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Attendees stand Thursday as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on the Truman Balcony during the annual Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House.

White House

‘Israel is in charge’: Netanyahu made sure Trump’s Iran diplomacy was no picnic

Goal of strikes on Iran was to ‘destroy diplomacy,’ Democratic senator says

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 13, 2025 at 2:37pm

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., is pushed out of the room as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a news conference Thursday in Los Angeles.

Congress

Sen. Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Noem press conference

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 12, 2025 at 3:47pm, Updated at 4:43pm
President Donald Trump arrives at the White House from Camp David on Monday.

White House

Appeals court extends pause on ruling that blocked Trump tariffs

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 11, 2025 at 3:40pm
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Policy

Bessent, House Democrats spar over budget package’s debt boost

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted June 11, 2025 at 3:21pm
Workers on Tuesday set up a reviewing stand near the White House for President Donald Trump’s military parade, slated for Saturday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump wants tanks ‘all over the place’ at parade; Democrats see ‘egotistical’ show

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 11, 2025 at 3:02pm
President Donald Trump watches a military demonstration Tuesday at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

From LA to Fort Bragg to DC, Trump shifts into a military mindset

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 10, 2025 at 6:38pm
Customs and Border Protection officers and the California National Guard are seen staged Monday in front of the federal building in Los Angeles as protesters begin to rally on the fourth day of protests.

Trump mulls rare use of Insurrection Act over Los Angeles protests

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 10, 2025 at 6:02pm
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Democrats clash with Hegseth over Guard deployment, shipbuilding

By Briana Reilly
Posted June 10, 2025 at 4:39pm
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., arrives for a vote in the Capitol on May 13.

Parties split on deploying troops against California protesters

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 9, 2025 at 9:20pm
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, talks with Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in May.

Kennedy makes ‘clean sweep’ of key vaccine advisory panel

By Sandhya Raman
Posted June 9, 2025 at 6:57pm
ICE officers and California National Guard troops confront protesters outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles on Sunday. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump tests support for immigration policies with troop deployment in LA

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 9, 2025 at 5:27pm, Updated at 6:03pm
“Our country deserves high-speed rail that makes us proud — not boondoggle trains to nowhere," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement.

With high-speed rail stuck in the station, Brightline still moving

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 9, 2025 at 9:35am
A grand jury investigation uncovered that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was allegedly part of a smuggling ring and made more than 100 trips to transport people, firearms and drugs, Attorney General Pamela Bondi Bondi said Friday.

Mistakenly deported migrant returned to US to face indictment

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 6, 2025 at 5:49pm
The Department of Justice building in Washington.

White House seeks to diminish Office on Violence Against Women

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 6, 2025 at 2:27pm
Elon Musk was a guest of President Donald Trump for his address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on March 4.

Trump’s domestic drama could overshadow G7 amid feud with Elon Musk

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 6, 2025 at 2:05pm
President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., talk with reporters before a House Republican Conference meeting on the budget reconciliation bill in the Capitol on May 20.

Explaining Trump’s claim of a ‘68 percent’ tax increase

By FactCheck.org
Posted June 6, 2025 at 1:36pm
With a bust of President Abraham Lincoln between them, Elon Musk speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on May 30 as President Donald Trump looks on. (Tom Brenner/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump-Musk alliance ends with personal attacks, threats to end federal contracts

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 5, 2025 at 6:14pm
Incoming President Donald Trump, left, arrives for his inauguration ceremony in the Capitol on Jan. 20 as outgoing President Joe Biden looks on. (Saul Loeb/AFP)

Trump demands investigation of Biden over use of autopen

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 5, 2025 at 5:46am, Updated at 9:14am
President Donald Trump talks with reporters after a House Republican Conference meeting last month on the budget reconciliation bill.

Trump bans nationals of 12 countries from US entry

By Chris Johnson
Posted June 4, 2025 at 9:55pm
Ranking member Rep. Brendan F. Boyle, D-Pa., gives a thumbs down as he speaks during the House Budget Committee markup of the reconciliation bill in the Cannon House Office Building on Friday, May 16, 2025.

16 million lose insurance under budget bill, other policies: CBO

By Sandhya Raman and Jessie Hellmann
Posted June 4, 2025 at 5:27pm
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talk with reporters after a House Republican Conference meeting on the budget reconciliation bill in the Capitol on May 20.

CBO sees lower deficits from tariffs, but with big caveats

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted June 4, 2025 at 2:57pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, and Rep. Mark Messmer, R-Ind., also appear.

CBO pegs ‘big, beautiful’ bill price tag at $2.4T

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted June 4, 2025 at 1:20pm, Updated at 2:33pm
Republicans advanced Long's nomination to head the IRS on a party-line vote in committee. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Ex-GOP lawmaker’s IRS nomination advances in Senate

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted June 3, 2025 at 5:30pm
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at a news conference in Berlin on May 28.

Tariffs, Ukraine war to top agenda as Trump huddles with German chancellor

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 3, 2025 at 3:56pm
Education Secretary Linda McMahon arrives to testify before a Senate subcommittee on the department's fiscal year 2026 budget request on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

TRIO cuts emerge as Education budget sticking point

By Jacob Fulton
Posted June 3, 2025 at 3:42pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., seen here on May 22, will be walking a tightrope to push the budget reconciliation bill through the Senate.

Reconciliation headaches in Senate

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 2, 2025 at 3:15pm
Sen. Michael D. Crapo, R-Idaho, talks with reporters in the Capitol after the House passed the "one big, beautiful bill" on May 22.

Delicate balancing act for Senate on reconciliation tax package

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted June 2, 2025 at 12:00pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., takes over the action on budget reconciliation from Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., left. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senators: It’s time to reclaim your relevance

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted June 2, 2025 at 2:16pm, Updated at 7:06am
President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to U.S. Steel - Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pa., on Friday. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

After first agreeing with Biden, Trump announces US Steel-Nippon deal

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 30, 2025 at 5:00am, Updated at 6:48pm
President Donald Trump is joined by outgoing DOGE head Elon Musk in the Oval Office on Friday.

Three takeaways: Trump and Elon have a long Oval Office goodbye — for now

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 30, 2025 at 4:30pm
A sign with the Foreign Emoluments Clause appears behind Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, a member of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, during a January 2024 news conference in Rayburn Building on a report by committee Democrats on a "multi-year investigation into payments accepted by former President Trump's businesses from foreign governments during his term in office, in violation of the Constitution."

Democrats struggle to check Trump moves on plane, meme coin

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 30, 2025 at 2:02pm
President Donald Trump, flanked by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., speaks to reporters before attending the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on May 20. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Checking the math on White House, GOP claims about ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

By FactCheck.org
Posted May 30, 2025 at 9:59am
Exterior view of the U.S. Court of International Trade in Lower Manhattan, which ruled against tariffs that President Donald Trump has put in place through executive orders.

Appeals court temporarily halts Trump tariff ruling

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted May 29, 2025 at 1:36pm, Updated at 4:04pm
President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talk with reporters after a House Republican meeting in the Capitol on May 20. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump, GOP prep next chapter in spending cuts agenda

By Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 29, 2025 at 8:21am