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Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker, R-Miss., raised concerns about the defense elements of President Donald Trump's fiscal 2026 budget proposal.

Defense budget increase hinges on reconciliation success

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 2, 2025 at 4:30pm
White House national security advisor Mike Waltz participates in a TV interview at the White House on Thursday morning. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump to nominate Mike Waltz as UN ambassador

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 1, 2025 at 12:22pm, Updated at 3:33pm
Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., talks with reporters outside the Capitol Hill Club after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on March 4.

States’ Medicaid directed payments targeted for potential cuts

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted April 30, 2025 at 6:09pm
House Oversight Chair James R. Comer led Republicans in advancing a chunk of a budget reconciliation package that would make several changes to benefits for federal employees.

Oversight panel endorses cuts to federal retirement system

By Jim Saksa
Posted April 30, 2025 at 5:47pm
Sens. Maria Cantwell and Todd Young attend a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Feb. 9, 2023.

Low-income housing credit bill back in the mix for tax package

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 29, 2025 at 12:17pm, Updated April 30, 2025 at 5:16pm
From left, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, talk as they arrive for a vote in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Collins urges reversal of Trump’s biomedical research clawbacks

By Lia DeGroot
Posted April 30, 2025 at 1:45pm
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 21.

Lawmakers decry Hegseth’s elimination of Women, Peace & Security program

By Mark Satter
Posted April 30, 2025 at 12:16pm
President Donald Trump arrives at a rally marking his 100th day back in office at Macomb Community College Sports and Expo Center in Warren, Mich., on Tuesday.

Trump’s 100th day: Defiance, bold claims, tariff tough talk — and a Hegseth hedge

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 29, 2025 at 10:39pm
The Trump administration's change in tariff policies is meant to encourage car markers to finish assembly in the U.S., giving them an offset for imported parts for two years.

Trump to give carmakers tariff break on vehicles finished in US

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 29, 2025 at 2:16pm
Storm clouds hang over the Supreme Court building in Washington.

Supreme Court decides Medicare reimbursement calculation

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 29, 2025 at 11:38am
The seal of the Health and Human Services is pictured on a podium in the department's headquarters on April 16. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Greater share of US losing faith in health guidance, poll says

By Lia DeGroot
Posted April 29, 2025 at 11:23am
Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, talks with reporters in the Capitol on Feb. 18.

EPA plans action to address PFAS, including ‘polluter pays’

By David Jordan
Posted April 28, 2025 at 8:08pm
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on April 23. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump’s first 100 days offer blueprint for future presidents to evade Congress

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 28, 2025 at 3:15pm
Marinell Chandler is back at work with the National Park Service in Alaska after a layoff, a university job offer, a seasonal employee option and getting rehired.

Life as a federal worker is a roller coaster ride, park ranger says

By Mike Magner
Posted April 28, 2025 at 10:20am
Attorney General Pamela Bondi.

Organizations wrestle with Justice Department grant cuts

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 25, 2025 at 5:23pm
President Donald Trump attends the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 21.

Trump’s false claims about gas, egg prices

By FactCheck.org
Posted April 25, 2025 at 4:13pm
President Donald Trump listens as Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre speaks in the Oval Office on Thursday.

Trump vague on tariffs after Norway PM meetings

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 24, 2025 at 4:51pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference at the House steps of the Capitol in May 2024 to introduce legislation that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.

Judge halts Trump push for proof of citizenship to register to vote

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 24, 2025 at 4:00pm
A woman holds a sign reading "Santuario de Inmigrantes" (Immigrant Sanctuary) as protestors demonstrate in April to protect the District of Columbia as a sanctuary city.

Federal judge blocks US funding freeze for sanctuary jurisdictions

By Chris Johnson
Posted April 24, 2025 at 3:37pm
The Supreme Court building in Washington.

US asks Supreme Court to allow transgender service ban

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 24, 2025 at 1:03pm
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt talks to reporters Wednesday on the driveway outside the West Wing. Leavitt answered questions about President Donald Trump's tariff policies, including those against China.

Twelve states ask trade court to halt Trump tariffs

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 23, 2025 at 6:21pm
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., arrives to chair a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 2022 on protecting election workers.

Durbin’s run at Judiciary Committee focused on immigration, judges

By Chris Johnson, Michael Macagnone and Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 23, 2025 at 2:33pm
Sprinklers water the lawn in front of the Supreme Court on April 29, 2024.

Ruling could give Kennedy more power over health care coverage

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted April 22, 2025 at 10:06am
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., at the "Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here" rally at Gloria Molina Grand Park in Los Angeles on April 12.

The Bernie Sanders tour puts California GOP on notice

By Christina Bellantoni
Posted April 22, 2025 at 6:00am
Nadine Menendez, wife of former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves Manhattan federal court Monday after her trial.

Wife of ex-Sen. Bob Menendez found guilty in corruption case

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 21, 2025 at 6:10pm
The Supreme Court building at sunset.

Supreme Court again faces question of Trump immigration move

By Chris Johnson
Posted April 21, 2025 at 3:09pm
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett at President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress in March.

Supreme Court sounds ready to back preventative care task force

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 21, 2025 at 2:15pm
Jonathan McKernan, nominated to be permanent director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, testifies during his Senate confirmation hearing on Feb. 27. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Judge blocks latest attempt to slash CFPB

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted April 18, 2025 at 3:56pm, Updated at 5:13pm
The Supreme Court building is seen at sunrise.

Supreme Court to hear arguments over preventive care task force

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 18, 2025 at 10:29am
President Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over lunch in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Thursday.

Trump puts Italy’s Meloni in high-pressure role as bridge to EU on tariffs

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 17, 2025 at 4:23pm