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Jared Isaacman, nominee to be NASA administrator, testifies to the Senate Commerce Committee on Dec. 3.

Senate panel advances nominee in his second run to lead NASA

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 8, 2025 at 7:21pm
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the White House on Nov. 6.

Trump pledges executive action to counter state AI laws

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted December 8, 2025 at 6:45pm
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie is bracing for mutlmillion-dollar attacks from allies of President Donald Trump as he runs for reelection next year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Thomas Massie says he’s ready for pro-Trump onslaught in 2026

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 8, 2025 at 5:50pm
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Sunday.

Trump will talk prices at Pennsylvania stop as ally says he has few quick-fix options

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 8, 2025 at 3:17pm, Updated at 4:17pm
Vice President JD Vance was among the Republicans who filed the campaign finance challenge when he was a senator.

Supreme Court to hear arguments on campaign finance limits

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 8, 2025 at 3:48pm
The Supreme Court building.

Supreme Court sounds open to presidential firing of agency officials

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 8, 2025 at 2:30pm
The bill would increase the number of authorized Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps units. Above, JROTC members march in a parade in Boston on Nov. 9.

Automatic draft registration, recruiting tweaks included in NDAA

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted December 8, 2025 at 1:46pm, Updated at 2:29pm
Gene L. Dodaro, U.S. comptroller general, testifies during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on pandemic relief spending on Feb. 1, 2023.

Congress must become a champion guard dog to defend its watchdog

By Steven L. Katz
Posted December 8, 2025 at 12:51pm
Former Rep. Colin Allred is running for Texas' redrawn 33rd District.

Former Texas Rep. Colin Allred will run for House instead of Senate

By Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 8, 2025 at 12:34pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer has made the expiring ACA subsidies a frequent talking point and line of criticism directed at Republicans.

Why a deal isn’t coming together on health care

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted December 8, 2025 at 6:00am
The House-Senate agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026 reaches the House floor this week.

This week: Defense authorization deal headlines floor action in Congress

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 8, 2025 at 5:26am
Voters stand in long lines in November to cast their ballots in the Proposition 50 special election on redistricting in California.

Supreme Court’s Texas map ruling could spark redistricting race

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 5, 2025 at 4:37pm
Indiana Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, left, represents a Gary-anchored seat that would become redder under the new Republican-drawn map. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Indiana House passes new Republican-drawn congressional map

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 5, 2025 at 4:22pm
Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett won’t seek reelection next year.

Doggett calls it quits after Supreme Court sanctions new Texas map

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 5, 2025 at 4:14pm
The State Department building in Washington.

Judge temporarily blocks State Department layoffs

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 5, 2025 at 2:52pm
Activists begin to gather with signs at the Supreme Court in May before the court heard oral arguments on one part of President Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship executive order.

Supreme Court will review Trump’s birthright citizenship order

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 5, 2025 at 2:42pm
President Donald Trump attends a meeting of his Cabinet at the White House on Tuesday.

Democrats question Trump’s stamina after he appears to nod off in public

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 5, 2025 at 1:20pm
Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., said he would remove his hold on the Interior-Environment spending bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Firefighting plan that tripped up spending package back on track

By Aris Folley
Posted December 5, 2025 at 5:49am
The Supreme Court building is seen at dawn.

Supreme Court lets Texas use GOP-redrawn congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 4, 2025 at 6:56pm
An Architect of the Capitol worker uses a leaf blower to clear leaves from the front of the Supreme Court building on Monday.

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on Rebecca Slaughter firing

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 4, 2025 at 5:10pm
President Donald Trump prepares to greet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House in September.

With Cuellar pardon, Trump again appears to undercut GOP’s midterm message

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 4, 2025 at 3:52pm
Attorney General Pamela Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel conduct a news conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday announcing the arrest of Brian Cole Jr., who allegedly placed pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee offices on Jan. 5, 2001. Darren B. Cox, deputy assistant director of the FBI Criminal Investigative Division, background, and ATF Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood, left, also appear.

Suspect arrested over Jan. 6 pipe bombs on Capitol Hill

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 4, 2025 at 2:40pm, Updated at 3:39pm

At the Races: Republicans in revolt?

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted December 4, 2025 at 2:44pm
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for a briefing in the U.S. Capitol with congressional leaders on Nov. 5.

Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s Signal use endangered troops

By Mark Satter
Posted December 4, 2025 at 2:06pm
Warren talks with reporters in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Oct. 29. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats tee off on possible Treasury corporate tax move

By Jacob Fulton
Posted December 4, 2025 at 8:16am
Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps, right, hugs Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee before his victory speech in Nashville on Tuesday. Also pictured is the incoming congressman's wife, Meg Van Epps. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

Democrats see Tennessee special election as sign of expanding 2026 map

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 3, 2025 at 6:40pm
President Donald Trump is pictured here outside of the White House on Sept. 29.

Trump announces rollback of fuel economy standards

By David Jordan
Posted December 3, 2025 at 6:15pm
From left, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., hold their news conference with survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025.

Lawmakers seek update from DOJ on Epstein disclosure law

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 3, 2025 at 5:36pm
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conduct a news conference in the Capitol on Oct. 31.

Rollins says USDA will withhold food stamp funds from blue states

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted December 3, 2025 at 4:18pm
President Donald Trump closes his eyes during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Problems mount for Trump as first year back in White House comes to a close

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 3, 2025 at 3:14pm