons for Jan. 6

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 22, 2025 at 6:36pm
Democratic Reps. Don Davis, left, and Jared Golden, here in the Cannon House Office Building tunnel in April 2024, represent districts won by Donald Trump. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats who won in Trump districts brace for two years in the spotlight

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted January 22, 2025 at 6:26pm
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., pressed for passage of the immigration bill in the Senate.

Immigration bill heads to Trump’s desk after House passage

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 22, 2025 at 6:00pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is joining the Congressional Dads Caucus, hoping to put a spotlight on policies that “ensure that every parent has the resources they need.”

Congressional dad bod grows as Jeffries joins Dads Caucus

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 22, 2025 at 5:37pm
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be secretary of Health and Human Services, meets with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Jan. 9.

How RFK Jr. drove mistrust of a cancer prevention vaccine

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted January 16, 2025 at 7:00am, Updated January 22, 2025 at 5:30pm
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., arrives for a meeting with Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., on Dec.16. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Kennedy to divest from law firms that sue over vaccines

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted January 22, 2025 at 5:17pm
Speaker Mike Johnson listens as President Donald Trump addresses supporters Monday in an overflow space in Emancipation Hall after his second inauguration ceremony.

‘So much sharper’: Which Trump will GOP encounter during high-stakes talks?

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 22, 2025 at 4:42pm
Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., spent much of the last Congress reinvestigating the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol. Now top Republicans announced a plan to keep his effort going.

Loudermilk to lead select subcommittee to keep probing Jan. 6

By Justin Papp
Posted January 22, 2025 at 4:32pm
House Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, R-Tenn., seen at a House hearing in December, says the U.S. is vulnerable to Chinese cyberattacks on critical U.S. infrastructure.

CISA funding at center of tough talk on countering China

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 22, 2025 at 4:02pm

Capitol Lens | Babydog’s day

By Tom Williams
Posted January 22, 2025 at 1:16pm
Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs, pictured here at the Capitol in April 2024, is weighing a gubernatorial run.

Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs weighs governor run and potential clash with Trump pick

By Daniela Altimari
Posted January 21, 2025 at 7:25pm
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to the United Nations, testifies during her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing Tuesday.

Stefanik mostly impresses at Senate Foreign Relations hearing

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 21, 2025 at 7:11pm
Kenneth Cuccinelli, a former top official with the Homeland Security Department during the first Trump administration, cautioned senators last week against an official designation of drug cartels as terrorist groups.

Experts cautious on designating drug cartels as terrorist groups

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 21, 2025 at 6:43pm
Asylum seekers wait Tuesday to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol as seen from Tijuana, Mexico, after President Donald Trump began his second term in office with a series of tough-on-immigration measures.

States challenge Trump order seeking to end birthright citizenship

By Michael Macagnone and Chris Johnson
Posted January 21, 2025 at 6:04pm
Pete Hegseth is seen during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week.

Top Democrats continue to oppose Hegseth amid new allegations

By Mark Satter
Posted January 21, 2025 at 6:00pm

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