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Maine Gov. Janet Mills, here speaking at an event in New York City in December, is ending her campaign for Senate. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for RFK Ripple Of Hope)

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops out of Senate race

Graham Platner set to be Democratic nominee to take on Sen. Susan Collins

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 30, 2026 at 9:36am

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., walks to the House chamber for a vote on the rule for several bills, including a surveillance authority reauthorization, farm bill and budget resolution, on Wednesday.

Congress

Budget resolution for immigration funds adopted in House

By Aidan Quigley and Aris Folley
Posted April 29, 2026 at 11:03pm
House Intelligence Chairman Rick Crawford, R-Ark., seen here on April 15, says he hopes the Senate will pass the legislation the House approved Wednesday.

Congress

House sends spy reauthorization bill to uncertain Senate fate

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 29, 2026 at 8:30pm
Robert Cekada, President Donald Trump's pick to be director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arrives for his confirmation hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 4.

Congress

Senate confirms ATF director, who announces new rules

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 29, 2026 at 9:19pm
Rep. Terri A. Sewell, D-Ala., speaks during a Congressional Black Caucus news conference Wednesday in the Capitol on the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act. 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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GOP lawmakers call for redistricting after Supreme Court ruling

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 29, 2026 at 6:13pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said adopting the budget resolution was “critically important” before Republicans would allow the Homeland Security funding bill to advance. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Funding bill to end Homeland Security shutdown clears House

By Aidan Quigley, Savannah Behrmann and Aris Folley
Posted April 30, 2026 at 3:12pm
President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, King Charles III and Queen Camilla visit a White House garden and beehive on Tuesday. (Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump focused on own priorities as House GOP wrestled over policy

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 30, 2026 at 2:22pm

Digital Advocacy Fueled by Data Science

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 12, 2026 at 6:55pm
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Thursday. HIs bill that would restrict companion chatbots to adults was advanced in committee.

Ban on kids’ companion chatbots advanced by Senate committee

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted April 30, 2026 at 2:03pm
E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse

White House media dinner defendant to remain in custody

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 30, 2026 at 1:30pm
From left, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, ACLI President Dirk Kempthorne, and Olympic runner Meb Keflezighi talk before the ACLI Capital Challenge Three-Mile Team Race in Anacostia Park on May 18, 2016.

Dirk Kempthorne, the creaky runner appreciation

By Jason Dick
Posted April 29, 2026 at 5:46pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., was among the Republican holdouts who came around on the rule vote.

GOP leaders twist arms, flip votes on mega rule

By Peter Cohn
Posted April 29, 2026 at 3:46pm, Updated at 5:17pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., leaves the House chamber after a rule governing debate on Section 702 of FISA and other measures was adopted Wednesday.

House overcomes floor hurdle on spy authority reauthorization

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 29, 2026 at 4:22pm
The districts of, from left, Democratic Reps. Kathy Castor, Darren Soto and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida would become more Republican under Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposed congressional map.

Florida Republicans approve new congressional map pushed by DeSantis

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 29, 2026 at 1:09pm, Updated at 3:50pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
From left, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Darren B. Cox, deputy assistant director of the FBI Criminal Investigative Division, conduct a news conference at the Department of Justice on Monday about the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting incident. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

DOJ details planning of man charged with White House dinner shooting

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 29, 2026 at 1:56pm
Voting rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court as the court heard arguments in October in a case challenging Louisiana's congressional map.

Supreme Court invalidates Louisiana congressional map over race

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 29, 2026 at 11:29am

Capitol Ink | Cinderella story

By R.J. Matson
Posted April 29, 2026 at 7:00am
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is the lead sponsor of the legislation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Family accounts would be mandated for kids in chatbots bill

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted April 29, 2026 at 5:59am
King Charles III arrives to address a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

For one very brief moment, a king unites a divided Congress

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted April 28, 2026 at 6:33pm
Former FBI Director James Comey arrives at the Rayburn House Office Building for a meeting with Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in 2018.

Justice Department indicts James Comey over seashell photo

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 28, 2026 at 4:56pm, Updated at 6:31pm
Things need to change after recent sexual misconduct allegations roiled the Hill, some say — and that includes the culture. Above, staff and security prepare for a news conference at the Capitol in 2023.

Report sexual misconduct? It’s not that simple, staffers say

By Nina Heller and Valerie Yurk
Posted April 28, 2026 at 5:58pm
The Capitol dome in Washington is seen on Nov. 12, 2025.

When it comes to ad reservations, parties typically don’t play games 

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted April 28, 2026 at 4:56pm
Florida Rep. Daniel Webster will retire at the end of his current term. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Florida Rep. Daniel Webster is latest Republican to announce retirement

By Daniela Altimari and Michael Teitelbaum
Posted April 28, 2026 at 4:53pm
Zach Florman, communications director for Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Calif., is photographed outside of Longworth building on Thursday, April 23, 2026. Florman displays the screen of a bot he built to track House floor action in real-time.

Congress has been slow on AI. This staffer tried his own thing

By Nina Heller
Posted April 28, 2026 at 4:44pm
Signs urge early voters to vote yes or no on the Virginia redistricting referendum at the Ellen M. Bozman Government Center in Arlington, Va., March 31.

Virginia Supreme Court hears oral arguments on redistricting

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 27, 2026 at 12:36pm, Updated April 28, 2026 at 3:41pm

Capitol Lens | Low chair

By Bill Clark
Posted April 28, 2026 at 3:40pm
Denise Powell and John Cavanaugh are the leading Democrats in the primary for Nebraska's 2nd District.

Democrats spar over which candidate can best flip pivotal Nebraska district

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 28, 2026 at 3:24pm
A National Park Service worker washes the Columbus Fountain outside of Union Station on July 24, 2025.

National Park Service nomination withdrawn by Trump administration

By David Jordan
Posted April 28, 2026 at 2:35pm
The Supreme Court building is seen at sunset in Washington.

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments over deportation protections

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 28, 2026 at 12:04pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters as he leaves the Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on March 4.

GOP readies bills to fund or authorize White House ballroom

By Jacob Fulton and Aris Folley
Posted April 27, 2026 at 9:06pm
Capitol Police are seen outside the Capitol Hill Club during a meeting among House Republicans in February. A bill passed by the House this week would allow the Capitol Police Board to set a higher age for retirement waivers.

One idea to retain Capitol Police officers? Up the retirement age

By Nina Heller
Posted April 27, 2026 at 6:04pm
From left, Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Darren B. Cox, deputy assistant director of the FBI Criminal Investigative Division, conduct a news conference Monday at the Department of Justice about Cole Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooting.

California man charged in White House media gala shooting

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 27, 2026 at 5:45pm
Shaheen arrives to a briefing at the Capitol Visitor Center in December.

Bipartisan bill would study maternal health-violence link

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted April 27, 2026 at 4:31pm
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing a new congressional map for the Sunshine State. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

DeSantis unveils new map aiming to help Florida GOP flip 4 House seats

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 27, 2026 at 3:36pm
Cassidy conducts a hearing on April 22.

Immigration debate, upfront costs are hurdles for hepatitis C bill

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted April 27, 2026 at 1:05pm
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