Opinion · 119th Congress
Connecting the dots on the economy
From the end of December 2025 through the first week of February 2026, prices dipped slightly below $3 for the first time since 2021, measurable progress.
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424 results for "2026-2026"
Congress · 119th Congress
Vote studies: 2025 sets new mark for partisanship on Capitol Hill
↵↵More than the usual amount of arm-twisting was sometimes required for the year's significant legislation, including on votes setting up floor consideration of the fiscal 2026 defense authorization and
Campaigns · 119th Congress
8 takeaways from the Texas, North Carolina, Arkansas primaries
Voters in Texas, Arkansas and North Carolina went to the polls on Tuesday, officially kicking off the 2026 midterm elections.
Congress · 119th Congress
Utah Republican Burgess Owens announces retirement
Utah in recent years has been caught up in a redistricting fight in federal court – and as Republicans have looked to redistricting in a number of states in hopes of keeping control of the House in the 2026
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Texas GOP Senate primary heads for a May runoff as Democrats back Talarico
↵↵But the 2026 contest is his first campaign following the passage of a bipartisan update to the nation's gun laws, which Cornyn negotiated with Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: Time for Texas
Throughout the 2026 primary season, watch for these updates from the CQ Roll Call campaign team on what you need to know for election day. Know someone who'd like to get this newsletter?
White House · 119th Congress
What to watch from Trump’s national AI standard
Advocates of state preemption, including Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, fell short last year on attaching preemption to the GOP budget reconciliation law or the fiscal 2026 defense policy law
Congress · 119th Congress
Iran war triggers talk of supplemental defense funding
The funding was made available to spend through fiscal 2029, but the Pentagon said in a summary of its plans last month that it would work to "accelerate execution into FY 2026 if that can be done without
Opinion · 119th Congress
Life in this White House bubble
Throughout the 2026 State of the Union address, President Donald Trump paraded out gold-medal-winning Olympic heroes, announced awards for wounded warriors from multiple branches of the military and claimed
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Supreme Court halts redrawing of New York congressional district
↵↵Monday's ruling is the third time the justices have intervened in redistricting lawsuits ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Congress · 119th Congress
This week: Iran war powers, DHS funding top congressional agenda
↵↵The appropriations bill is the only one of the 12 fiscal 2026 measures that has not become law.
Congress · 119th Congress
Moratorium on federal employee layoffs lapses amid shutdown
↵↵Federal unions said in a court filing late last month that many federal agencies were forced to hold off on their full layoff plans throughout 2025 and into early 2026 because of litigation and that
Heard On The Hill · 119th Congress
Photos of the week | February 20-26, 2026
President Donald Trump's State of the Union address and the "Doggi Gras Pawrade" highlighted the week in Congress.
Congress · 119th Congress
House misses its own deadline for bill to expand ethanol sales
After President Donald Trump said he supported year-round E15, lawmakers tried to attach a bill that would allow year-round E15 sales to fiscal 2026 spending bills.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: Make Tuesday nights political again
Coming up↵↵It's all about the kickoff of the 2026 primary season, with Tuesday's contests in Arkansas, North Carolina and Texas.
Opinion · 119th Congress
Trump’s economic progress report to the country — and what’s next
stats to the real-world buying experiences of American consumers has proven to be a challenge for this White House, but Tuesday night marked a welcome change, as President Donald Trump kicked off his 2026
Campaigns · 119th Congress
The inconvenient truth about Donald Trump and the truth
there have been 10 homicides, five sexual abuse incidents, 131 assaults with a dangerous weapon, 146 robberies, 99 burglaries, 327 motor vehicle thefts, 569 thefts from auto and 1,316 "other" thefts in 2026
Congress · 119th Congress
The State of Division
↵↵One of the most audible reactions in the room wasn't related to Trump or his agenda at all, but rather an appearance of the U.S. men's hockey team, which won a gold medal in Italy at the 2026 Olympics
Congress · 119th Congress
Vote Studies 2025: Republicans power Trump to record success
↵↵His four defeats were on a series of amendments to the fiscal 2026 Energy-Water appropriations bill, where his proposed cuts to four regional federal-state partnerships that fund infrastructure projects
Congress · 119th Congress
This week: Snow delays congressional business before State of the Union
↵↵Republicans have sought to blame Democrats for the current partial shutdown because of their refusal to back DHS funding as part of the broader fiscal 2026 appropriations law.