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President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., talk with reporters before a House Republican Conference meeting on the budget reconciliation bill in the Capitol on May 20.

Explaining Trump’s claim of a ‘68 percent’ tax increase

By FactCheck.org
Posted June 6, 2025 at 1:36pm
"I think anything we can do that's waste, fraud and abuse are open to discussions," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said when asked if Medicare cuts are on the table. Above, Thune appears at a news conference in the Capitol Tuesday.

Medicare cuts in play as Senate GOP hones budget bill

By Jessie Hellmann, Sandhya Raman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted June 5, 2025 at 9:10pm
Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, seen at a panel hearing in January, has said he will unveil his own AI regulation moratorium legislation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

AI regulation moratorium dropped in Senate budget package

By Jacob Fulton
Posted June 5, 2025 at 8:22pm
With a bust of President Abraham Lincoln between them, Elon Musk speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on May 30 as President Donald Trump looks on. (Tom Brenner/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump-Musk alliance ends with personal attacks, threats to end federal contracts

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 5, 2025 at 6:14pm
Michael Sullivan is a veteran of the Phoenix and Baltimore police departments. Above, he speaks at a public safety press conference ahead of Super Bowl LVII in 2023 during his time with the Phoenix Police Department.

Michael Sullivan named chief of Capitol Police

By Justin Papp
Posted June 4, 2025 at 7:48pm
West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

Senate Environment reconciliation provisions pause methane tax

By Valerie Yurk and David Jordan
Posted June 4, 2025 at 7:39pm
Flowers to honor the late Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., are seen at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on May 21. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Virginia governor sets Sept. 9 special election to fill Connolly’s seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 3, 2025 at 11:04am, Updated June 4, 2025 at 6:10pm
Ranking member Rep. Brendan F. Boyle, D-Pa., gives a thumbs down as he speaks during the House Budget Committee markup of the reconciliation bill in the Cannon House Office Building on Friday, May 16, 2025.

16 million lose insurance under budget bill, other policies: CBO

By Sandhya Raman and Jessie Hellmann
Posted June 4, 2025 at 5:27pm
Chairman Sen. Charles E. Grassley, left, and ranking member Sen. Richard J. Durbin arrive Wednesday for Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees.

Senators debate vetting process as judicial confirmation hearings start

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 4, 2025 at 2:49pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, and Rep. Mark Messmer, R-Ind., also appear.

CBO pegs ‘big, beautiful’ bill price tag at $2.4T

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted June 4, 2025 at 1:20pm, Updated at 2:33pm
Sean Gallagher, then assistant chief of the Capitol Police, testifies at a House hearing in March 2024. Gallagher was named acting chief after his boss retired, drawing a strong rebuke from the Capitol Police Labor Committee.

Capitol Police union comes out hard against acting Chief Gallagher

By Justin Papp
Posted June 3, 2025 at 6:36pm
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, led the Senate Judiciary joint subcommittee hearing Tuesday on nationwide injunctions.

Senators spar over nationwide injunctions stopping Trump policies

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 3, 2025 at 5:40pm
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum at a ceremony in February. The department is asking Congress to use the Land and Water Conservation Fund for maintenance, a purpose not listed in 2020 reauthorizing legislation.

Interior eyes Land and Water Conservation Fund for maintenance

By David Jordan
Posted June 3, 2025 at 5:31pm
Republicans advanced Long's nomination to head the IRS on a party-line vote in committee. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Ex-GOP lawmaker’s IRS nomination advances in Senate

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted June 3, 2025 at 5:30pm
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at a news conference in Berlin on May 28.

Tariffs, Ukraine war to top agenda as Trump huddles with German chancellor

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 3, 2025 at 3:56pm
Education Secretary Linda McMahon arrives to testify before a Senate subcommittee on the department's fiscal year 2026 budget request on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

TRIO cuts emerge as Education budget sticking point

By Jacob Fulton
Posted June 3, 2025 at 3:42pm
Capitol Police officers wait to board the Senate subway.

Foreign national pleads guilty in connection to ‘swatting’ incidents

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 2, 2025 at 5:42pm
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks to reporters as he leaves the Senate floor in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, March 13, 2025.

Congressional agencies look for boost amid government downsizing

By Justin Papp
Posted June 2, 2025 at 5:18pm
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol after the House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on Thursday, May 22, 2025.

A look at key flashpoints in the coming Senate reconciliation debate

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted June 2, 2025 at 3:15pm
New Hampshire Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas runs in the ACLI Capital Challenge 3-mile race in Anacostia Park on May 14.

In the Spotlight: Chris Pappas

By Nick Eskow
Posted June 2, 2025 at 2:03pm
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration workers watch a rally outside headquarters to oppose the recent firings, in Sliver Spring, Md., on Monday, March 3, 2025. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and other members of Congress also attended.

National Weather Service, FEMA start hurricane season under a cloud

By Mike Magner
Posted June 2, 2025 at 1:43pm
Sen. Michael D. Crapo, R-Idaho, talks with reporters in the Capitol after the House passed the "one big, beautiful bill" on May 22.

Delicate balancing act for Senate on reconciliation tax package

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted June 2, 2025 at 12:00pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., takes over the action on budget reconciliation from Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., left. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senators: It’s time to reclaim your relevance

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted June 2, 2025 at 2:16pm, Updated at 7:06am
Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis is an advocate for the digital assets legislation that is expected to see floor debate this week.

Digital assets bill reclaims spotlight as reconciliation work goes on backstage

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 2, 2025 at 6:00am
A sign with the Foreign Emoluments Clause appears behind Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, a member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, during a January 2024 news conference in Rayburn Building on a report by committee Democrats on a "multi-year investigation into payments accepted by former President Trump's businesses from foreign governments during his term in office, in violation of the Constitution."

Democrats struggle to check Trump moves on plane, meme coin

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 30, 2025 at 2:02pm
Friday’s order is the latest from more than a dozen emergency cases that reached the Supreme Court after judges halted Trump administration actions.

Supreme Court allows US to cut short Biden-era immigration status

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 30, 2025 at 12:26pm, Updated at 1:27pm
President Donald Trump, flanked by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., speaks to reporters before attending the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on May 20. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Checking the math on White House, GOP claims about ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

By FactCheck.org
Posted May 30, 2025 at 9:59am
Former New York Rep. Michael G. Grimm, here in 2014, has received a presidential pardon. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump pardons former New York Rep. Michael Grimm

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 29, 2025 at 1:25pm
President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talk with reporters after a House Republican meeting in the Capitol on May 20. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump, GOP prep next chapter in spending cuts agenda

By Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 29, 2025 at 8:21am
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter speaks at a House subcommittee hearing in September 2023. Perlmutter filed a lawsuit last week, after a purge at the Library of Congress.

Judge declines to halt firing of Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 28, 2025 at 6:39pm