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Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate, speaks at a rally in Fort Worth on March 20.

Campaigns

Democratic candidates start 2026 with a fundraising bang

4 takeaways from the first-quarter reports filed with the Federal Election Commission

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Ryan Kelly
Posted April 16, 2026 at 4:56pm

Todd Lyons, acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Rodney Scott, left, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, testify during a House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Congress

Budget resolution for immigration funds expected next week

By Aidan Quigley and Aris Folley
Posted April 16, 2026 at 6:26pm
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. arrives to testify to the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. Kennedy clashed with the previous CDC director.

White House

Trump taps former deputy surgeon general Schwartz to lead CDC

By Lia DeGroot and Jessie Hellmann
Posted April 16, 2026 at 5:35pm
Acting TSA Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill testifies during the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Thursday.

Congress

TSA looks to privatize amid continued funding lapse woes

By Kelly Livingston
Posted April 16, 2026 at 6:20pm
A prerecorded message from President Donald Trump is played during Turning Point USA's annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, Ariz., on Dec. 21.

White House

Trump to address Turning Point crowd as GOP hopefuls battle in Arizona

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 16, 2026 at 1:21pm
Republicans and Democrats on Thursday lamented the abrupt dismissal of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, seen here.

Appropriators decry firing of Army chief

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 16, 2026 at 8:37pm

At the Races: Ethically challenged

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted April 16, 2026 at 5:12pm

Digital Advocacy Fueled by Data Science

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 12, 2026 at 6:55pm
Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., gavels to order the Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Legislative branch hearing sidesteps last year’s drama

By Nina Heller
Posted April 16, 2026 at 6:17am, Updated at 3:54pm
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol on March 25.

Sanders’ effort to block arms sales to Israel falls short in Senate

By Mark Satter
Posted April 15, 2026 at 10:24pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during the Senate Republicans’ news conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.

Theological squabble distracts from Tax Day messaging

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted April 15, 2026 at 6:47pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his 1954 State of Union Address to a joint session of Congress in 1954, the year he signed legislation setting the top tax rate at 91 percent. (CQ Roll Call file photo)

Make taxes great again?

By Brandon Wetherbee
Posted April 15, 2026 at 5:15pm
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks during the Senate Democrats’ news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Iran war powers resolution blocked for fourth time in Senate

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted April 15, 2026 at 5:13pm
Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., walks through the Cannon Tunnel from the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.

Accountability push turns to Cherfilus-McCormick, Mills 

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 15, 2026 at 4:28pm

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By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in the Capitol last month.

Push for surveillance authority reauthorization hits snag in House

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 15, 2026 at 10:23am, Updated at 4:23pm
Progressive organizer Analilia Mejia, here at a news conference outside the Capitol in 2023, is the Democratic nominee in Thursday's special election for New Jersey's 11th District.

North Jersey voters to decide on House successor to Sherrill

By Nick Eskow
Posted April 15, 2026 at 4:19pm
House Ethics Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., is seen during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on May 15, 2025.

‘We can’t wait forever’: Ethics Committee under scrutiny 

By Nina Heller
Posted April 15, 2026 at 3:46pm
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., speaks during a signing ceremony to last year.

Senators spurn budget request for NIH overhead cost cap

By Ariel Cohen
Posted April 15, 2026 at 11:21am
Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., left, and now-Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., arrive to the U.S. Capitol before a House vote in 2021. In the aftermath of Swalwell's resignation, scrutiny has focused on Gallego, a close friend.

As Swalwell fallout continues, Gallego faces scrutiny for friendship

By Nina Heller
Posted April 15, 2026 at 11:15am
President Donald Trump conducts a news conference in the White House briefing room earlier this month.

Republicans attach transgender issues to voter ID push

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 15, 2026 at 11:13am
Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., officially resigned from the House on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Newsom sets summer special election for Swalwell’s seat

By Andrew Menezes
Posted April 15, 2026 at 7:03am

Capitol Ink | USA form 1040

By R.J. Matson
Posted April 15, 2026 at 7:00am

Capitol Lens | Fuller House

By Bill Clark
Posted April 14, 2026 at 8:01pm
Former Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., talks with reporters in 2018. Speier, who retired after the 2022 elections, led the #MeTooCongress movement in 2017 and pushed for accountability for sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill.

In Congress, ‘see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil’

By Valerie Yurk and Nina Heller
Posted April 14, 2026 at 6:10pm
Vice President JD Vance speaks as Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff listen during a news conference after lengthy talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad on Sunday local time.

Vance hits rough patch as Iran talks falter, Orbán goes down in Hungary

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 14, 2026 at 5:34pm
Speaker Mike Johnson speaks at a rally in Bridgewater, Va., on Saturday. Also onstage, from left: Reps. John McGuire, Jen Kiggans, Rob Wittman and Ben Cline, former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, and former Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Both parties raise the stakes ahead of Virginia redistricting referendum

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 14, 2026 at 4:40pm
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., is seen outside the Capitol on March 5, 2026. Merkley has introduced measures aimed at restricting political prediction markets.

Betting against political prediction markets

By Nina Heller
Posted April 14, 2026 at 4:01pm
Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek, left, and state Sen. Zach Wahls are running for Senate. (Courtesy Josh Turek for Iowa/Facebook, Wahls for Iowa/Facebook)

Iowa Democrats pursue ‘once in a generation opportunity’ amid farmer woes

By Savannah Behrmann and Daniela Altimari
Posted April 14, 2026 at 3:42pm
In this handout photo provided by NASA, NASA's Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard, is seen as it lands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, Friday, April 10, 2026. The 10-day journey took astronauts around the Moon and back to Earth.

Artemis II: Back to the Future

By David Winston
Posted April 14, 2026 at 1:38pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., flanked by Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol in March. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Can Senate Republicans buck midterm history again?

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted April 14, 2026 at 12:51pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., stops to gaggle with reporters after a news conference in the Capitol last month.

House starts uncertain push to reauthorize key surveillance authority

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 14, 2026 at 11:34am
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., talks with reporters in the Capitol in March.

Preserve, alter or end? Each proposed for family planning funds

By Ariel Cohen
Posted April 14, 2026 at 11:16am
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche conducts a news conference at the Department of Justice about the Trump Administration’s anti-fraud efforts on Tuesday, April 7, 2026.

In Trump’s Department of Justice, weaponization without accountability

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted April 14, 2026 at 6:00am
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie speaks at a news conference in the Capitol on Nov. 18, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Winning the AI ‘arms race’ holds appeal for both parties

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted April 14, 2026 at 5:00am
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas participates in a press conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

Gonzales announces plans to leave office when House returns

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 13, 2026 at 7:24pm, Updated at 7:47pm
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