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President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office of the White House. (Mandel Ngan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

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‘Oligarchy is taking shape’: Biden issues warnings as he bids nation goodbye

Echoing Eisenhower, outgoing president raises alarms over 'tech industrial complex'

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 15, 2025 at 10:17pm

Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s intended nominee for Treasury secretary, meets with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, right, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Jan. 7.

Congress

Democrats: Bessent avoided Medicare tax on hedge fund earnings

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 15, 2025 at 9:02pm
Russ Vought, picked to lead the Office of Management and Budget, arrives for his confirmation hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday.

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Vought gets chilly reception from Senate Homeland Security Democrats

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted January 15, 2025 at 6:46pm
Some members of Congress are looking to Donald Trump to boost their hopes for a congressional stock trading ban.

Congress

Could a stock trading ban for Congress get new life in the Trump era?

By Justin Papp
Posted January 15, 2025 at 6:45pm
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Jan. 7. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump’s idea to rebrand Gulf of Mexico would face hurdles — if he’s even serious

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 15, 2025 at 4:25pm
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be secretary of state, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Rubio says Ukraine needs leverage to deter Russia in the future

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:06pm
Former Senate Parliamentarian Robert Dove testifies on the history of the filibuster at a Senate Rules Committee hearing on April 22, 2010. Dove died in 2021.

Senate guidance on budget bills would put House at disadvantage

By Paul M. Krawzak and Peter Cohn
Posted January 14, 2025 at 2:48pm
Special Counsel John L. “Jack” Smith delivers a statement on the indictment of Donald Trump in 2023.

Special counsel report on Trump prosecution released

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 14, 2025 at 9:31am
President Joe Biden boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in September. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Bad luck and a family matter: How a recent trip embodied Biden’s shaky term

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 13, 2025 at 5:50pm
Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to to be attorney general, meets last month with Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa.

Trump’s attorney general pick must navigate lobbying background

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 13, 2025 at 2:25pm
A view of flames on a ridge, as seen Thursday from Topanga Canyon near Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles.

As California fires rage, so does what could be final Trump-Biden battle

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 10, 2025 at 2:13pm
Michigan Republican Rep. Lisa McClain greets Vice President-elect JD Vance before the Electoral College vote count during a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Monday.

Vance resigns from Senate, clearing the way for a GOP replacement

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted January 9, 2025 at 6:23pm
From left, Sen. Patty Murray and Reps. Xavier Becerra and James E. Clyburn address the media outside the Senate Foreign Relations room in the Capitol, where members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, also know as the “super committee,” were holding a meeting in November 2011.

‘It’s incredibly hard’ — consider the super committee

By Jason Dick
Posted January 9, 2025 at 6:00am
President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania, followed by Senate Majority Leader John Thune and wife Kimberly, walk through the Ohio Clock Corridor on Wednesday.

‘Horse race’ is on as Trump hears from senators on budget strategy

By Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman
Posted January 8, 2025 at 9:17pm
TikTok supporters are seen outside the Capitol in March 2024, before the House passed legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S.

Supreme Court action on TikTok could shape congressional power

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 8, 2025 at 1:18pm
President Jimmy Carter lies in state at the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress welcomes Jimmy Carter to the Capitol for the final time

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 7, 2025 at 6:36pm
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters Tuesday during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.

As House GOP calls for spending cuts, Trump pushes pricey Greenland purchase

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 7, 2025 at 2:56pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, left, and Speaker Mike Johnson lead the narrowly divided chamber, and the events of the year could influence which of their parties wins the majority in the 2026 midterm elections.

The 2026 midterm elections are just around the corner

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted January 7, 2025 at 6:00am
Vice President Kamala Harris presides over the joint session of Congress in the House chamber Monday to count the Electoral College votes as Speaker Mike Johnson looks on.

Congress counts electoral votes, clearing path for Trump’s return to Oval Office

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 6, 2025 at 3:17pm
President-elect Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks on New Year's Eve at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump open to two-step budget plan despite earlier comments

By David Lerman
Posted January 6, 2025 at 12:57pm, Updated at 2:44pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, arriving in the House chamber after winning the gavel for the 119th Congress on Friday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Quick action planned for ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill

By David Lerman
Posted January 5, 2025 at 3:23pm, Updated at 9:45pm
Steelworkers attend a rally in support of the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel in Clairton, Pa., on Dec. 12.

Biden blocks Nippon purchase of US Steel

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted January 3, 2025 at 10:10am
Sunrise light hits the Capitol Dome on Thursday as the 119th Congress is set to begin Friday. Republicans will control both chambers and the White House for the first time in eight years.

Editor’s Note: Honeymoon in Washington

By Jason Dick
Posted January 3, 2025 at 6:30am
Donald Trump arrives onstage to accept the Republican nomination for president at the national party convention in Milwaukee in July. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

The Trump era of Congress begins, with a majority in House arriving since 2016 

By Jacob Fulton
Posted January 2, 2025 at 7:31pm
Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Mike Johnson converse before the start of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress in the Capitol on March 7 last year.

Speaker fight could overshadow awkward days for Harris after losing to Trump

By John T. Bennett and Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 2, 2025 at 4:19pm
Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter are seen during the Inauguration of George W. Bush in 2001. (CQ Roll Call file photo)

Biden, Trump and US leaders remember Carter’s life of service to nation and world

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 29, 2024 at 7:34pm, Updated December 30, 2024 at 2:51pm
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger swears in President Jimmy Carter on January 20, 1977.

Jimmy Carter’s political life in 9 photos

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted December 29, 2024 at 9:42pm
President Jimmy Carter, with Vice President Walter Mondale, above left, and Speaker Thomas Phillip “Tip” O'Neill, is seen at a State of the Union address.

Jimmy Carter, whose presidency was marked by a complicated relationship with Congress, dies at age 100

By Niels Lesniewski and John T. Bennett
Posted December 29, 2024 at 5:27pm
Speaker Mike Johnson talks to President-elect Donald Trump as they attend the 125th Army-Navy football game in Landover, Md. on Dec. 14. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Protracted GOP speaker fight could complicate Electoral College count

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 24, 2024 at 12:03pm
Biden also leaves a legacy of diversifying the federal bench.

Biden edges out Trump’s first-term federal judicial confirmations

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 23, 2024 at 6:43am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

No shutdown: Biden signs three-month stopgap funding bill

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted December 20, 2024 at 7:00pm, Updated December 22, 2024 at 9:15pm
From left, Speaker Mike Johnson, President-elect Donald Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Vice President-elect JD Vance and former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard are seen at the Army-Navy football game in Landover, Md., on Dec. 14.

Why Trump’s boast of newly found friends could prove fleeting

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 20, 2024 at 12:33pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has a thin margin of error now and in the coming 119th Congress.

The top political stories, of next year

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted December 19, 2024 at 10:58am
A flyer advertising a discussion of the upcoming Trump administration’s immigration policies is displayed on a USC classroom door last month. In the Western United States, the idea of mass deportations goes far beyond the undocumented student population on a college campus, Bellantoni writes.

The many layers of Trump’s immigration policy

By Christina Bellantoni
Posted December 19, 2024 at 6:00am