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President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Feb. 20, after the Supreme Court ruled against his use of emergency powers to implement international trade tariffs.

Policy

Democratic attorneys general challenge Trump’s newest tariffs

Lawsuit contends president misused a law to justify 10 percent worldwide tariffs

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 5, 2026 at 2:45pm

Voters fill out their ballots at The PARC at Tysons community center in Vienna, Va., in 2024.

Campaigns

Virginia Supreme Court clears way for redistricting referendum

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 4, 2026 at 7:34pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is sworn in to a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday.

Congress

Lawmakers criticize Kristi Noem over delayed FEMA decisions

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 4, 2026 at 6:06pm
President Donald Trump applauds for a guest during his State of the Union address on Feb. 24.

White House

White House targets week of March 30 for budget release

By Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 4, 2026 at 4:59pm
Frank Bisignano, center, prepares to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday. Bisignano leads both the IRS and the Social Security Administration.

House Democrats grill IRS chief over data-sharing concerns

By Jacob Fulton
Posted March 4, 2026 at 4:36pm
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the White House on Wednesday. President Donald Trump will attend a ceremony marking the return of American troops killed during the war on Iran, she said. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Justifications for war multiply at White House

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 4, 2026 at 3:38pm
Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., is seen during votes in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.

Lawmakers’ concerns grow about Americans left stranded in Mideast

By John M. Donnelly and Savannah Behrmann
Posted March 3, 2026 at 10:03pm
The Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington.

Judge hears arguments over potential FEMA job cuts

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted March 3, 2026 at 8:00pm
Protesters hold signs and chant during a demonstration outside the White House on Saturday against President Trump's decision to go to war with Iran. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump officials outline why they decided to bomb Iran

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 3, 2026 at 4:44pm
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in February.

Minnesota sues Trump administration over Medicaid freeze

By Ariel Cohen
Posted March 3, 2026 at 3:55pm
President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz address reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

Trump claims he ‘forced’ Israel into Iran war, contradicting Rubio’s account

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 3, 2026 at 2:07pm
Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Conn., offered amendments to undo changes made to the food stamp program by the 2025 reconciliation law that funneled billions of dollars out of the program.

Democrats offer farm bill amendments to roll back SNAP changes

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted March 3, 2026 at 6:45am
Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., speaks during a news conference last year.

Judge again blocks DHS policy on lawmaker detention center visits

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 2, 2026 at 5:00pm
The American flag flies in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington.

Supreme Court sounds wary of gun ban for drug users

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 2, 2026 at 3:31pm
President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla. on Friday. Trump is spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

War Powers votes loom for Congress after U.S. strikes Iran

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted February 28, 2026 at 7:12am
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a senior appropriator, says a renewed moratorium on federal layoffs is not needed.

Moratorium on federal employee layoffs lapses amid shutdown

By Ryan Tarinelli and Aris Folley
Posted February 27, 2026 at 6:09pm
Members of the media gather Friday outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in Chappaqua, N.Y., as the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee conducts a deposition with former President Bill Clinton as part of the panel's investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Bill Clinton tells lawmakers he saw no Epstein misconduct

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted February 27, 2026 at 3:57pm
From left, Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan, Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Supreme Court weighs legality of gun ban for drug users

By Michael Macagnone
Posted February 27, 2026 at 11:16am
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., leaves the Republican Senate luncheon in the Capitol on Feb. 10.

Tillis threatens nominee holds over immigration data request

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 27, 2026 at 7:00am
Chairman Michael D. Crapo, R-Idaho, right, and ranking member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., are seen at a Senate Finance Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Bipartisan Senate bill promises ‘commonsense fixes’ to IRS

By Jacob Fulton
Posted February 27, 2026 at 7:00am
House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James R. Comer, R-Ky., joined by Republican members of the committee, speaks to members of the media Thursday while arriving for a closed-door deposition with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in Chappaqua, N.Y.

Hillary Clinton tells lawmakers she has no Epstein case information

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted February 26, 2026 at 3:45pm
Senate Judiciary Chair Charles E. Grassley is pictured in the Capitol on Dec. 9, 2025.

Senate Judiciary advances child online safety measures

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 26, 2026 at 1:50pm
Ethanol and no ethanol options are shown on a gas pump in Des Moines, Iowa. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House misses its own deadline for bill to expand ethanol sales

By David Jordan
Posted February 26, 2026 at 6:07am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks as Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., listens during the Senate Republicans’ news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Push for a ‘talking filibuster’ stalls in Senate GOP conference 

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 25, 2026 at 6:49pm
Robert Cekada, nominee to be director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arrives for his confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 4.

ATF pick decries GOP-led budget cuts

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted February 25, 2026 at 4:51pm
Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., left, and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., hope to force a vote on a war powers measure as soon as next week.

Iran war powers votes expected ‘very soon’

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted February 25, 2026 at 4:44pm
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., talks with reporters in the Capitol. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Labor-HHS-Education earmarks are back in House, with limits

By Aidan Quigley
Posted February 25, 2026 at 12:56pm, Updated at 4:09pm
Former Sen. Joe Manchin III, I-W.Va., said Tuesday that a 2022 law set the stage for U.S. energy security.

Manchin says Democrats’ 2022 reconciliation law boosted energy security

By David Jordan
Posted February 25, 2026 at 11:07am
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., blocks a sign held by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, as President Donald Trump arrived for his State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Feb.24, 2026.

The State of Division

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted February 25, 2026 at 12:45am
An aerial view shows cooling vent fans on the roof next to generators on the lower level of a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Va. on Nov. 12, 2025.

Trump touts push to contain AI energy costs

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 24, 2026 at 11:06pm
A plane takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near the wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 in the Potomac River on Feb. 3, 2025.

Senate aviation safety bill rejected by House

By Kelly Livingston
Posted February 24, 2026 at 4:46pm
Senate Agriculture Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., wants to increase the CFTC budget by $150 million. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Lawmakers seek to boost CFTC budget to take on crypto oversight

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted February 24, 2026 at 5:39am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday that Democrats would not support an extension of the president's latest tariffs. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Schumer vows to ‘block any attempt to extend’ new Trump tariffs 

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted February 23, 2026 at 6:13pm
The American flag flies in front of the Supreme Court in Washington last month.

Supreme Court backs congressional power in tariff ruling

By Michael Macagnone
Posted February 20, 2026 at 5:44pm