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President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson head to a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol on May 20. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

White House

With ‘big’ bill in rearview, Trump doesn’t have a new to-do list for Congress

But a potential shutdown would ‘work counter’ to his recent wins, former GOP aide says

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 9, 2025 at 4:20pm

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Forrestal Building in Washington is pictured on March 6.

Policy

Senate confirms Griffith as Energy undersecretary

By David Jordan
Posted July 9, 2025 at 3:47pm
Attorney General Pamela Bondi testifies during a Senate Appropriations panel hearing on the department's budget request on June 25.

Policy

Senate appropriators to weigh in on Justice Department revamp

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 9, 2025 at 3:32pm
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on May 20 on his plans for the "Golden Dome," a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Policy

Draft House NDAA demands details on Trump’s Golden Dome

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 9, 2025 at 2:36pm
Susan Monarez, nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during her confirmation hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

Senate HELP panel advances Monarez for CDC director

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 9, 2025 at 2:08pm
A soldier holds a drone in the Pentagon parking lot on June 14.

House panel wants anti-drone systems at US defense facilities

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 9, 2025 at 11:27am
President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Feb. 28.

Lawmakers applaud resumption of US military aid to Ukraine

By Briana Reilly
Posted July 8, 2025 at 5:48pm
A sign for the Social Security Administration is seen outside its headquarters in Woodlawn, Md., on March 20.

Supreme Court allows Trump mass layoffs to move forward

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 8, 2025 at 5:21pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks as President Donald Trump hosts a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday.

Trump slams Putin, touts self-made tariff deals and muses on gold leaf

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 8, 2025 at 4:12pm
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., voted for the legislation but said he would work to head off future cuts to Medicaid after saying he was deeply opposed to such cuts.

Reconciliation law offers radiation compensation to more people

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 8, 2025 at 7:00am
Activists opposing funding for Planned Parenthood demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court on April 2.

Planned Parenthood challenges GOP reconciliation law

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 7, 2025 at 2:43pm
Attorney General Pamela Bondi testifies during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing last month.

Law enforcement groups oppose proposed anti-drug program cuts

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 3, 2025 at 5:17pm
President Donald Trump talks on the phone in April as he waits onboard Marine One to depart the Leesburg Executive Airport after visiting his Northern Virginia golf club.

Trump worked phones on ‘big beautiful bill’ — but left some arm-twisting to others

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 3, 2025 at 5:14pm
Speaker Mike Johnson holds up the final vote total on passing President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" budget reconciliation bill on Thursday.

Mammoth budget bill heads to Trump’s desk in time for July Fourth

By David Lerman, Lia DeGroot and Sandhya Raman
Posted July 3, 2025 at 2:50pm, Updated at 3:11pm
Activists for and against trans rights protest outside the Supreme Court in December before the start oral arguments over a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors.

Supreme Court to decide legality of transgender sports bans

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 3, 2025 at 11:25am
An Architect of the Capitol worker wheels a bin full of empty pizza boxes from Speaker Mike Johnson’s office as the House prepares for a long night on Wednesday.

House nears passage of sweeping GOP budget bill

By David Lerman, Lia DeGroot and Sandhya Raman
Posted July 3, 2025 at 12:24am, Updated at 3:55am
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., right, and Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., do TV interviews in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Vibe shift in House as Trump, GOP leaders begin to flip votes

By David Lerman, Sandhya Raman, Olivia M. Bridges, David Jordan and Lia DeGroot
Posted July 2, 2025 at 7:30pm
The United States monitors the Juarez-El Paso border with armored vehicles last month in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Judge orders halt to Trump push to shut down border crossings

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 2, 2025 at 5:34pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters before heading to the House chamber for a procedural vote on Wednesday.

GOP leaders work to convince House holdouts on budget package

By David Lerman, Lia DeGroot, David Jordan and Sandhya Raman
Posted July 2, 2025 at 4:32pm
Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, R-Ga., arrives for a meeting of House Republicans in the Capitol Visitor Center on May 15. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. Carter, seeking Georgia Senate seat, surrenders Health gavel

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted July 2, 2025 at 2:38pm
Chairman Tim Scott gavels in a Senate Banking confirmation hearing on Feb. 27.

In the Spotlight: Tim Scott

By Nick Eskow
Posted July 2, 2025 at 6:00am
FBI Director Kash Patel arrives for a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing in May.

FBI announces selection of DC location for next headquarters

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 1, 2025 at 5:48pm
President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis walk through a medical facility during a visit to the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center in Ochopee, Fla., on Tuesday. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is seen behind Trump.

‘Only way out is deportation’: Trump talks tough at Everglades detention site

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 1, 2025 at 3:38pm
People wait in line for seating in the Supreme Court in Washington on the first day of the term in October 2024.

Supreme Court pushes right in term stocked with Trump cases

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 1, 2025 at 3:36pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, flanked by Sens. John Barrasso and Michael D. Crapo, speaks to reporters after the Senate passed the reconciliation package on Tuesday.

‘Big, beautiful’ budget reconciliation package passes Senate

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 1, 2025 at 12:13pm, Updated at 12:49pm
Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., seen here on May 20, was among the final holdouts on a key procedural vote.

Senate votes to take up ‘big, beautiful’ revised budget bill

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted June 28, 2025 at 5:53pm, Updated June 29, 2025 at 12:53am
President Donald Trump, joined by Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, speaks Friday on recent Supreme Court rulings in the briefing room at the White House.

Challengers to Trump birthright citizenship order quickly try again

By Chris Johnson and Michael Macagnone
Posted June 27, 2025 at 6:20pm
Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies during a Senate hearing Wednesday.

Senators express wariness of proposed mergers within DOJ

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 27, 2025 at 3:55pm
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seen at a hearing on Tuesday.

Supreme Court upholds preventive care coverage mandate

By Jessie Hellmann and Lia DeGroot
Posted June 27, 2025 at 1:05pm
The Supreme Court building is seen at sunset in Washington.

Supreme Court upholds Texas age-verification law for online porn

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 27, 2025 at 1:01pm
Activists begin to gather with signs at the Supreme Court before the court heard oral arguments in May on President Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship executive order.

Supreme Court limits federal courts on ‘universal injunctions’

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 27, 2025 at 11:09am, Updated at 12:59pm
In this photo illustration, the Federal Communications Commission seal is seen on a smartphone screen with the U.S. flag in the background. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Supreme Court upholds FCC universal service program

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 27, 2025 at 12:40pm
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. conducts a news conference to discuss the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network survey, in April.

Panel recommends removing thimerosal from flu vaccines

By Lia DeGroot
Posted June 26, 2025 at 4:25pm
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. greets Iowa Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks before a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday.

CDC’s overhauled vaccine panel presses on despite concerns

By Lia DeGroot
Posted June 25, 2025 at 3:56pm, Updated June 26, 2025 at 3:20pm