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Rep. Brittany Pettersen holds her son at a news conference in 2023. Now pregnant with her second child, the Colorado Democrat has joined forces with Anna Paulina Luna to call for a proxy voting exception for new parents.

Grounded in Colorado ahead of birth, Pettersen is still fighting for proxy change

By Justin Papp
Posted January 22, 2025 at 7:23pm
Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens, here arriving at the Capitol in July, leads the New Democrat Coalition Action Fund. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

For Haley Stevens, the road to the House majority runs through the ‘New Dems’

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted January 22, 2025 at 7:05pm
Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., left, is seen near the House chamber door as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, 2021.

Law enforcement groups criticize Trump pardons for Jan. 6

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 22, 2025 at 6:36pm
Democratic Reps. Don Davis, left, and Jared Golden, here in the Cannon House Office Building tunnel in April 2024, represent districts won by Donald Trump. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats who won in Trump districts brace for two years in the spotlight

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted January 22, 2025 at 6:26pm
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., pressed for passage of the immigration bill in the Senate.

Immigration bill heads to Trump’s desk after House passage

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 22, 2025 at 6:00pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is joining the Congressional Dads Caucus, hoping to put a spotlight on policies that “ensure that every parent has the resources they need.”

Congressional dad bod grows as Jeffries joins Dads Caucus

By Jim Saksa
Posted January 22, 2025 at 5:37pm
Speaker Mike Johnson listens as President Donald Trump addresses supporters Monday in an overflow space in Emancipation Hall after his second inauguration ceremony.

‘So much sharper’: Which Trump will GOP encounter during high-stakes talks?

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 22, 2025 at 4:42pm
Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., spent much of the last Congress reinvestigating the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol. Now top Republicans announced a plan to keep his effort going.

Loudermilk to lead select subcommittee to keep probing Jan. 6

By Justin Papp
Posted January 22, 2025 at 4:32pm
House Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, R-Tenn., seen at a House hearing in December, says the U.S. is vulnerable to Chinese cyberattacks on critical U.S. infrastructure.

CISA funding at center of tough talk on countering China

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 22, 2025 at 4:02pm
Security barricades the House chamber as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote on Jan. 6, 2021. Reps. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, blue shirt, and Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., right, are also pictured. President Donald Trump issued pardons to all those involved in the attack.

Pardon me? Tales of presidential pardons

By Jason Dick and Todd Ruger
Posted January 22, 2025 at 2:57pm
Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs, pictured here at the Capitol in April 2024, is weighing a gubernatorial run.

Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs weighs governor run and potential clash with Trump pick

By Daniela Altimari
Posted January 21, 2025 at 7:25pm
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to the United Nations, testifies during her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing Tuesday.

Stefanik mostly impresses at Senate Foreign Relations hearing

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 21, 2025 at 7:11pm
Kenneth Cuccinelli, a former top official with the Homeland Security Department during the first Trump administration, cautioned senators last week against an official designation of drug cartels as terrorist groups.

Experts cautious on designating drug cartels as terrorist groups

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 21, 2025 at 6:43pm
Asylum seekers wait Tuesday to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol as seen from Tijuana, Mexico, after President Donald Trump began his second term in office with a series of tough-on-immigration measures.

States challenge Trump order seeking to end birthright citizenship

By Michael Macagnone and Chris Johnson
Posted January 21, 2025 at 6:04pm
Pete Hegseth is seen during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week.

Top Democrats continue to oppose Hegseth amid new allegations

By Mark Satter
Posted January 21, 2025 at 6:00pm
From left, in 2023, Reps. Mike Johnson, R-La.; Chip Roy, R-Texas; Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.; and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., conduct a House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing.

Trump orders wide search for political bias in Biden-era actions

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 21, 2025 at 4:22pm
President Donald Trump takes part in a signing ceremony in the Capitol’s President's Room on January 20, 2025.

Trump moves to roll back Biden diversity initiatives

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 21, 2025 at 12:41pm
Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee to be Defense secretary, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Jan. 14. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Armed Services panel moves Hegseth nomination forward

By Mark Satter
Posted January 21, 2025 at 6:31am
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday.

Trump pardons nearly all Jan. 6 defendants, orders prison releases

By Ryan Tarinelli and Michael Macagnone
Posted January 20, 2025 at 10:13pm
Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, here at a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Friday, is up for reelection in 2026.

These 12 Democrats voted for the GOP immigration bill dubbed the Laken Riley Act

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted January 20, 2025 at 8:49pm
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Presiden Donald Trump’s nominee to be Homeland Security secretary, testifies during her Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing Friday.

Senate panel advances Trump pick to lead Homeland Security

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 20, 2025 at 7:44pm
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, met Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and ranking member Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., at his confirmation hearing last week.

Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of State

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 20, 2025 at 7:17pm
Scott Bessent, left, President Donald Trump’s intended nominee for Treasury secretary, and Senate Finance Chairman Michael D. Crapo arrive for Bessent's confirmation hearing on Jan. 16.

Finance Democrats seek assurances from Bessent on taxes ahead of vote

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 20, 2025 at 2:13pm, Updated at 6:54pm
Elon Musk is seen on a television during a watch party for the second inauguration of President Donald Trump at Union Pub on Capitol Hill on Monday.

‘DOGE’ to have its day — in court

By David Lerman
Posted January 20, 2025 at 5:01pm, Updated at 6:47pm
President Donald Trump speaks to supporters Monday at the Capitol after his inauguration as Vice President JD Vance looks on.

Trump vows new ‘Golden Age’ and pledges to undo Biden policies in second term

By Daniela Altimari
Posted January 20, 2025 at 2:57pm, Updated at 5:43pm
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., maintains there is 'no legal basis' for an extension of the law's effective date.

Trump vows to save TikTok as two GOP senators dig in on ban

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 20, 2025 at 11:11am
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of state, is likely to be confirmed Monday.

Senate confirmation process kicks into high gear for Trump’s Cabinet

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 20, 2025 at 6:03am
An Architect of the Capitol worker spreads de-icer around the Capitol Reflecting Pool earlier this week, in advance of next week’s Inauguration ceremony at the Capitol.

Trump inauguration moves indoors as arctic chill bears down on DC

By Justin Papp
Posted January 17, 2025 at 12:48pm, Updated at 5:35pm
President-elect Donald Trump, seen here at the Capitol on Jan. 8 with incoming first lady Melania Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, will be sworn in Monday inside the Capitol Rotunda.

Trump got the last laugh, but the hard part begins after second inaugural address

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 17, 2025 at 4:26pm
President Joe Biden, pictured here on the South Lawn of the White House in October, says the Equal Rights Amendment “has become part of our Constitution.”

Biden creates constitutional consternation on Equal Rights Amendment

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 17, 2025 at 3:39pm