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President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House before a meeting Friday.

Heated clash between Trump and Zelenskyy draws partisan response

By Mark Satter
Posted February 28, 2025 at 4:25pm
FBI Director Kash Patel has been named acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Republicans ready to take aim at gun regulations

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted February 28, 2025 at 12:21pm
Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, here at a hearing in January, will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's joint address Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Slotkin, Espaillat to deliver Democratic responses to Trump’s joint address

By Daniela Altimari
Posted February 27, 2025 at 5:57pm
Josh Hawley is among the Senate Republicans who are unenthusiastic about the House’s proposed cuts to Medicaid.

‘Yeah, I don’t love that,’ or how the House learned to start jamming the Senate

By Jason Dick and David Lerman
Posted February 27, 2025 at 4:19pm
Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon arrives at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday.

Linda McMahon’s nomination to be Education secretary clears Senate hurdle

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 27, 2025 at 4:16pm
Jonathan McKernan, the nominee to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, listens to the opening statement of Senate Banking ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., at his confirmation hearing Thursday.

CFPB nominee promises to keep agency open but downsize it

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted February 27, 2025 at 3:28pm
Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., received the backing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for her nomination to be Labor secretary. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate panel approves Chavez-DeRemer for Labor secretary

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 27, 2025 at 11:16am
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., arrives in the Capitol for a vote on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Next up for ‘big, beautiful’ budget package: House-Senate talks

By Caitlin Reilly, David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted February 27, 2025 at 5:00am
Security personnel stand near an entrance to Federal Correctional Institution Miami, a federal Bureau of Prisons facility.

Federal prisons holding hundreds of immigration detainees

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted February 26, 2025 at 6:48pm
“When you come from Alabama, it just feels a little different,” said Rep. Shomari Figures. The freshman Democrat represents his state’s newly drawn 2nd District.

Rep. Shomari Figures on opportunity: ‘Take advantage of every moment we’ve got’

By Jackie Wang
Posted February 26, 2025 at 5:59pm
Marjorie Taylor Greene chairs the House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, whose name echoes the DOGE initiative sweeping through the executive branch. At its second hearing, the new subpanel took up the topic of USAID, with little middle ground.

Humanitarians or funders of woke terrorists? DOGE subpanel clashes over USAID

By Jim Saksa
Posted February 26, 2025 at 4:36pm
Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama share a laugh at the Capitol on May 2, 2024.

Trump, GOP senators ‘rowing in the same direction’ despite some differences

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 26, 2025 at 3:43pm
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington.

Judge weighs Trump’s power to fire watchdog official without cause

By Michael Macagnone
Posted February 26, 2025 at 3:32pm
D. John Sauer, nominee to be solicitor general, testifies during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senator presses Justice Department picks on following court orders

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted February 26, 2025 at 2:54pm
The U.S. Capitol dome is lit as the Senate voted late into the night and early morning last week on a budget resolution.

Polls: No really; it’s still the economy, stupid

By Jason Dick
Posted February 26, 2025 at 2:32pm
Jamieson Greer was confirmed Wednesday as the U.S. trade representative.

Senate confirms Greer to be the US trade representative

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted February 26, 2025 at 1:02pm
Confusion, firings and freezes across federal agencies have constituents turning to their representatives in Congress for answers. Above, union members attend a “rally to save the civil service” near the Capitol on Feb. 11.

‘Overwhelmed and underwater’: Congressional staffers feel the brunt of Trump 2.0

By Justin Papp
Posted February 26, 2025 at 1:00pm
Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., became House Agriculture ranking member as the majority Republicans seek steep cuts to food stamps.

Craig, on defense over Democrats’ agriculture priorities, eyes Senate run

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted February 26, 2025 at 9:04am, Updated at 10:33am
Florida Rep. Byron Donalds is running for governor.

Byron Donalds, with Trump endorsement, announces bid for governor

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 25, 2025 at 11:15pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, right, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise conduct a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on the morning of the budget resolution vote on Tuesday.

GOP budget adopted in House after late arm-twisting

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted February 25, 2025 at 8:25pm, Updated at 9:34pm
A Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrols the border fence in El Paso, Texas on Aug. 23, 2019.

DHS signs up local agencies in immigration enforcement push

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 25, 2025 at 5:10pm
Speaker Mike Johnson conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center after a House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday.

No clear path to House budget adoption amid GOP holdouts

By Aidan Quigley
Posted February 25, 2025 at 12:28pm, Updated at 4:25pm
Chairman James R. Comer, left, greets DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, center, before he testified at a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing in 2023 as part of his role as chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.

Michael Horowitz approaches stormy path in Trump administration

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted February 25, 2025 at 2:10pm
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives in his wheelchair for the cloture vote on FBI nominee Kash Patel on Thursday. McConnell has been the strongest GOP opponent of President Donald Trump's shifts in Russia policy.

Republicans mostly mum on Trump’s upending of Russia policy

By John M. Donnelly
Posted February 24, 2025 at 5:19pm, Updated at 5:59pm
Rep. John B. Larson, D-Conn., right, listens as a constituent speaks at a town hall at the Newington Town Council Chambers on Thursday.

Town halls give frustrated Democrats chance to vent about Trump and Musk

By Daniela Altimari
Posted February 24, 2025 at 4:33pm
From left, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., conduct a news conference at the Republican National Committee on Jan. 22. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House budget, disapproval measures headline congressional schedule this week

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 24, 2025 at 5:54am
President Joe Biden arrives to deliver his State of the Union address in the House chamber on March 7, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Vote studies 2024: Biden support steadies in final year in office

By Niels Lesniewski and Ryan Kelly
Posted February 24, 2025 at 5:00am
Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon is among the holdouts that GOP leaders need to win over.

House Republicans ready to roll the dice on budget blueprint

By Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted February 21, 2025 at 4:51pm
The Metropolitan Police Department said it could not provide further details about an alleged assault this week involving Rep. Cory Mills, seen here in March of last year.

Rep. Cory Mills under investigation for alleged assault; police response in question

By Justin Papp
Posted February 21, 2025 at 3:07pm, Updated at 4:31pm
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and President Donald Trump speak during a bilateral meeting in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 26, 2019.

As Egypt’s el-Sissi puts off White House visit, Democrats blame Trump’s Gaza plan

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 21, 2025 at 3:35pm