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Clockwise from top left: John E. Sununu, Jerry Carl, Madison Cawthorn, Mayra Flores, Cori Bush, Melissa Bean, Elaine Luria and Sherrod Brown are running for Congress in 2026.

These former members of Congress are seeking comebacks in 2026

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 29, 2025 at 2:57pm
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee markup in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 31.

Defense panels still not clear on Golden Dome’s attributes

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 29, 2025 at 7:00am
Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., background, conclude a news conference in the Capitol on June 17.

Gender-affirming care rules create legal quagmire, critics say

By Ariel Cohen
Posted December 29, 2025 at 7:00am
The House passed Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert's bill that would require the US. Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue a rule rescinding protections for the gray wolf.

GOP lawmakers have administration ally to end predator species protections

By David Jordan
Posted December 29, 2025 at 7:00am, Updated at 7:00am
Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., has not been shy about disagreeing with some of Trump's national security policies.

Republican defense hawks broke with Trump repeatedly in 2025

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted December 26, 2025 at 7:00am
A worker stocks Angus beef top-sirloin filets in the meat section of a grocery store in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25.

Lawmakers push to reimburse food stamp benefits lost to theft

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted December 26, 2025 at 7:00am
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says he will propose legislation that would take on government pressure on social media.

Can Congress find a path on government ‘jawboning’ limits?

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted December 24, 2025 at 7:00am
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., arrives at a closed Senate Armed Services Committee briefing on naval aviation mishaps in the Capitol Visitor Center on Dec. 2.

Congress inches toward reclaiming war powers with AUMF repeals

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted December 24, 2025 at 7:00am
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, arrives for Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on Dec. 9.

States eager for final decisions on $50B health care fund

By Sandhya Raman
Posted December 24, 2025 at 7:00am
Then-Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., leaves the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on March 8, 2022.

Former Nebraska Sen. Sasse faces terminal diagnosis

By Nick Eskow
Posted December 23, 2025 at 12:24pm
Workers adjust the name of the “John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts" on Dec. 19 in Washington, after the board of trustees voted in what they say was a unanimous decision to add Donald Trump's name to the center.

Democratic lawmaker sues over renaming of Kennedy Center

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 23, 2025 at 11:52am
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, left, and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrive for a briefing on Syria in the Capitol Visitor Center on Oct. 17, 2019.

Defense policy law takes aim at the politics of security details

By Mark Satter
Posted December 23, 2025 at 7:00am
President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, announces a new class of warships at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday.

Trump announces new class of ‘battleships’ named after himself

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted December 22, 2025 at 7:03pm
New York Rep. Elise Stefanik is ending her campaign for governor. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Rep. Elise Stefanik ends campaign for New York governor, will retire in 2026

By Andrew Menezes and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 19, 2025 at 5:22pm
From left, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., hold their news conference with survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in November outside the Capitol.

Justice Department releases Epstein investigative documents

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 19, 2025 at 4:06pm, Updated at 5:09pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks Tuesday during a news conference in the Capitol on the deadline for the release of the Epstein files.

Justice Department faces deadline day on Epstein files law

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 19, 2025 at 5:00am, Updated at 9:48am
Caution tape is seen on the East Front lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 18. In 2025, Congress faced questions about its role in government as the executive and judicial branches tugged at its responsibilities.

A most consequential year for Congress

By Jason Dick
Posted December 18, 2025 at 1:59pm, Updated December 19, 2025 at 9:19am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said it would take "a Christmas miracle" to get anything done in Congress to prevent the expiration of expiring health care subsidies.

Congress leaves for Christmas, closes the books on 2025

By Niels Lesniewski and Aris Folley
Posted December 19, 2025 at 6:30am
Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., at front, talks to reporters outside a House Administration Committee hearing on congressional stock trading on Nov. 19, joined by Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Tim Burchett, R-Tenn. They were all part of a working group that unveiled a bipartisan stock-trading ban earlier this year.

Cracks emerge as members of Congress try to curb their own stock trading

By Nina Heller
Posted December 18, 2025 at 5:10pm
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro speaks during a news conference in July.

Navarro argues contempt of Congress conviction at appeals court

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 18, 2025 at 4:24pm
President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Wednesday night. (Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images)

Trump bucked tradition with partisan end-of-year address

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 18, 2025 at 4:16pm
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seen on descent into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Nov. 4, 2020.

Despite statute, White House claims board adds Trump’s name to Kennedy Center

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 18, 2025 at 2:53pm, Updated at 3:36pm
Attorney General Pamela Bondi testifies in June before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the Justice Department's fiscal 2026 budget request.

Appropriators backed a crime-fighting unit. DOJ closed it anyway.

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 18, 2025 at 7:00am
Exterior view of an immigration detention center in Elizabeth, N.J., in March.

Judge halts DHS policy on oversight visits to ICE detention facilities

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 17, 2025 at 6:05pm
Jared Isaacman, nominee to be NASA administrator, testifies to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee in early December.

Senate confirms Isaacman to be NASA administrator

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 17, 2025 at 4:58pm
Former special counsel John L. “Jack” Smith arrives Wednesday at the Rayburn Building for a closed-door deposition with members of the House Judiciary Committee regarding the prosecutions of Donald Trump.

House panel deposes Jack Smith over Trump criminal cases

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 17, 2025 at 4:57pm
President Donald Trump signs funding legislation to reopen the federal government during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 12.

Judge to order US to undo shutdown firings, stop more layoffs

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 17, 2025 at 4:47pm
Sen. Ted Cruz, left, and Sen. Maria Cantwell, right, hold a press conference Monday with families who lost loved ones in the January 2025 DCA plane crash. Christina Stovall, third from left, who lost her son Michael "Mikey" Bret Stovall, is comforted by Laura Augendre, who lost her cousin, Peter Livingston and his family. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Reagan National airport safety looms as appropriations issue

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 15, 2025 at 6:35pm, Updated December 17, 2025 at 4:35pm
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., is not seeking reelection next year.

Washington Rep. Dan Newhouse not seeking reelection

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 17, 2025 at 9:42am, Updated at 3:47pm
FCC Chair Brendan Carr testifies during the Senate Commerce hearing on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senators press FCC’s Carr in wake of Kimmel controversy

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted December 17, 2025 at 3:27pm