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Warren talks with reporters in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Oct. 29. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats tee off on possible Treasury corporate tax move

By Jacob Fulton
Posted December 4, 2025 at 8:16am
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is seen during votes in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 23.

Momentum builds for bigger capital gains tax break on home sales

By Jacob Fulton
Posted December 3, 2025 at 5:07pm
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., joined Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to solicit corporate donations for 'Trump accounts.'

Bipartisan Senate duo seeks corporate support for ‘Trump accounts’

By Jacob Fulton
Posted December 2, 2025 at 6:17pm
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., is pushing for a smaller-sized Energy-Water bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate appropriators aim to unveil unreleased spending bills

By Jacob Fulton, Aris Folley and Aidan Quigley
Posted November 21, 2025 at 3:36pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune walks to his office after opening the Senate floor Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate leaders prepare to test Democratic unity on shutdown

By Jessie Hellmann, Jacob Fulton, Sandhya Raman, Aris Folley and Ariel Cohen
Posted November 6, 2025 at 7:27pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer conducts a news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats torn over shutdown endgame after election victories

By Sandhya Raman, Jessie Hellmann, Lia DeGroot, Aris Folley and Jacob Fulton
Posted November 5, 2025 at 7:32pm
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., said Senate Democrats had "very thoughtful" talks Tuesday toward a shutdown exit strategy.

Democrats tight-lipped on shutdown off-ramp as pressure grows

By Aris Folley and Jacob Fulton
Posted November 4, 2025 at 8:00pm
Early education advocates warn preschools are being forced to close their doors as a casualty of the partial government shutdown.

No quick fix for Head Start funding as programs start to close

By Aris Folley and Jacob Fulton
Posted November 4, 2025 at 3:58pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., seen here Oct. 29, is insisting Democrats reopen the government before any health care negotiations take place.

Shutdown pressures on the rise

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Jacob Fulton
Posted November 3, 2025 at 3:28pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., was delayed in leaving Washington for the weekend because of a shutdown-related airport delay. Thune is shown speaking to reporters Tuesday, along with, from left, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.

Lots of talk but no deal as shutdown heads for the record books

By Aris Folley and Jacob Fulton
Posted October 30, 2025 at 7:47pm
Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., pictured in the Capitol on April 8, has introduced a bill that would fund both SNAP and WIC while also ensuring that states would be reimbursed for costs incurred for administering SNAP and WIC during the shutdown.

Democrats seize on food stamp funding as latest rallying cry

By Jacob Fulton
Posted October 29, 2025 at 6:46pm
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., seen here on Oct. 23, is trying to broker a bipartisan compromise to pay federal workers during the shutdown.

Shutdown pain grows as November nears

By Aidan Quigley, Aris Folley and Jacob Fulton
Posted October 27, 2025 at 4:35pm
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., seen in the Capitol on Thursday, said he was hopeful a compromise plan could be reached by next week. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Bills to pay federal workers stall, but senators ready to compromise

By Jacob Fulton and Aris Folley
Posted October 23, 2025 at 4:35pm
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, speaks during a news conference with members of the Texas congressional delegation to discuss possible redistricting in the state at the Democratic National Committee offices on July 15. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., also appear.

Democrat Lloyd Doggett won’t seek reelection if courts don’t overturn Texas redistricting

By Jacob Fulton
Posted August 21, 2025 at 7:03pm
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., makes his way to a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Revamped Senate AI provision faces quick opposition

By Jacob Fulton
Posted June 6, 2025 at 6:38pm
Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, seen at a panel hearing in January, has said he will unveil his own AI regulation moratorium legislation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

AI regulation moratorium dropped in Senate budget package

By Jacob Fulton
Posted June 5, 2025 at 8:22pm
Education Secretary Linda McMahon arrives to testify before a Senate subcommittee on the department's fiscal year 2026 budget request on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

TRIO cuts emerge as Education budget sticking point

By Jacob Fulton
Posted June 3, 2025 at 3:42pm
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington on March 21.

Judge blocks Trump’s efforts to shutter Education Department

By Jacob Fulton
Posted May 22, 2025 at 5:55pm
Education Secretary Linda McMahon testifies during the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the Education Department of Education’s proposed budget on Wednesday.

McMahon lays out Education Department ‘final mission’ to House appropriators

By Jacob Fulton
Posted May 21, 2025 at 3:26pm
Chairman Ted Cruz and ranking member Maria Cantwell arrive at a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on April 2.

Reconciliation would auction 600 megahertz of federal spectrum

By Jacob Fulton
Posted May 12, 2025 at 1:42pm
Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky won't seek reelection next year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Progressive stalwart Rep. Jan Schakowsky announces retirement

By Jacob Fulton
Posted May 5, 2025 at 6:53pm
Sarah Wynn-Williams, former director of global public policy at Facebook, arrives to testify at the Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Wednesday.

Whistleblower: Meta sought ties with China, misled Congress

By Jacob Fulton
Posted April 9, 2025 at 6:14pm, Updated at 7:14pm
During an address to Congress on March 4, President Donald Trump told lawmakers they should roll back the CHIPS law.

