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White House · 119th Congress

Chavez-DeRemer exiting Trump Cabinet amid misconduct investigations

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the former one-term congresswoman from Oregon whose tenure has been marked by allegations of misconduct including an “inappropriate” relationship with a subordinate, is departing her Cabinet post. Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the administration for an undisclosed position in the private sector, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said Monday on social […]

By Daniela Altimari
April 20, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

Supreme Court to hear arguments on agency authority over violations

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case that could shrink Congress’ power to let agencies internally decide legal and regulatory violations, as two telecommunications giants challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s power to impose forfeitures. AT&T and Verizon have contested determinations by the FCC that they violated consumer privacy rules […]

By Michael Macagnone
April 20, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

This week: Senate girds for budget vote-a-rama in busy week for Congress

The Senate faces an expected budget vote-a-rama this week as Republicans seek to start the process of funding immigration enforcement without the support of Democrats. A resolution from Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is expected to provide instructions for roughly $70 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. That would […]

By Niels Lesniewski
April 20, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

Ethics in spotlight again ahead of Cherfilus-McCormick hearing 

Ethics violations will take center stage in the House for the second week in a row, as a push to expel Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick comes to a head.  Only six lawmakers have ever been expelled from the House, and prior to the expulsion of former Rep. George Santos in December 2023, none had been booted […]

By Nina Heller
April 20, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

Fed chair nominee Warsh to field questions about Fed independence

Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee appear poised to question Kevin Warsh, the nominee to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, on the central bank’s independence — but from different angles — during a hearing scheduled for Tuesday.  Ranking member Elizabeth Warren is also expected to question Warsh’s financial disclosures and ties […]

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
April 20, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

Photos of the week | April 10-16, 2026

Virginia’s map referendum, Days of Remembrance ceremony, Melania Trump and a Nick Offerman appearance highlighted the week in Congress. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists.

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
April 17, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

Late-night votes scuttle House push on surveillance authority

The latest effort by Republican leadership to reauthorize a powerful surveillance tool collapsed on the House floor early Friday, in a late-night vote over privacy protections that left the future of the renewal push in limbo. Lawmakers were summoned back to the House chamber more than eight hours after floor action had first been scheduled […]

By Ryan Tarinelli
April 17, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

House satellites licensing bill leaves out Senate compromise

A satellite permitting bill unveiled this week in the House does not include provisions included in a Senate version regarding federal spectrum or a limit on the size of satellite constellations that would automatically win federal approval after expiration of a review deadline. The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology is set to […]

By Allison Mollenkamp
April 17, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

RFK Jr. distances himself from measles outbreak, bashes Tylenol study

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought to distance himself from U.S. measles outbreaks on Friday at a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on the administration’s fiscal 2027 budget request. The hearing, part of Kennedy’s weeklong tour of Congress on the budget, was relatively light on spending discussions, as Democrats who […]

By Lia DeGroot
April 17, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

Former House member David McKinley dies at 79

Former Rep. David B. McKinley, a West Virginia Republican who made support of the coal industry one of his highest priorities, died Friday at his home in Wheeling, W.Va. He was 79. Born in Wheeling on March 28, 1947, McKinley was a seventh-generation West Virginian whose ancestors settled in the area in the 1760s. That […]

By Kelly Livingston
April 17, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

Senate sends short-term surveillance reauthorization to Trump

The Senate passed a short-term extension of a key spy authority on Friday, sending to President Donald Trump a patchwork agreement intended to give House lawmakers more time to work out a deal over the privacy protections and other issues. The measure, passed by voice vote in the Senate, would extend Section 702 of the […]

By Ryan Tarinelli
April 17, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

A week of lots of noise, few results in Congress

During what should have been a week of crucial messaging and legislating, Congress spent the week instead focused on dramas on and off Capitol Hill. And those sagas have left lawmakers with a lengthy to-do list to tackle next week before they scramble to leave D.C. ahead of their next district and state work periods. […]

By Savannah Behrmann and Nina Heller
April 17, 2026

Campaigns · 119th Congress

Trump hits cultural issues in midterms pep talk to Turning Point crowd

President Donald Trump used several hot-button cultural issues to make a midterm election pitch to a key conservative group in Phoenix on Friday, a day he spent portraying as a possible turning point in the U.S. war with Iran. Trump had used a series of morning social media posts to suggest a long-term deal with […]

By John T. Bennett
April 17, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

Legislative branch hearing sidesteps last year’s drama

At a Senate Appropriations Legislative Branch subcommittee hearing Wednesday, the heads of the Government Publishing Office, Government Accountability Office and Congressional Budget Office defended their agencies’ fiscal 2027 budget requests, skirting any mention of legislative dustups from last year. It was the panel’s first hearing of the year, as well as the first for Nebraska […]

By Nina Heller
April 16, 2026

Campaigns · 119th Congress

At the Races: Ethically challenged

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. It was less than a week ago that Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell was a front-runner to be the next governor of California, and he’s now […]

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
April 16, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

Appropriators decry firing of Army chief

At a hearing Thursday, leading House appropriators from both parties condemned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent firing of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George. Members of the House Armed Services Committee, including GOP Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia, had delivered a similar message about George at a hearing the previous day. Hegseth fired George […]

By John M. Donnelly
April 16, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

Budget resolution for immigration funds expected next week

Senate Republicans plan to release a budget resolution next week that would kick-start the process for a reconciliation bill on immigration enforcement funding and help end a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, lawmakers said Thursday. The party is aiming to provide about $70 billion in funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and […]

By Aidan Quigley and Aris Folley
April 16, 2026

Congress · 119th Congress

TSA looks to privatize amid continued funding lapse woes

The acting administrator of the Transportation Security Administration gave a strong endorsement of President Donald Trump’s budget request for fiscal 2027 before a House Appropriations subcommittee Thursday, saying proposed privatization and modernization efforts would help ensure the agency has the funds it needs amid congressional funding struggles. “As of today, TSA has been shut down […]

By Kelly Livingston
April 16, 2026

Campaigns · 119th Congress

Analilia Mejía wins special election for Sherrill’s seat in New Jersey

Democrat Analilia Mejía, a progressive organizer with ties to labor interests, won Thursday’s special election in New Jersey for the seat formerly held by Gov. Mikie Sherrill. Mejía was leading Republican Joe Hathaway, the mayor of Randolph Township, 70 percent to 29 percent not long after The Associated Press called the race for North Jersey’s […]

By Nick Eskow
April 16, 2026