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Major spending package planned for Senate floor faces doubts

Package could include Defense, HHS spending

By Aidan Quigley and Aris Folley
Posted November 14, 2025 at 5:45pm

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., was among the Democrats who forged a deal to re-open the government.

Opinion

In shutdown deal, bipartisan legislating trumped party unity

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted November 14, 2025 at 4:49pm
A chair with a “broken” sign sits in a hallway in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Oct. 30. As the federal government emerges from a shutdown, members of Congress have some thoughts on lessons learned.

Heard on the Hill

After a shutdown, no ‘A’s for effort

By Nina Heller
Posted November 14, 2025 at 2:52pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he would file a lawsuit under the new provision over a government search of his phone records.

Congress

Senate payout provision defies typical legal concepts, experts say

By Ryan Tarinelli and Michael Macagnone
Posted November 13, 2025 at 5:44pm
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna leaves the Capitol after the last votes of the week on Sept. 19. Hopes for action on a congressional stock trading ban were derailed by the House’s long break from Washington but are now back on track.

After shutdown delay, hearing set on congressional stock trading

By Justin Papp
Posted November 13, 2025 at 4:23pm
Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing in 2017.

Judge hears challenge to James Comey, Letitia James indictments

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 13, 2025 at 2:24pm
Local police officers confront a demonstrator last month outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing and detention facility in Broadview, Ill.

Groups challenge conditions at California migrant detention center

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 13, 2025 at 2:16pm
President Donald Trump signs a spending package to reopen the federal government in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday night. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Net neutral’: Shutdown unlikely to hobble Trump, former aides say

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 13, 2025 at 12:19pm
President Donald Trump shows the signed bill to reopen the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House Wednesday night. Trump was joined by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., other key congressional Republicans, administration officials and business leaders.

Trump signs spending bill to end longest government shutdown

By Aris Folley
Posted November 12, 2025 at 9:11pm, Updated at 10:33pm
Adelita Grijalva, seen here in October at the Capitol, signed the Epstein discharge petition as one of her first acts in office.

Epstein discharge petition picks up decisive signature in the House

By Justin Papp
Posted November 12, 2025 at 4:56pm, Updated at 7:50pm
Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Adelita Grijalva poses for pictures on Wednesday at her ceremonial swearing-in.

Adelita Grijalva sworn in nearly two months after her election to the House

By Noella Kertes
Posted November 12, 2025 at 4:09pm, Updated at 5:28pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is seen in the Capitol Monday after briefing the media on a timeline to possibly end the government shutdown.

House leaders seek repeal of Senate push for GOP payouts

By Aris Folley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 12, 2025 at 5:08pm
Then-Chairman Patrick J. Leahy speaks with Sen. Dianne Feinstein as Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 2007 investigating the firing of several U.S. attorneys.

High-profile cases to test wording of US attorney law from 2007

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 12, 2025 at 4:53pm
A plane passes by the Capitol dome in Washington as it comes in for a landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Nov. 7.

Planes, trains and motorcycles: How House members got back to DC

By Nina Heller
Posted November 12, 2025 at 4:43pm
President Donald Trump greets Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in the House chamber on March 4 after addressing a joint session of Congress. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump-Greene spat exposes friction on right over his second-term priorities

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 12, 2025 at 2:40pm
Michelle James, left, and Karen Swindler met through a Facebook group that James started for widows of those allegedly poisoned by toxic water at Camp Lejeune, including James’ late husband, Eric Holford.

An anxiety-filled Veterans Day for victims of Camp Lejeune water

By Mike Magner
Posted November 12, 2025 at 2:35pm
Former Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., is making a comeback bid.

Former Rep. Elaine Luria makes comeback bid in Virginia

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 12, 2025 at 6:00am, Updated at 12:47pm
Former congressional aide Jordan Wood is running for Maine's 2nd District. (Courtesy Jordan Wood for Maine)

Maine Democrat Jordan Wood ends Senate bid to run for Golden’s seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 12, 2025 at 12:42pm
Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., left, and Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., are among those Republicans with reservations. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate payouts unnerve some in House GOP ahead of shutdown vote

By David Lerman
Posted November 12, 2025 at 7:41am
A Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 plane passes by the Capitol dome in Washington as it comes in for a landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Sunday.

Senate passes spending package in key step to end shutdown

By Aris Folley and Aidan Quigley
Posted November 10, 2025 at 9:29pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer couldn’t keep his caucus united after a 40-day shutdown.

Politics of a shutdown

By Aris Folley, Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted November 10, 2025 at 6:37pm
A sign on the facade of the Library of Congress is seen in Washington on May 21, 2025. (Wesley Lapointe/for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Copyright Office head asks Supreme Court to keep her in role

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 10, 2025 at 4:35pm
A woman takes a bag of groceries during a free food distribution for recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program organized by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office and The Jewish Federation at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Sunday.

Appeals court rules Trump administration cannot avoid paying SNAP

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 10, 2025 at 10:28am, Updated at 4:19pm
A worker stocks beef fillets in the meat section of a grocery store in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25. Beef prices have climbed over the past 12 months, according to government data.

White House scrambles for affordability message amid still-high prices

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 10, 2025 at 1:26pm
An Architect of the Capitol worker picks up trash on the Capitol steps on May 22. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

GAO, Library of Congress avoid cuts in Legislative Branch bill

By Justin Papp
Posted November 10, 2025 at 6:11am
House Democrats, led by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, are expected to broadly oppose the Senate's deal that could end the shutdown.

This week: Shutdown could end as Senate spending deal prompts House to return

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 10, 2025 at 5:50am
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., is among the architects of the deal.

Deal to end government shutdown advances in Senate

By David Lerman
Posted November 9, 2025 at 9:38pm, Updated at 10:52pm
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has twice been ordered by a federal court to tap funds for food stamps that her department had said couldn't be used for the purpose. The administration on Friday appealed the latest order, but the department also said it would pay the benefits. Rollins appears here with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at a news conference on Oct. 31.

Supreme Court stays lower court orders for USDA to pay November SNAP benefits

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 7, 2025 at 7:15pm, Updated at 10:08pm
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., seen here at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Oct. 7, said there's "no way" Republicans would vote for the Democratic proposal to end the shutdown.

Republicans denounce new Democratic offer to end shutdown

By Sandhya Raman and Jessie Hellmann
Posted November 7, 2025 at 6:33pm, Updated at 7:01pm
President Donald Trump meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a bilateral lunch in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Friday.

‘Blocked, ruined, canceled’: Trump hosts Hungary’s Orban as shutdown rolls on

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 7, 2025 at 4:11pm
New York Rep. Elise Stefanik is running for governor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Rep. Elise Stefanik launches long-anticipated bid for New York governor

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 7, 2025 at 6:53am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune walks to his office after opening the Senate floor Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate leaders prepare to test Democratic unity on shutdown

By Jessie Hellmann, Jacob Fulton, Sandhya Raman, Aris Folley and Ariel Cohen
Posted November 6, 2025 at 7:27pm
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., is leading the bipartisan resolution in support of AI chip sales limits. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate measure would support limits on AI chip sales to China

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted November 6, 2025 at 6:55pm
A group of Capitol Police officers wait to board the Senate subway on Feb. 26, 2024.

Jury finds Capitol Police discriminated against female officer

By Justin Papp
Posted November 6, 2025 at 4:44pm