Seven and counting? Tally of open Senate seats continues to climb
Collins’ decision is more important to her party than her other colleagues’ plans, because she might be the only Republican who can win a Senate election in Maine in 2026.
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Rep. Don Bacon announces retirement, opening up purple Nebraska district
Last month, Bacon featured on CQ Roll Call’s initial list of the most vulnerable House members of the 2026 cycle. The main super PAC backing House Democrats cheered Bacon’s impending departure.Â
Scott Brown makes another Senate bid in New Hampshire
But the GOP is optimistic about competing in the state, which could be the party’s third-best pickup option in 2026, behind Georgia and Michigan.Â
Senators air concerns about DOJ budget proposal
The House and Senate have not released their fiscal 2026 spending bills that includes DOJ funding, although the House is expected to do so in early July.
Fresh off Trump firings, Library of Congress stares down a proposed budget cut
According to a Republican summary of the proposal, the Library of Congress would receive $767.6 million in funding in fiscal 2026, $84.5 million below current levels of funding.
Longest-serving woman in Congress says she’s not stopping anytime soon
She’s hoping to extend that streak in 2026. "I’m a happy person. God’s given me good health, and I know this is what I was meant to do," she said in an interview.
This week: Congress debates war and reconciliation
Appropriations in House The House, meanwhile, returns from a Juneteenth recess poised to begin floor debate on fiscal 2026 appropriations, while waiting for the Senate to amend and send back the budget
Bondi defends Justice Department proposal to end standalone ATF
The Justice Department in a fiscal 2026 budget request has outlined a plan to merge ATF functions into the Drug Enforcement Administration, which would remain a single component.
Medicaid work requirements pose huge challenges for states
State Medicaid directors, including those representing red states, have privately told drafters of the legislation that a Dec. 31, 2026, effective date in both versions would be too soon to implement work
Iowa Democrat launches third challenge to vulnerable GOP Rep. Miller-Meeks
House Republicans — Zach Nunn in the Des Moines-centered 3rd District and Ashley Hinson in northeast Iowa’s 2nd District — are on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s initial target list for 2026
Justice Department says Trump can undo monument designations
two days following the release of the Justice Department opinion, testifying before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources and House Natural Resources committees on the department’s proposed fiscal 2026
Iowa Democrats see signs of optimism for 2026 despite state’s hard-right turn
"We’ve got some real opportunities here in 2026, and it’s evidenced by the fact that we have so many candidates who are throwing their hat in the ring," Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart said.
Hegseth gets bipartisan pushback for defense spending strategy
Senate appropriators from both parties denounced Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Wednesday for relying on Republicans’ partisan budget reconciliation bill to meet his spending objectives in fiscal 2026.
Bessent, House Democrats spar over budget package’s debt boost
Bessent appeared before the committee Wednesday to justify the administration’s fiscal 2026 budget request, spending much of his time praising and defending the budget reconciliation bill the House passed
Democrats clash with Hegseth over Guard deployment, shipbuilding
Rosa DeLauro, the ranking member of the full Appropriations Committee, sought to drill down on the fiscal 2026 budget request’s shipyard investments.
In the Spotlight: Roger Wicker
The Mississippi Republican called the bill "a start," but rejected the notion that the administration’s proposed $1 trillion fiscal 2026 defense budget — a plan that hinges the bulk of its Defense Department
White House seeks to diminish Office on Violence Against Women
The White House, in the fine print of its fiscal 2026 budget request appendix released last week, proposed a 29 percent cut to appropriated OVW program funding, writing that it and other department grantmaking
‘Eerie similarities’: Dems tea partied in 2010 say today’s GOP faces own reckoningÂ
And that’s Election Day 2026." If there’s a difference between 2010 and now, Carney and Pomeroy said, it’s what power the parties are willing to sacrifice.
Biden alums could boost their House ranks in midterm elections
As Trump tries to unwind much of his Democratic predecessor’s agenda, a handful of federal employees who helped carry out the Biden administration’s policy priorities are seeking House seats in 2026.
Time and voters will determine who is right in current Medicaid fight
While voters have expressed general concerns about the national debt and deficit, the change of heart on the CBO from some Republicans is unlikely to be the biggest issue of the 2026 midterm elections.