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At the outset of his term as secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to quickly find the root cause of autism. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Policy

Kennedy’s push to find cause of autism divides Hill Republicans

Advocates warn against misinformation as HHS focuses on unproven links to vaccines

By Ariel Cohen
Posted February 18, 2026 at 7:00am

Traffic is seen on Florida Avenue Northeast at North Capitol Street in Washington.

Policy

EPA’s end to endangerment finding eases rules for carmakers

By Kelly Livingston
Posted February 18, 2026 at 7:00am
The West Front of the Capitol, seen here in 2021, is the side of the building that faces the National Mall.

Heard on the Hill

Armed man arrested after running toward Capitol, police say

By Nina Heller
Posted February 17, 2026 at 4:08pm, Updated at 6:01pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is locked in another shutdown battle as Democrats push for an immigration enforcement overhaul.

Podcasts

Immigration enforcement standoff

By Aidan Quigley, Savannah Behrmann and David Lerman
Posted February 17, 2026 at 5:09pm
Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Patty Murray, D-Wash., right, was the Senate's top earmarker in fiscal 2026, while Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, ranked fourth.

Congress

Earmarks flood spending bills after a year’s hiatus

By Aidan Quigley
Posted February 17, 2026 at 12:30pm
Rev. Jesse Jackson cheers for President Barack Obama at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

Capitol Lens | Jesse Jackson, 1941–2026

By Chris Hale and Jessica Wehrman
Posted February 17, 2026 at 2:22pm
South Dakota Rep. Dusty Johnson says Republicans should focus on “the huge successes of securing the border, cutting mandatory spending, the deregulation efforts that are going to drive down costs.”

GOP lawmakers join Trump’s call for refined midterm economic message

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 17, 2026 at 2:19pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
In an aerial view, container ships are seen docked at the Port of Oakland in California on Jan. 28.

White House proposes new taxes to boost US shipbuilding

By Peter Cohn
Posted February 13, 2026 at 6:41pm
President Donald Trump is handed the "Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal" trophy by Jim Grech, CEO of Peabody Energy, at a White House event on Wednesday.

‘It doesn’t matter’: Trump looked very much like a second-term president this week

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 13, 2026 at 4:21pm
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., and her dog, Luna, leave a meeting of the House Republican Conference in June.

Rep. Malliotakis asks Supreme Court to halt redraw of district

By Michael Macagnone
Posted February 13, 2026 at 4:17pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
A video of President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein plays during Attorney General Pamela Bondi’s testimony to the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday.

This week, on Attorney General Hospital — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted February 13, 2026 at 3:48pm
House Agriculture Chairman Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., right, and ranking member Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., before the start of a markup last year.

House farm bill would set hemp testing, pesticide label authority

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted February 13, 2026 at 3:33pm
Signs are seen outside a high school gymnasium in Alexandria, Va., on Election Day 2024.

Virginia Supreme Court allows redistricting special election to proceed

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 13, 2026 at 1:18pm
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick arrives for a Senate Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | February 6-12, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 13, 2026 at 10:53am
Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing in June.

After stalled health deal, voters want Congress to deliver

By Sandhya Raman and Lia DeGroot
Posted February 13, 2026 at 9:43am
National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday.

NTSB chair says Senate bill could have prevented DC air crash

By Kelly Livingston
Posted February 12, 2026 at 5:10pm
Ranking member Maria Cantwell speaks during the Senate Commerce Committee business meeting and hearing on Thursday, next to Chairman Ted Cruz. The committee also heard testimony on the January 2025 crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Satellite licensing bill advances after Cruz, Cantwell deal

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 12, 2026 at 5:00pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., walks from his office to the Senate floor on Thursday.

With no agreement on DHS funding, Congress leaves town

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 12, 2026 at 4:56pm
Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Byron Donalds unveil the Frederick Douglass Press Gallery sign in the Capitol on Thursday.

Among the Capitol press corps, look for Frederick Douglass

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 12, 2026 at 4:13pm

At the Races: Let the market decide

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 12, 2026 at 4:04pm
An activist waves a “Don’t Tread On D.C.” flag outside Union Station in Washington on Sept. 2.

Senate votes to overturn DC tax decoupling, as locals push back

By Nina Heller
Posted February 12, 2026 at 2:40pm
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks alongside President Donald at the White House on Thursday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

EPA repeals endangerment finding, tailpipe emissions standards

By Kelly Livingston and David Jordan
Posted February 12, 2026 at 2:38pm
Democratic Senate hopefuls in Michigan include, from left, Rep. Haley Stevens, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow and former Wayne County public health official Abdul El-Sayed. (Courtesy Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call; Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images; Monica Morgan/Getty Images)

Michigan Democratic Senate hopefuls tout their union bona fides

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 11, 2026 at 5:25pm, Updated at 8:44pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during Senate Republicans’ news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., stands to his right.

Time for ‘Plan B’ as DHS talks drag ahead of funding deadline

By Aidan Quigley and Savannah Behrmann
Posted February 11, 2026 at 8:33pm
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, talks with reporters in the Capitol on Jan. 7.

House passes revamped citizenship and voter ID bill

By Nina Heller
Posted February 11, 2026 at 7:20pm
Attorney General Pamela Bondi watches a video of President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, while she testified during the House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.

Bondi deflects criticism at hearing dominated by Epstein file release

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted February 11, 2026 at 6:24pm
Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speak at a news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday about the Justice Department’s failed grand jury indictment against them.

Dems in illegal orders video defiant after DOJ’s failed indictment attempt

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted February 11, 2026 at 6:03pm
House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Morgan Griffith, R-Va., conducts a hearing on Jan. 22.

House members push for PBM changes, question Trump drug plan

By Lia DeGroot
Posted February 11, 2026 at 5:20pm
President Donald Trump meets with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday.

Trump, Netanyahu keep Iran meeting behind closed doors — continuing trend

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 11, 2026 at 4:28pm
Passenger planes wait in line at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Oct. 1, 2025.

House lawmakers spar over harms of potential DHS shutdown

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 11, 2026 at 3:22pm

Capitol Lens | A ‘Walk for Peace’

By Bill Clark
Posted February 11, 2026 at 1:27pm
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 27.

It’s time for Republicans to ‘up their game’

By David Winston
Posted February 11, 2026 at 10:48am
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., talks with reporters in the Capitol Visitor Center on Dec. 16, 2025.

DOJ tried to indict Democrats who taped military video message

By Michael Macagnone and Ryan Tarinelli
Posted February 10, 2026 at 11:16pm
Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., seen here at a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Jan. 22, was among the GOP lawmakers who voted against the rule.

House rejects rule that would block floor votes to end tariffs

By Olivia M. Bridges and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 10, 2026 at 10:11pm, Updated at 10:19pm

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