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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., arrives at a closed Senate Armed Services Committee briefing on naval aviation mishaps in the Capitol Visitor Center on Dec. 2.

Congress inches toward reclaiming war powers with AUMF repeals

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted December 24, 2025 at 7:00am
Residents and protesters clash with federal agents in the East Side neighborhood on Oct. 14 in Chicago.

Supreme Court sides with Chicago over Trump in dispute over Guard

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 23, 2025 at 4:17pm
President Donald Trump waves to onlookers Saturday as the armored presidential Cadillac limousine returns to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Domestic, global crises follow Trump to South Florida links amid late-year slump

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 22, 2025 at 1:13pm
President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Wednesday night. (Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images)

Trump bucked tradition with partisan end-of-year address

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 18, 2025 at 4:16pm
From left, Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and ranking member Jack Reed, D-R.I., talk before the start of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Dec. 11, 2025.

Senate clears fiscal 2026 NDAA

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted December 17, 2025 at 2:42pm
President Donald Trump attends a meeting of his Cabinet at the White House on Dec. 2.

New year, same problems for Trump with control of Congress on the line in 2026

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 17, 2025 at 1:45pm
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives in the Capitol on Tuesday for a briefing with senators on recent military boat strikes.

After briefings, lawmakers say boat strike endgame remains hazy

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted December 16, 2025 at 4:14pm
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Dec. 9. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Kelly defiant after Pentagon escalates video investigation

By Mark Satter
Posted December 16, 2025 at 3:32pm
President Donald Trump talks with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles in June. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump has not endorsed Venezuela regime change as Wiles stresses ‘blowing boats up’

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 16, 2025 at 1:28pm
Sen. Ted Cruz, left, and Sen. Maria Cantwell, right, hold a press conference Monday with families who lost loved ones in the January 2025 DCA plane crash. Christina Stovall, third from left, who lost her son Michael "Mikey" Bret Stovall, is comforted by Laura Augendre, who lost her cousin, Peter Livingston and his family. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Reagan National airport safety looms as appropriations issue

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 15, 2025 at 6:35pm, Updated December 17, 2025 at 4:35pm