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Rescue teams work at damaged buildings in Nobonyad Square following Israeli airstrikes Friday in Tehran, Iran.

Policy

Covert actions key to Israel’s strikes on Iran: Mossad

Strikes escalate tensions as the Trump administration seeks to reach a deal on Tehran's nuclear weapons program

By Briana Reilly
Posted June 13, 2025 at 12:37pm

Attendees stand Thursday as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on the Truman Balcony during the annual Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House.

White House

‘Israel is in charge’: Netanyahu made sure Trump’s Iran diplomacy was no picnic

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 13, 2025 at 2:37pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference at the RNC after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday.

Policy

Walz and Johnson make misleading claims about bill’s impact on SNAP

By FactCheck.org
Posted June 13, 2025 at 7:00am
Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., seen here on May 15, was one of the Republicans who originally cast a "no" vote on the rescissions bill, but switched to vote in favor.

Congress

First GOP rescissions package narrowly passes the House

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 12, 2025 at 9:26pm
Florida GOP Rep. Greg Steube pitches during the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday. The Republicans beat the Democrats 13-2.

Video

Striking up — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted June 13, 2025 at 11:41am
2025 Florida Watermelon Queen Reagan Hudson takes photos as staffers for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., move Kodak the Bear to the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday. Marty the Moose and Kodak the Bear, ambassadors to the White Mountains, made their annual trek to Shaheen’s office for the “Experience New Hampshire” reception. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | June 6-12, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 13, 2025 at 8:11am
Former Rep. Chris Stewart argues that the U.S. must incorporate AI into its military operations.

AI can sharpen America’s edge in the Pacific — if we move now

By Former Rep. Chris Stewart
Posted June 13, 2025 at 8:00am

Transcripts of presidential remarks and congressional hearings within 60 minutes

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted June 13, 2025 at 3:33pm
Protesters confront California National Guard soldiers and police Monday outside of a federal building in Los Angeles.

Judge orders Trump to return control of California National Guard

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 12, 2025 at 11:36pm
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, center, has been seen as adopting a more conciliatory approach during President Donald Trump's second term. She is shown at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Mamie "Peanut" Johnson Plaza on June 2.

House passes bill that would void DC ‘sanctuary’ policies

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 12, 2025 at 6:00pm
An overdue plaque is the subject of a new lawsuit, as officers who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, argue they should be honored like others who have protected Congress in the past.

As officers sue over Jan. 6 plaque, Democrats hang replicas 

By Justin Papp
Posted June 12, 2025 at 4:59pm

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., is pushed out of the room as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a news conference Thursday in Los Angeles.

Sen. Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Noem press conference

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 12, 2025 at 3:47pm, Updated at 4:43pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at a news conference on June 4, flanked by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., left, and Rep. Mark Messmer, R-Ind. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

CBO: GOP budget bill would take from the poor, give to the rich

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 12, 2025 at 2:58pm, Updated at 3:43pm

At the races: Democrats get a reprieve

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted June 12, 2025 at 3:00pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Former Rep. Billy Long testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Ex-Rep. Long confirmed as Trump’s IRS commissioner

By David Lerman
Posted June 12, 2025 at 1:41pm
Iowa state Rep. J.D. Scholten is running for Senate. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Iowa Democrats see signs of optimism for 2026 despite state’s hard-right turn

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 11, 2025 at 5:49pm, Updated June 12, 2025 at 10:46am
Helen Stjerna, secretary-general of A Non Smoking Generation, speaks from her office in Stockholm.

In Sweden, teen anti-tobacco movement stalled by pouches, snus

By Sandhya Raman
Posted June 12, 2025 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | Birthday boy

By R.J. Matson
Posted June 12, 2025 at 7:00am
Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, is congratulated by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., after a play in the first inning of the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday.

Republicans extend winning streak at Congressional Baseball Game

By Hunter Savery
Posted June 11, 2025 at 11:04pm
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., shown at a news conference on April 16, named new members to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Wednesday, after firing all 17 former panel members earlier this week.

Kennedy’s vaccine panel contains skeptics, nonspecialists

By Lia DeGroot, Sandhya Raman and Jessie Hellmann
Posted June 11, 2025 at 9:08pm
Rep. Mikie Sherrill is hoping to become the first Democratic woman to be elected New Jersey governor. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Rep. Mikie Sherrill wins Democratic nomination for New Jersey governor

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 10, 2025 at 9:03pm, Updated June 11, 2025 at 5:47pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talks with reporters outside the Capitol Hill Club after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

House adopts fixes to keep ‘big, beautiful bill’ filibuster-proof

By David Lerman
Posted June 11, 2025 at 5:08pm
Former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is running for Congress as an independent.

Meet 11 House candidates — or potential ones — who don’t fit the mold

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted June 11, 2025 at 4:02pm
President Donald Trump arrives at the White House from Camp David on Monday.

Appeals court extends pause on ruling that blocked Trump tariffs

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 11, 2025 at 3:40pm
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Hegseth gets bipartisan pushback for defense spending strategy

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted June 11, 2025 at 3:30pm
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Bessent, House Democrats spar over budget package’s debt boost

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted June 11, 2025 at 3:21pm
Bryan Bedford, nominee to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee in the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

FAA nominee Bedford defends pilot training rule position

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 11, 2025 at 3:02pm
Workers on Tuesday set up a reviewing stand near the White House for President Donald Trump’s military parade, slated for Saturday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump wants tanks ‘all over the place’ at parade; Democrats see ‘egotistical’ show

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 11, 2025 at 3:02pm
Hunter S. Thompson is pictured at the Democratic National Convention in New York City on July 15, 1976.

Fear and Loathing at Signature Theatre: The Hunter S. Thompson musical

By Jason Dick
Posted June 11, 2025 at 12:23pm
Republican Rep. August Pfluger of Texas sponsored a bill, which the House passed Tuesday, aiming to overturn a local D.C. law that allows noncitizens to vote in local elections.

House passes pair of bills in rebuke to DC

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 10, 2025 at 7:07pm
President Donald Trump watches a military demonstration Tuesday at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

From LA to Fort Bragg to DC, Trump shifts into a military mindset

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 10, 2025 at 6:38pm
Customs and Border Protection officers and the California National Guard are seen staged Monday in front of the federal building in Los Angeles as protesters begin to rally on the fourth day of protests.

Trump mulls rare use of Insurrection Act over Los Angeles protests

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 10, 2025 at 6:02pm
Photojournalists surround Marty the Moose as staffers unload a freight elevator in the Hart Building on Tuesday.

If you move a moose through the Senate

By Jackie Wang
Posted June 10, 2025 at 5:26pm
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Democrats clash with Hegseth over Guard deployment, shipbuilding

By Briana Reilly
Posted June 10, 2025 at 4:39pm

Capitol Lens | Laugh track

By Tom Williams
Posted June 10, 2025 at 4:28pm

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