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President Donald Trump talks to reporters Wednesday during a meeting in the Oval Office with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

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Trump’s Epstein tirade, Fed chair threats drown out Vance’s ‘big’ bill sales pitch

President slams some MAGA supporters as ‘weaklings’ who ‘do the Democrats work’

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 16, 2025 at 3:55pm

From left, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Pennsylvania Sen. Dave McCormick, President Donald Trump, Blackstone Group CEO Jon Gray and Google executive Ruth Porat are seen at an AI and energy summit in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

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Trump touts billions for Pennsylvania energy, AI sectors while jabbing at Biden

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 15, 2025 at 5:48pm
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, shown here at Senate testimony in June, said the high court established that President Donald Trump is the 'ultimate authority' on executive branch staffing.

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Justices allow mass layoffs at Education Department

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 14, 2025 at 4:38pm
President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday evening.

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Trump agrees to help NATO arm Ukraine amid frustrations with Putin

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 14, 2025 at 12:54pm
President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott meet with local emergency services personnel Friday as they survey flood damage along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Deadly Texas flooding puts Trump’s past talk of eliminating FEMA to the test

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 11, 2025 at 5:54pm
The J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington, D.C.

FBI headquarters fight stymies spending bill in Senate

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 10, 2025 at 5:43pm
Activists gathered with signs at the U.S. Supreme Court before the court heard oral arguments regarding President Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship executive order on May 15.

Federal judge again blocks end to birthright citizenship

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 10, 2025 at 1:46pm
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)

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

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 9, 2025 at 4:20pm
Attorney General Pamela Bondi testifies during a Senate Appropriations panel hearing on the department's budget request on June 25.

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)

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 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
President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Republican lawmakers celebrate the signing of legislation known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act during a military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday.

Trump signs ‘big beautiful bill’ at July Fourth ceremony at White House

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 4, 2025 at 6:41pm
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
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
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
President Donald Trump arrives at the South Lawn of the White House on June 9.

Trump meets with Freedom Caucus members and moderates, pushing ‘growth’ from ‘big, beautiful bill’

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 2, 2025 at 12:26pm
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
New York Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, center, celebrates at an election night gathering in Queens on Tuesday. He is flanked by his wife, Rama Duwaji, second from right, and his parents, filmmaker Mira Nair and Columbia professor Mahmood Mamdani.

No, I’m not running for mayor of NYC

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted July 1, 2025 at 1:31pm
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
President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House on June 9.

‘Obliterated’: How one word has clouded success of Trump’s Iran strikes

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 27, 2025 at 3:56pm
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. 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
U.S. Capitol Police arrest protesting members of American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday. The protesters chanted “no cuts to Medicaid” while being arrested.

A short history of hoping people will change their minds

By Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman
Posted June 25, 2025 at 4:16pm
Susan Monarez, nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

CDC nominee deflects questions over Kennedy’s vaccine decisions

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted June 25, 2025 at 3:46pm
Emil Bove, nominated to be on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, is sworn in at his confirmation hearing Wednesday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is seen seated to the left.

Former Trump attorney faces contentious hearing on judicial bid

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 25, 2025 at 2:28pm
President Donald Trump listens as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, second from right, addresses reporters Wednesday at the NATO summit. Also pictured are Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second from left, and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool/Getty Images)

Takeaways: Defiant Team Trump defends Iran strikes at NATO summit

By John T. Bennett and Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 25, 2025 at 1:22pm
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine discusses the mission details of a strike on Iran during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22. The Trump administration abruptly postponed intelligence briefings for lawmakers that had been expected on Tuesday. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Democrats seek Iran intel as doubts grow over strikes’ effectiveness

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 25, 2025 at 6:13am
Speaker Mike Johnson conducts a news conference in the Capitol after a House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday.

GOP weighs canceling recess to wrap up Trump’s budget bill

By Aidan Quigley, Caitlin Reilly and David Lerman
Posted June 24, 2025 at 1:56pm, Updated at 4:59pm