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Campaign workers erect signs before a Graham Platner event in Portland, Maine, on June 7. Now the state party is scrambling to find a replacement.

Campaigns

Race for Platner alternative takes shape

After explosive allegations felled their nominee, Maine Democrats outline next steps for Senate hopefuls

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 10, 2026 at 1:42pm, Updated at 5:03pm

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Capitol on June 24, 2026. Trump is flanked from left by Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Rick Scott, R-Fla., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.

White House

Trump: Definitely not signing bipartisan housing bill

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted July 10, 2026 at 1:11pm
President Donald Trump rings the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq to mark the launch of Trump investment accounts for some U.S. children in the Oval Office on Monday.

White House

Government-seeded accounts could test Trump’s ‘communists’ claim

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 10, 2026 at 12:57pm
President Donald Trump speaks during a Small Business Summit in the East Room of the White House on May 4. Trump on Thursday fired two members of the Election Assistance Commission, while a third resigned. The commission now has no commissioners.

White House

After Thursday night firings, election commission has no members

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 10, 2026 at 11:09am
The Highway Trust Fund would still face significant shortfalls despite new fees on electric vehicles, the CBO analysis says. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Congress

CBO: House highway bill would widen trust fund deficit

By Kelly Livingston
Posted July 10, 2026 at 6:23am
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at a primary election event on June 9 in Blue Hill, Maine. Platner announced Wednesday he was suspending his campaign amid a sexual assault accusation. Platner has called the accusation false.

Platner, accused of sexual assault, suspends Senate campaign

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 8, 2026 at 8:35pm, Updated July 9, 2026 at 9:50pm
The Smithsonian Castle is seen on the National Mall in 2015. During the current Trump administration, both Democrats and Republicans in Congress are watching a cultural battle play out over the Smithsonian.

As Trump threatens the Smithsonian, Congress is on the sidelines

By Nina Heller
Posted July 9, 2026 at 4:49pm

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm

At the Races: As Maine goes …

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 9, 2026 at 3:10pm
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives to chair a Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on May 19, before his hospitalization in mid-June.

GOP leaders tried to quell McConnell health questions. It’s not working

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted July 8, 2026 at 4:45pm
A Graham Platner campaign sign is seen on June 9 at his primary election night event in Blue Hill, Maine.

Jockeying to replace Platner on Maine ballot has already begun

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 8, 2026 at 4:25pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday during a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.

Little clarity on Iran from Trump, but new help ahead for Ukraine

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 8, 2026 at 3:04pm
From left, Supreme Justices Elena Kagan, Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in the Capitol on Feb. 24.

Justices to face Congress after contentious court rulings

By Michael Macagnone and Aidan Quigley
Posted July 7, 2026 at 7:19pm
Marines salute during a ceremony at the Marine Barracks Washington on July 10, 2023.

Contractor curbs on repair data causing Marines ‘significant’ issues

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 7, 2026 at 5:55pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
President Donald Trump appeared on stage with Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., during a visit to the a Mack Trucks manufacturing facility in Macungie, Pa., on June 23. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

So far, Trump’s midterm campaign schedule slightly behind 2018 pace

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 7, 2026 at 1:32pm
The Capitol Dome is seen through a window in the Cannon House Office Building rotunda in May. After allegations of sexual misconduct gripped the Hill this spring, a staff group surveyed its members to see what changes they wanted to see.

Progressive staff group urges sexual misconduct overhaul

By Nina Heller
Posted July 7, 2026 at 5:00am
Democratic Senate hopeful Graham Platner speaks at his election night event in Blue Hill, Maine, on June 9.

Democrats call on Platner to step down as he denies sexual assault allegation

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 6, 2026 at 5:35pm, Updated at 7:08pm
Texas Republican Bill Archer speaks at an event in 1999 about his tax bill titled the Financial Freedom Act.

Former House GOP tax writer Bill Archer dies at 98

By Jacob Fulton
Posted July 6, 2026 at 6:28pm
The Capitol is seen in the background as National Guard troops patrol the National Mall on June 22.

Congress faces its own summer heat dome

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted July 6, 2026 at 2:22pm
Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow, here at the 2024 Democratic convention in Chicago, has ended her Senate bid.

As McMorrow exits Senate race, the fight for her supporters begins in Michigan

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 6, 2026 at 2:18pm
The Supreme Court building on March 18.

In Congress, a bipartisan annoyance with the Supreme Court

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 6, 2026 at 7:00am

At the Races: Red, white and blues

By Daniela Altimari and Andrew Menezes
Posted July 2, 2026 at 6:31pm
President Donald Trump greets supporters after arriving on the "Freedom250 Train" on his way to attend a dedication ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, N.D., on Wednesday. (AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s attention drifts to 250th even after House floor meltdown

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 2, 2026 at 11:51am, Updated at 1:06pm
Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., questions Kevin Warsh, nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve, during his Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing on April 21.

Trump ethics disclosure throws curveball at Senate crypto talks

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted July 2, 2026 at 11:20am
The Supreme Court building on March 18.

Trump’s dubious claim that birthright citizenship could still be overturned with legislation

By FactCheck.org
Posted July 2, 2026 at 10:00am
Spectators use their smart phones and cameras to document fireworks as they explode over the National Mall in Washington on July 4, 2015.

Capitol Lens | Back and Fourth

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 2, 2026 at 8:00am

Capitol Ink | Semiquincentennial moment

By R.J. Matson
Posted July 2, 2026 at 7:00am
Rep. Brendan Boyle, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, is seen at a hearing last May. This week he’s headed to an event he said was years in the making — a congressional trip to Independence Hall.

America’s July 2 birthday, Philadelphia style  

By Nina Heller
Posted July 2, 2026 at 5:00am

Capitol Lens | Sam I am

By Tom Williams
Posted July 1, 2026 at 6:52pm
Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in May 2024.

DeGette’s defeat in Colorado shows the fading clout of seniority

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 1, 2026 at 6:21pm
Fireworks are seen over the National Mall after a UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House in June. Meanwhile, states are forging ahead with their own plans that aim for inclusivity.

States at heart of the Revolution plan 250th events sans Trump

By Mike Magner
Posted July 1, 2026 at 4:23pm
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet is the latest Washington lawmaker to come up short in a bid for governor this year.

When Washington politicians can’t go home again

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 1, 2026 at 3:15pm
Andrew Fullwood, peer support lead for the Hepatitis C Trust in Birmingham, England, talks with a patient in a van equipped with hepatitis C testing and harm reduction supplies.

Syringe services in limbo under Trump, risking hepatitis C progress

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted July 1, 2026 at 3:11pm
The Supreme Court is pictured after the court ruled to allow the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for Syrian and Haitian nationals on June 25.

SCOTUS term marked by shifts to the right, some checks on Trump

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 1, 2026 at 3:09pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., listens as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives for Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on June 24.

Democratic socialists’ primary wins give Trump new midterms attack lines

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 1, 2026 at 11:45am
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