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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., talks with reporters outside the Capitol on March 5.

Congress

Democrats float tax relief plans to home in on affordability

Push for additional tax cuts is prompting some concern from fiscal hawks

By Jacob Fulton
Posted March 10, 2026 at 7:00am

Campaigns

At the Races: Georgia on my mind

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted March 10, 2026 at 5:00am
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., is seen at a news conference in the Capitol on Feb. 1. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress

Rising pump prices draw calls to action from Democrats

By Kelly Livingston
Posted March 9, 2026 at 4:23pm
President Donald Trump put funding bills in jeopardy in a push for an expanded voter ID measure.

Podcasts

New threat to funding

By Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted March 9, 2026 at 3:54pm
President Donald Trump speaks during a House Republican policy retreat at Trump National Doral in Florida on Monday. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)

White House

Trump calls Iran war ‘short term,’ says it could ‘be ended soon’

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 9, 2026 at 7:24pm
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., is seen in the U.S. Capitol during a series of votes on April 3, 2025.

Rating change: Montana Senate moves out of Solid

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted March 10, 2026 at 12:43pm
From left, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Bud Denker, president of Penske Corp., check out a race car during an event to announce the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington course on Monday.

Sidestepping Congress, IndyCar to race around National Mall 

By Nina Heller
Posted March 9, 2026 at 4:58pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
The late Hawaii Democratic Rep. Colleen Hanabusa is pictured here in April 2014 during a news conference with House Democratic women marking “Equal Pay Day.”

Former Rep. Colleen Hanabusa remembered as trailblazer

By Nick Eskow
Posted March 9, 2026 at 4:51pm

Capitol Lens | Photo finish

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 9, 2026 at 3:54pm
Iranian Americans rally in Upper Senate Park to support the provisional government for Iran’s transition period led by Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), on Saturday. Columnist Steven Pearlstein writes that Congress last week ceded its authority to the president on military operations in Iran.

Congress’ unconditional surrender

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted March 9, 2026 at 12:15pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
House Republicans are meeting at the Trump National Doral golf resort in Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump says he won’t sign other laws until election bill reaches his desk

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted March 9, 2026 at 6:51am
California Rep. Darrell Issa talks with reporters before a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on Nov. 19, 2024.

After redistricting, Issa joins the ranks of the retiring

By Daniela Altimari
Posted March 7, 2026 at 12:01am
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Noem alone — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted March 6, 2026 at 5:10pm
Protesters hold signs and chant during a demonstration outside the White House against President Trump and strikes on Iran on Feb. 28.

House members vying for Senate face conundrum with Iran votes

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted March 6, 2026 at 3:36pm
The container ship Seamax Bridgeport sails into the Charleston, S.C., harbor.

Court process kicks off for tariff refunds

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 6, 2026 at 3:15pm
Protesters hold signs and chant during a demonstration outside the White House against President Trump and strikes on Iran on Feb. 28.

Can Trump avoid ‘magical thinking’ on Iran?

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 6, 2026 at 1:41pm

Capitol Ink | Into the sunset

By R.J. Matson
Posted March 6, 2026 at 11:16am
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., leaves the Capitol after President Donald Trump selected him to be Homeland Security secretary on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Mullin moving to Cabinet would set off Appropriations shuffle

By Aidan Quigley
Posted March 6, 2026 at 10:50am
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks to reporters on the steps of the Capitol after President Donald Trump selected him to replace Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | February 27-March 5, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 6, 2026 at 10:23am
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., said the funding standoff won't end with new Homeland Security chief.(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Democrats say immigration fight won’t ease with Noem’s departure

By Jacob Fulton
Posted March 6, 2026 at 6:18am
Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., speaks at a hearing on U.S. artificial intelligence policy on Sept. 10, 2025. The Senate on Thursday passed his bill that would expand a 1998-era childrens' online privacy law. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Kids online safety bills move forward from Senate, House panel

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted March 6, 2026 at 6:02am
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, walks down the House steps after votes on April 30, 2024.

GOP Rep. Gonzales gives up on reelection bid

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 5, 2026 at 3:14pm, Updated March 6, 2026 at 5:57am
A plume of smoke rises after a strike on the Iranian capital of Tehran on March 3. The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on Feb. 28, killing Iran's supreme leader, and the Islamic Republic retaliated with barrages of missiles toward Gulf states and Israel.

Trump’s big bet on Operation Epic Fury

By David Winston
Posted March 4, 2026 at 4:32pm, Updated March 5, 2026 at 8:41pm
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., seen here during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday, sponsored the war powers resolution.

Iran war powers resolution defeated in House

By Mark Satter
Posted March 5, 2026 at 7:36pm
Robert Cekada, nominee to be director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arrives for his confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee last month.

ATF nominee advanced by Senate Judiciary Committee

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted March 5, 2026 at 6:13pm

At the Races: How to pass the torch in two easy steps

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 5, 2026 at 4:14pm
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., talks with the press outside the Capitol after President Donald Trump selected him as his pick to replace Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary Thursday.

Trump removes Noem, picks GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin to lead DHS

By John T. Bennett and Savannah Behrmann
Posted March 5, 2026 at 2:18pm, Updated at 4:06pm
President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Feb. 20, after the Supreme Court ruled against his use of emergency powers to implement international trade tariffs.

Democratic attorneys general challenge Trump’s newest tariffs

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 5, 2026 at 2:45pm

Capitol Ink | Operation random fury

By R.J. Matson
Posted March 5, 2026 at 7:00am
From left: Colton Moore, Star Black, Beau Brown and Meg Strickland are among Republican candidates in the Georgia 14th District special election.

GOP looks to move on from Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia

By Victor Feldman
Posted March 5, 2026 at 6:00am
Reps. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., right, and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., were among lawmakers who bucked their party for more than 10 percent of votes defined as unity votes under the CQ Roll Call study.

Vote studies: 2025 sets new mark for partisanship on Capitol Hill

By Niels Lesniewski and Ryan Kelly
Posted March 5, 2026 at 6:00am
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., is seen in the Capitol during a series of votes on April 3, 2025.

Sen. Steve Daines announces surprise retirement

By Daniela Altimari
Posted March 4, 2026 at 8:35pm

Capitol Lens | Raising Caine

By Tom Williams
Posted March 4, 2026 at 7:47pm
Voters fill out their ballots at The PARC at Tysons community center in Vienna, Va., in 2024.

Virginia Supreme Court clears way for redistricting referendum

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 4, 2026 at 7:34pm

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