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Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., attends a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

Defense contractors fight back against NDAA repair language

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 17, 2025 at 11:43am
Rep. Nikki Budzinski,, D-Ill., attends a news conference with members of the New Democrat Coalition on Thursday, March 13, 2025.

Biofuels standards put farm, oil state members on opposite sides

By Kelly Livingston
Posted November 17, 2025 at 10:09am
Activist Bill Christeson holds a sign calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files outside the Capitol on Nov. 12. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

This week: House votes on Epstein files while Senate seeks spending deal

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 17, 2025 at 5:49am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune talks with reporters on Monday.

Major spending package planned for Senate floor faces doubts

By Aidan Quigley and Aris Folley
Posted November 14, 2025 at 5:45pm
A mid-decade redistricting effort in Indiana that could target Democratic Rep. Frank J. Mrvan has hit a roadblock in the state Senate.

Republican efforts to redraw Indiana’s congressional map stall again

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 14, 2025 at 4:56pm
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., was among the Democrats who forged a deal to re-open the government.

In shutdown deal, bipartisan legislating trumped party unity

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted November 14, 2025 at 4:49pm
A chair with a “broken” sign sits in a hallway in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Oct. 30. As the federal government emerges from a shutdown, members of Congress have some thoughts on lessons learned.

After a shutdown, no ‘A’s for effort

By Nina Heller
Posted November 14, 2025 at 2:52pm
A worker stocks Angus beef top-sirloin filets in the meat section of a grocery store in Washington.

US drops reciprocal tariff on Argentine beef, plans to boost quota

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 13, 2025 at 7:32pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he would file a lawsuit under the new provision over a government search of his phone records.

Senate payout provision defies typical legal concepts, experts say

By Ryan Tarinelli and Michael Macagnone
Posted November 13, 2025 at 5:44pm
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna leaves the Capitol after the last votes of the week on Sept. 19. Hopes for action on a congressional stock trading ban were derailed by the House’s long break from Washington but are now back on track.

After shutdown delay, hearing set on congressional stock trading

By Justin Papp
Posted November 13, 2025 at 4:23pm
Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing in 2017.

Judge hears challenge to James Comey, Letitia James indictments

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 13, 2025 at 2:24pm
Local police officers confront a demonstrator last month outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing and detention facility in Broadview, Ill.

Groups challenge conditions at California migrant detention center

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 13, 2025 at 2:16pm
President Donald Trump signs a spending package to reopen the federal government in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday night. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Net neutral’: Shutdown unlikely to hobble Trump, former aides say

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 13, 2025 at 12:19pm
President Donald Trump shows the signed bill to reopen the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House Wednesday night. Trump was joined by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., other key congressional Republicans, administration officials and business leaders.

Trump signs spending bill to end longest government shutdown

By Aris Folley
Posted November 12, 2025 at 9:11pm, Updated at 10:33pm
Adelita Grijalva, seen here in October at the Capitol, signed the Epstein discharge petition as one of her first acts in office.

Epstein discharge petition picks up decisive signature in the House

By Justin Papp
Posted November 12, 2025 at 4:56pm, Updated at 7:50pm
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, left, and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar are seen after a rally with fellow Democrats on Wednesday on the Capitol steps. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats weathering redistricting storm with majority in sight

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted November 12, 2025 at 6:04pm
Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Adelita Grijalva poses for pictures on Wednesday at her ceremonial swearing-in.

Adelita Grijalva sworn in nearly two months after her election to the House

By Noella Kertes
Posted November 12, 2025 at 4:09pm, Updated at 5:28pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is seen in the Capitol Monday after briefing the media on a timeline to possibly end the government shutdown.

House leaders seek repeal of Senate push for GOP payouts

By Aris Folley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted November 12, 2025 at 5:08pm
Then-Chairman Patrick J. Leahy speaks with Sen. Dianne Feinstein as Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 2007 investigating the firing of several U.S. attorneys.

High-profile cases to test wording of US attorney law from 2007

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 12, 2025 at 4:53pm
A plane passes by the Capitol dome in Washington as it comes in for a landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Nov. 7.

Planes, trains and motorcycles: How House members got back to DC

By Nina Heller
Posted November 12, 2025 at 4:43pm
President Donald Trump greets Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in the House chamber on March 4 after addressing a joint session of Congress. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump-Greene spat exposes friction on right over his second-term priorities

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 12, 2025 at 2:40pm
Michelle James, left, and Karen Swindler met through a Facebook group that James started for widows of those allegedly poisoned by toxic water at Camp Lejeune, including James’ late husband, Eric Holford.

An anxiety-filled Veterans Day for victims of Camp Lejeune water

By Mike Magner
Posted November 12, 2025 at 2:35pm
Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., left, and Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., are among those Republicans with reservations. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate payouts unnerve some in House GOP ahead of shutdown vote

By David Lerman
Posted November 12, 2025 at 7:41am
Texas Rep. Jodey C. Arrington will not seek a sixth term next year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington announces retirement

By Peter Cohn
Posted November 11, 2025 at 2:24pm
A Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 plane passes by the Capitol dome in Washington as it comes in for a landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Sunday.

Senate passes spending package in key step to end shutdown

By Aris Folley and Aidan Quigley
Posted November 10, 2025 at 9:29pm
New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas, who is running for Senate, says he doesn’t support the deal to end the partial government shutdown.

Democratic opposition to Senate deal runs party’s ideological gamut

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 10, 2025 at 5:12pm
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary.

FDA removes warning for hormone replacement therapy for menopause

By Ariel Cohen
Posted November 10, 2025 at 4:37pm
A sign on the facade of the Library of Congress is seen in Washington on May 21, 2025. (Wesley Lapointe/for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Copyright Office head asks Supreme Court to keep her in role

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 10, 2025 at 4:35pm
A woman takes a bag of groceries during a free food distribution for recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program organized by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office and The Jewish Federation at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Sunday.

Appeals court rules Trump administration cannot avoid paying SNAP

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 10, 2025 at 10:28am, Updated at 4:19pm
A worker stocks beef fillets in the meat section of a grocery store in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25. Beef prices have climbed over the past 12 months, according to government data.

White House scrambles for affordability message amid still-high prices

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 10, 2025 at 1:26pm