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Andy Kim, D-N.J., takes in John Trumbull’s “Declaration of Independence” painting in the Capitol Rotunda before being sworn in to the Senate on Monday.

Podcasts

Revenge of the Senate

Political Theater, Episode 351

By Jason Dick
Posted December 11, 2024 at 6:57pm

Rioters are seen on a monitor during testimony to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol hearing in 2022.

Congress

Trump says he will look at pardons for Jan. 6 attackers on ‘first day’

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 9, 2024 at 6:44pm
Few senators have shaped the judicial confirmation process as much as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Podcasts

A very judgy lame duck

By Jason Dick and Todd Ruger
Posted November 21, 2024 at 12:36pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, at podium, conducts a news conference with House Democratic Caucus leaders in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday. Also appearing are, from left, Reps. Maxwell Alejandro Frost of Florida, Debbie Dingell of Michigan, Lori Trahan of Massachusetts, Joe Neguse of Colorado, Katherine M. Clark of Massachusetts, Pete Aguilar of California, Ted Lieu of California, Lauren Underwood of Illinois and Robert Garcia of California.

Congress

House Democrats hold low-fuss leadership elections

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Jacob Fulton and Daniela Altimari
Posted November 19, 2024 at 11:55am, Updated at 4:50pm
Rep. Mikie Sherrill became the latest New Jersey Democrat to announce her campaign for governor.

New Jersey’s ‘epic’ gubernatorial race shuffles into focus

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 18, 2024 at 5:52pm
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies during a hearing of the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on July 20, 2023.

Trump taps RFK Jr. to lead HHS

By Ariel Cohen, Lia DeGroot and Sandhya Raman
Posted November 14, 2024 at 5:44pm

At the Races: The Leftovers

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 14, 2024 at 3:30pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson, R-N.C., walk down the House steps for the House Republican leadership post-election news conference outside the Capitol on Tuesday.

House will remain Republican in 2025, narrowly

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 13, 2024 at 6:57pm
Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, celebrate during the balloon drop in the Fiserv Forum on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July.

Legal questions surround Trump’s talk of political prosecutions

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 8, 2024 at 8:15pm
A voter fills out her ballot in the Alexandria City High School gymnasium in Virginia on Election Day.

What happened and what’s next after the 2024 elections?

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted November 7, 2024 at 7:06pm