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Rep. Terri A. Sewell, D-Ala., speaks during the Congressional Black Caucus news conference in the U.S. Capitol on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais on April 29. Rep. Sewell is flanked from left by Reps. Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., Troy Carter, D-La., House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Al Green, D-Texas, Shomari Figures, D-Ala., and Cleo Fields, D-La.

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Supreme Court moves Alabama closer to new congressional map

Majority wipes out lower court ruling that found GOP officials discriminated against Black voters

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 11, 2026 at 7:01pm

Kevin Warsh, the nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve, testifies during his Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing on April 21.

Congress

Warsh moves closer to Fed role with Senate cloture vote

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted May 11, 2026 at 7:35pm
Virginia House Speaker Don Scott speaks during the investiture ceremony of Chief Justice Cleo E. Powell in the chamber of the Supreme Court of Virginia on March 2, 2026 in Richmond, Va. (Mike Kropf-Pool/Getty Images)

Campaigns

Virginia officials ask Supreme Court to step into congressional map clash

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 11, 2026 at 5:26pm
Kevin Warsh, right, nominee to be chairman of the Federal Reserve, talked with Senate Banking Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., after his confirmation hearing last month.

Congress

This week: Ballroom fight, Warsh confirmation on the agenda

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 11, 2026 at 6:57am
Senate Democrats are waging an offensive against $1 billion in reconciliation funding for security related to plans for a White House ballroom.

Podcasts

Ballroom blitz

By Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted May 11, 2026 at 5:55pm

Capitol Lens | Man’s best friend

By Tom Williams
Posted May 11, 2026 at 6:31pm
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins testifies during a House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on her department's fiscal 2027 budget request on April 16. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Higher fertilizer prices pressure Trump-loyal US farmers

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 11, 2026 at 5:00am

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington.

Court blocks limits on lawmaker visits to immigration detention facilities

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted May 8, 2026 at 6:36pm
The Supreme Court building is seen at sunset in Washington.

Alabama presses to use congressional map challenged by Black voters

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 8, 2026 at 5:43pm
In an aerial view, BYD Shark 6, mid-size plug-in hybrid (PHEV) pickup trucks, wait to be loaded onto ships for export at Yantai Port on March 31, 2026 in Yantai, Shandong Province of China.

Here’s how to be smart about Chinese EV imports

By Bruce Stokes
Posted May 8, 2026 at 2:02pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Democrats want to strip the White House's "East Wing modernization" funding from a budget reconciliation bill, after President Donald Trump demolished the East Wing to build a ballroom.

White House ballroom security upgrades become Democratic target

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted May 8, 2026 at 1:47pm
A sign urges early voters to vote against the Virginia redistricting referendum in Arlington, Va.

Virginia Supreme Court invalidates redrawn congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 8, 2026 at 11:05am, Updated at 1:05pm
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference on tariffs in February, on the day the Supreme Court invalidated his worldwide tariff scheme.

US trade court strikes down Trump’s tariff move

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 7, 2026 at 6:21pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Under Tennessee's new map, Democrat Steve Cohen's 9th District transforms into a safely Republican one.

Tennessee passes new map that erases state’s lone majority-Black district

By Andrew Menezes
Posted May 7, 2026 at 5:38pm

At the Races: Keystone State holds midterm keys

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 7, 2026 at 4:10pm
Rep. Ashley Hinson, seen here in April, is leading a push to change House rules to block members from trading on prediction markets.

Senators banned themselves from prediction markets. Will the House?

By Nina Heller
Posted May 7, 2026 at 3:09pm
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference.

DOJ agreed to return Rep. Ogles’ cell phone, law firm says

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:02pm
Concerns about gerrymandering aren’t new, but both parties have taken things to a new level with the help of technology and the courts, Winston writes. Above, protesters hold up signs as the Supreme Court hears a case in October 2017.

The voters’ voice: Gerrymandering and the state of democracy 

By David Winston
Posted May 6, 2026 at 4:50pm
Temporary Protected Status holders along with union leaders and advocates rally as the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments April 29, 2026, in a case over Trump administration actions to terminate the TPS designations.

Supreme Court yet to decide on Election Day, Trump firings

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 6, 2026 at 4:29pm
Anti-gerrymandering activists gather on the steps of the Supreme Court in March 2018.(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Solving the redistricting fight comes down to the basics

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted May 6, 2026 at 3:39pm

Capitol Lens | Run through

By Tom Williams
Posted May 6, 2026 at 2:21pm
Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen, here at a news conference outside the Capitol on April 20, is the state's sole Democrat in Congress.

Tennessee Republicans unveil new map that would dismantle lone Democratic seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 6, 2026 at 1:38pm
Donald Trump greets Indiana's Jim Banks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July 2024. Banks, now the state's junior senator, hailed Tuesday's defeat of several GOP state senators who opposed an attempt to redraw the state's congressional map. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Indiana GOP legislators who defied Trump on redistricting are defeated

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 6, 2026 at 12:48am, Updated at 9:20am
Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur's 9th District seat is a top Republican target this year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Ohio’s Kaptur set for rematch with Merrin in bid for 23rd House term

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 6, 2026 at 12:59am
Sen. Bill Cassidy speaks to reporters on the first day of early voting outside of the Louisiana State Archives on Saturday in Baton Rouge, La.

Cassidy calls for expedited abortion pill review as primary nears

By Ariel Cohen
Posted May 5, 2026 at 8:53pm
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth takes questions during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

US military actions test Trump’s claim the Iran war is over

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 5, 2026 at 5:03pm
President Donald Trump conducts a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on April 6.

Trump shrugs off high gas prices, creating political headwinds for GOP

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 5, 2026 at 3:31pm
Customs and Border Protection would get $26 billion in the bill. Above, a CBP agent processes migrants that recently crossed the border in the Rio Grande Valley sector of Texas in 2019. (Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call)

Reconciliation bill text would fund ICE, CBP, ballroom security

By David Lerman
Posted May 5, 2026 at 7:00am

At the Races: Meet me in the Midwest

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 5, 2026 at 5:00am
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a Congressional Black Caucus news conference on April 29. Jeffries is flanked, from left, by Reps. Yvette D. Clarke, Troy Carter, Al Green, Terri Sewell and Shomari Figures.

DCCC reports fundraising surge after Supreme Court’s VRA ruling

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 4, 2026 at 5:15pm
Close-up of Sen. John F. Seymour, R-Calif., and wife Judy Seymour sitting at the GOP Convention in August 1992.

Last GOP senator from California, John Seymour, dead at 88

By Jacob Fulton
Posted May 4, 2026 at 5:12pm
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, here at the 2024 Republican National Convention, signed into law a new congressional map. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

DeSantis signs new Republican-favored congressional map into law

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 4, 2026 at 4:10pm
A beam of sunlight breaks through the cloudy skies to illuminate the Supreme Court building.

Louisiana election delay sparks flurry of court action

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 4, 2026 at 12:20pm
Tejano singer Bobby Pulido, who's running for Texas' 15th District, is among the Democrats added to the DCCC's "Red to Blue" program for promising recruits. (Norte Photo/Getty Images file photo)

Optimistic Democrats add 8 more House seats to ‘Red to Blue’ program

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 4, 2026 at 5:01am, Updated at 11:24am
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