Ohio officials hopeful Intel gets plant funds targeted by Trump

By Jacob Fulton
Posted March 19, 2025 at 5:00am
CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk leaves the stage holding a chainsaw after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on Thursday.

At CPAC, conservatives talk terms and conditions on Big Tech

By Jacob Fulton
Posted February 21, 2025 at 6:34pm
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives in the Capitol Wednesday. He was the only Republican to vote against confirmation of Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence.

Senate confirms Gabbard to be director of national intelligence

By Jacob Fulton
Posted February 12, 2025 at 12:09pm, Updated at 2:20pm
Tulsi Gabbard, nominated to be director of National Intelligence, testifies to the Senate Select Intelligence Committee on Jan. 30.

Senate advances Gabbard’s nomination to become DNI

By Jacob Fulton
Posted February 10, 2025 at 7:32pm
Tulsi Gabbard, the nominee to be director of national intelligence, testifies during her Senate Intelligence Committee hearing last week.

Senate Intelligence backs Gabbard to become DNI

By Jacob Fulton
Posted February 4, 2025 at 3:43pm, Updated at 3:55pm
Senate Intelligence Chairman Tom Cotton, right, and ranking member Mark Warner are pictured Thursday during the panel’s confirmation hearing for former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, the president’s nominee to be director of national intelligence.

Gabbard defends record on Snowden, asserts ‘no love’ for dictators

By Jacob Fulton
Posted January 30, 2025 at 4:31pm
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s nominee to be director of national intelligence, arrives for a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, on Dec. 18.

Gabbard to face questions on Assad meetings, surveillance policy

By Jacob Fulton
Posted January 29, 2025 at 7:44pm
Donald Trump arrives onstage to accept the Republican nomination for president at the national party convention in Milwaukee in July. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

The Trump era of Congress begins, with a majority in House arriving since 2016 

By Jacob Fulton
Posted January 2, 2025 at 7:31pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, here at the Republican convention in Milwaukee in July, received President-elect Donald Trump's endorsement Monday.

Trump offers Johnson ‘complete and total’ backing as speaker, but hurdles remain

By Jacob Fulton
Posted December 30, 2024 at 4:53pm
Staff from the Office of the Attending Physician are seen leaving after checking on Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell in his office in the Capitol. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

McConnell suffers minor injuries in fall

By Jacob Fulton
Posted December 10, 2024 at 4:25pm, Updated at 4:48pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, at podium, conducts a news conference with House Democratic Caucus leaders in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday. Also appearing are, from left, Reps. Maxwell Alejandro Frost of Florida, Debbie Dingell of Michigan, Lori Trahan of Massachusetts, Joe Neguse of Colorado, Katherine M. Clark of Massachusetts, Pete Aguilar of California, Ted Lieu of California, Lauren Underwood of Illinois and Robert Garcia of California.

House Democrats hold low-fuss leadership elections

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Jacob Fulton and Daniela Altimari
Posted November 19, 2024 at 11:55am, Updated at 4:50pm
Speaker Mike Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise are pictured during the House Republican leadership post-election news conference outside the Capitol on Tuesday. House Republicans again nominated Johnson as speaker on Wednesday, and Scalise sailed to reelection as majority leader.

House GOP nominates Johnson for speaker, taps McClain for conference chair

By Jacob Fulton, Daniela Altimari, John T. Bennett and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 13, 2024 at 6:25pm
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., arrives for the Senate Republicans leadership election in the Capitol on Wednesday. Thune beat Sens. John Cornyn and Rick Scott to become the next Senate majority leader.

Thune elected to replace McConnell as next Senate GOP leader

By John T. Bennett, Jacob Fulton and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 13, 2024 at 1:00pm, Updated at 4:58pm
The U.S. Border Patrol stakes out a rural area near the Canadian border at Canaan, Vt., in January.

Some GOP lawmakers air northern border crossing concerns, too

By Jacob Fulton
Posted November 4, 2024 at 3:32pm
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, right, talks with guests during a campaign rally at the Communications Workers of America Local 4370 in Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. Brown is running for reelection against Republican candidate Bernie Moreno.

Democrats fight for foothold in increasingly conservative Ohio

By Jacob Fulton
Posted October 30, 2024 at 5:19pm
Rep. Marcy Kaptur shares a laugh with Pastor Charles E. Jones during the NAACP’s 109th Freedom Fund Celebration at the Stranahan Theater & Great Hall in Toledo, Ohio, on Saturday. Kaptur, who has served in Congress since 1983, is in the midst of her most competitive reelection campaign in more than a decade.

In northern Ohio, a veteran lawmaker faces a more skeptical landscape

By Jacob Fulton
Posted October 28, 2024 at 4:20pm
Then-Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is seen in the U.S. Capitol during senate votes on January 23, 2024.

Ethics review into Menendez closed after resignation takes effect

By Jacob Fulton
Posted August 21, 2024 at 5:47pm
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the Democratic National Convention from Milwaukee after the roll call vote in Chicago on Tuesday.

Harris as a candidate, more than her stances, excites young Democrats

By Jacob Fulton
Posted August 21, 2024 at 4:22pm