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Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, grabs one last puff of his cigar as he prepares the enter the Capitol for the last votes of the week on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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Defense budget increase hinges on reconciliation success
Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker, R-Miss., raised concerns about the defense elements of President Donald Trump's fiscal 2026 budget proposal.
Trump to nominate Mike Waltz as UN ambassador
White House national security advisor Mike Waltz participates in a TV interview at the White House on Thursday morning. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Senate rejects resolution to stop tariffs in tie vote
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., led the effort to block the measure.
Former Rep. Bob Filner, fiery House liberal, dies at 82
Former Rep. Bob Filner, right, speaks a 2002 press conference. Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, is at left.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: Breaking ranks
Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including ranked choice voting and new campaign bids.
2026 is shaping up as a ‘Year of the Woman’ for Democratic primaries
Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens is among several female Senate candidates facing other women in Democratic primaries.
Lawmakers decry Hegseth’s elimination of Women, Peace & Security program
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 21.
States’ Medicaid directed payments targeted for potential cuts
Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., talks with reporters outside the Capitol Hill Club after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on March 4.
Oversight panel endorses cuts to federal retirement system
House Oversight Chair James R. Comer led Republicans in advancing a chunk of a budget reconciliation package that would make several changes to benefits for federal employees.
A tale of two leaders: Pope Francis and Trump
President Donald Trump and the late Pope Francis offer a study in contrasts, Curtis writes. Above, the pair are seen at a Vatican meeting on May 24, 2017.
Heard On The Hill · 119th Congress
Capitol Lens | ‘The tall and the short’
“The tall and the short,” Sen. Ron Wyden remarks as he poses with former Maryland Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski in the Capitol on Wednesday.
House Transportation advances reconciliation plan; focus on EV fee
House Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Sam Graves, R-Mo., left said the panel's approval of an electric vehicle fee Wednesday would start the move away from the gas tax.
Don’t call it a comeback — Tom Suozzi’s been here for years
Rep. Tom Suozzi came back to Congress in February 2024 after winning a special election to reclaim his old seat. Now he wants Democrats to get back to basics.
Trump bets big on major corporations as Democrats pan ‘whipsaw’ first 100 days
President Donald Trump speaks in the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Collins urges reversal of Trump’s biomedical research clawbacks
From left, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, talk as they arrive for a vote in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Greater share of US losing faith in health guidance, poll says
The seal of the Health and Human Services is pictured on a podium in the department's headquarters on April 16. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Remember when Democrats couldn’t win?
President Donald Trump has seen his poll numbers decline a little over three months into his second term, Rothenberg writes.
Heard On The Hill · 119th Congress
Capitol Lens | George Watch-ington
The bronze statue of George Washington is pictured in the Rotunda on Tuesday as tourists inside the Capitol take photos.
100 days in, Trump’s moves to overhaul election law get pushback from courts, Democrats
So far in his second term, President Donald Trump has taken several executive actions related to elections and voting.