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What to watch in Tuesday’s elections in Virginia, New Jersey and beyond
Voters will then go to the polls in March to select their nominees for the November 2026 ballot, this time under the new district lines.
Appropriations chairman bullish on full-year spending bills after shutdown
Appropriators could finish drafting a compromise version of a three-bill spending package for fiscal 2026 in "two or three days" once the partial government shutdown is over, House Appropriations Chairman
US says shutdown ended lawmaker ICE facility visit requirement
Ferguson, in his declaration, said that while ICE is incurring obligations for detention in advance of a fiscal 2026 spending bill that reopens the government, that is not subject to the expired Section
Senate bills pressuring Russia advance into uncertain future
Trump has not asked Congress for fiscal 2026 funding to pay U.S. defense contractors to build weapons for Ukraine or for new authority to transfer weapons from Pentagon inventories to the front lines.Â
DHS taps ‘big beautiful bill’ funding for Coast Guard paychecks
Those accounts make funding available for two fiscal years, which in this case would extend through Sept. 30, 2026.Â
Senate passes NDAA after securing amendments deal
The 77-20 vote late Thursday to pass the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act came after a marathon voting session on amendments.
2026 could be breakout year for blue-collar Democratic women
From left, Deb Haaland, JoAnna Mendoza and Kaela Berg are among the Democratic women from blue-collar backgrounds running for office in 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call; Mendoza for Congress/Facebook; Kaela for Congress/Facebook)
Are we at the beginning of the next civil war?
Why does it matter for the 2026 midterm elections? If Trump remains unpopular or has a poor job approval rating, Republicans’ majorities in Congress would be more at risk.
​White House may nix pay for workers furloughed during shutdown
Collins is shopping a commitment, in writing, to take up the Affordable Care Act tax credit issue as well as full-year fiscal 2026 spending packages, by a date certain.Â
Trump open to bipartisan health care deal to end shutdown
Appropriations conference For Republicans, part of the conversation has always been about buying time to get fiscal 2026 appropriations bills done.
Shutdown pain may not be evenly spread as OMB readies hatchet
Expired ACF programs include low-income heating and cooling assistance, preschool development grants and community services block grants, all of which Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget proposed to eliminate and
White House tells agencies to prep mass layoffs for shutdown
Once fiscal 2026 appropriations are enacted, the memo says, agencies "should revise their RIFs as needed to retain the minimal number of employees necessary to carry out statutory functions."
Temporary spending bill passes House, likely to stall in Senate
But they ended up voting for the bill after leadership expanded a pilot program for members to hire private security and promised to bolster funding in the fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch appropriations
Hill added $100 billion-plus since 2022 on unrequested weapons
And the $52.2 billion pending for fiscal 2026 would come on top of the $156.2 billion in additional defense spending appropriated this summer via reconciliation.
White House ‘anomalies’ list kick-starts stopgap funding talks
The first is the duration of the funding request: The Trump administration wants it to go out to Jan. 31, 2026, which Democrats and some GOP appropriators argue is too lengthy — they prefer a shorter stopgap
Trump unveils ‘Department of War’ — but Hill may have a say
Democrats may push back as soon as next week, when both the House and Senate are expected to debate their fiscal 2026 NDAAs. Sen.
Trump expected to rebrand Defense Department as Department of War
The name change has the support of at least one House Republican lawmaker as both chambers work on their versions of the fiscal 2026 defense authorization bill.
As Trump continues show of force, DC takes the fight to Congress
And House appropriators on Wednesday approved on party lines a fiscal 2026 Financial Services and General Government spending bill packed with policy riders to roll back D.C. policies related to everything
Trump used lawmakers’ break to fill out a loaded congressional to-do list
One GOP source close to Trump world said there are a number of things the president "definitely wants to get done this year because he knows 2026 will be about the state of the economy come that time —