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Presidential candidate Donald Trump greets New York Rep. Elise Stefanik on the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 16, 2024.

White House

Trump pulls Stefanik nomination to be UN ambassador

President cites need to hold her deep-red seat in narrowly divided House

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 27, 2025 at 3:36pm, Updated at 10:04pm

A report from an independent watchdog, released by the House Ethics Committee on Thursday, details allegations against Rep. Florida Republican Cory Mills.

Congress

House Ethics panel continues scrutiny of Rep. Cory Mills

By Justin Papp
Posted March 27, 2025 at 6:25pm
President Donald Trump is seen on a monitor watching footage of U.S. military strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addresses reporters on March 17.

White House

As Democrats focus on Signal use, team Trump flashes familiar definition of war

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 27, 2025 at 5:12pm
The March for Life proceeds down Constitution Avenue after their rally on the National Mall in Washington on Jan. 24.

Policy

Fully in power, GOP targets Planned Parenthood

By Sandhya Raman
Posted March 27, 2025 at 4:22pm
Chris Rocheleau, acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, testifies at the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation panel hearing on the Potomac River crash investigation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

FAA data should’ve been red flag before crash, senators say

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 27, 2025 at 4:20pm
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is working to retain limited GOP support for her effort to allow House parents to vote by proxy after birth. Above, she is seen in 2024 with GOP Rep. Tim Burchett, another supporter of the proxy exception.

‘I’m not going to be bought’: Luna digs in on parental proxy voting 

By Nina Heller and Justin Papp
Posted March 27, 2025 at 3:52pm
Paul Atkins, the nominee for the Securities and Exchange Commission, prepares to testify to the Senate Banking Committee Thursday.

Democrats doubt Atkins’ judgment; GOP embraces him for SEC chair

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted March 27, 2025 at 3:40pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., conducts a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., also appear. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Budget timeline moves up in Senate as GOP preps flexible targets

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted March 27, 2025 at 10:35am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Democrats had months to head off Schumer’s no-win dilemma

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted March 27, 2025 at 5:30am
CIA Director John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Kash Patel, left, arrive at a House Select Intelligence Committee hearing Wednesday that featured questions on the Signal chat about attacks against Houthis in Yemen that included a reporter.

Democrats seek criminal probe over group chat on Houthi strike

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted March 26, 2025 at 6:16pm
Sen. J. Bennett Johnston, D-La., in August 1988.

Louisiana’s former Sen. J. Bennett Johnston dead at 92

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 26, 2025 at 4:19pm
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., references a copy of the Signal chat about attacks against Houthis in Yemen that included a reporter, while questioning witnesses during the House Select Intelligence Committee hearing on Wednesday.

Bipartisan chorus seeks probes after Signal group chat incident

By Briana Reilly and John M. Donnelly
Posted March 26, 2025 at 4:13pm
From left, FBI Director Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, director of national intelligence, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe testify during the House Select Intelligence Committee hearing on Wednesday.

Gabbard stands by use of Signal chat as Democratic ire grows

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted March 26, 2025 at 3:49pm
A beam of sunlight breaks through the cloudy skies to illuminate the Supreme Court in Washington.

Supreme Court sounds skeptical of ending FCC program

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 26, 2025 at 3:43pm
Katherine Maher of NPR and Paula Kerger of PBS prepare to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency on Wednesday.

Greene calls for ‘complete and total’ defunding of NPR, PBS

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 26, 2025 at 3:07pm
Martin Makary, nominee to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, appears before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for his confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 6.

Senate confirms Makary for FDA commissioner

By Lia DeGroot
Posted March 25, 2025 at 9:35pm
A man holds a D.C. flag during a House Oversight hearing in 2020.

In latest effort to curb DC, House panel advances ICE bill

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 25, 2025 at 8:17pm
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator nominee Mehmet Oz prepares to testify during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Finance Committee on March 14.

Senate Finance advances Oz nomination to lead CMS

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted March 25, 2025 at 4:12pm
Rep. Darrell Issa has introduced a bill to limit nationwide injunctions from district court judges.

Republican lawmakers take aim at nationwide injunctions

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted March 25, 2025 at 12:56pm
Dozens of eggs are displayed at a grocery store in Hailey, Idaho, on March 20. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s efforts to lower egg prices gets overshadowed by more partisan moves

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 24, 2025 at 3:42pm
Justices are expected to issue a decision in the case by the conclusion of the Supreme Court’s term at the end of June.

Supreme Court explores Louisiana’s use of race in redistricting

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 24, 2025 at 2:54pm
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., says the money wasn't needed anymore and therefore available for higher priorities.

Vanished earmarks in stopgap law pose challenge to local projects’ return

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 24, 2025 at 2:46pm
The Supreme Court building is seen at sunset in Washington.

US asks Supreme Court to halt order to rehire at six agencies

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted March 24, 2025 at 1:25pm
Capitol Police are reviewing screening procedures after a series of recent incidents.

Security lapses involving weapons prompt scrutiny of Capitol screening

By Justin Papp
Posted March 24, 2025 at 11:14am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., left, speaks with President Donald Trump on the House steps on March 12.

Congress returns for three-week sprint session

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted March 24, 2025 at 6:03am
Former Utah Rep. Mia Love is seen in the Capitol in 2018, arriving for a House Republican Conference meeting.

Mia Love, first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, has died at age 49

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted March 24, 2025 at 4:53am
Both chambers are in recess for the first time in the 119th Congress.

Editor’s Note: The 119th Congress in numbers, mid-March edition

By Jason Dick
Posted March 21, 2025 at 3:31pm
The Supreme Court of the United States is pictured in Washington.

Supreme Court to weigh use of race in redistricting

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 21, 2025 at 3:07pm
Dayana Bergman, a military spouse, wipes tears after speaking during a town hall at Woodlawn High School in Woodlawn, Md., on Thursday with Sens. Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen, Reps. Kweisi Mfume and John “Johnny O” Olszewski Jr., and Councilman Pat Young.

Photos of the week | March 17-21, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 21, 2025 at 2:35pm
President Donald Trump signs an executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department as schoolchildren sign their own versions nearby during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Thursday.

Trump signs executive order aimed at dismantling Education Department

By Daniela Altimari
Posted March 20, 2025 at 6:32pm
Workers at the Ronald Reagan Building — home to the Wilson Center in downtown Washington — are seen Tuesday at the end of the work day. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)

‘President is obligated’: Legal experts slam Trump order gutting Wilson Center, others

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 20, 2025 at 4:49pm
Materials from this year’s Gridiron dinner, a tradition that dates to 1885.

At the Gridiron, laughter in the dark

By Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 19, 2025 at 6:36pm
A stop sign outside the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington.

Institute of Peace asks court to halt Trump administration takeover

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 19, 2025 at 1:31pm, Updated at 4:40pm
During an address to Congress on March 4, President Donald Trump told lawmakers they should roll back the CHIPS law.

Ohio officials hopeful Intel gets plant funds targeted by Trump

By Jacob Fulton
Posted March 19, 2025 at 5:00am