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New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas, who is running for Senate, says he doesn’t support the deal to end the partial government shutdown.

Campaigns

Democratic opposition to Senate deal runs party’s ideological gamut

Calls for Schumer to step down as party leader mount

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 10, 2025 at 5:12pm

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary.

Policy

FDA removes warning for hormone replacement therapy for menopause

By Ariel Cohen
Posted November 10, 2025 at 4:37pm
A sign on the facade of the Library of Congress is seen in Washington on May 21, 2025. (Wesley Lapointe/for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Policy

Copyright Office head asks Supreme Court to keep her in role

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 10, 2025 at 4:35pm
A worker stocks beef fillets in the meat section of a grocery store in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25. Beef prices have climbed over the past 12 months, according to government data.

White House

White House scrambles for affordability message amid still-high prices

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 10, 2025 at 1:26pm
Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, left, and Mikie Sherrill are among the female veterans who serve on the House Armed Services Committee. Their ranks will soon shrink as Sherrill assumes her new role of New Jersey governor next year.

Heard on the Hill

For female veterans in Congress, it’s a small club 

By Nina Heller
Posted November 10, 2025 at 12:07pm
A Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 plane passes by the Capitol dome in Washington as it comes in for a landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Sunday.

Senate passes spending package in key step to end shutdown

By Aris Folley and Aidan Quigley
Posted November 10, 2025 at 9:29pm
A woman takes a bag of groceries during a free food distribution for recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program organized by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office and The Jewish Federation at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Sunday.

Appeals court rules Trump administration cannot avoid paying SNAP

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 10, 2025 at 10:28am, Updated at 4:19pm

2026 State Legislative Sessions Calendar

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted October 3, 2025 at 10:26am
New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman is not running for reelection.

New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman won’t seek reelection in 2026

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 10, 2025 at 2:17pm
Workers erect scaffolding around the exterior of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on Friday evening, April 4, 2025.

Supreme Court will hear case on post-Election Day ballot counting

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 10, 2025 at 11:06am
An Architect of the Capitol worker picks up trash on the Capitol steps on May 22. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

GAO, Library of Congress avoid cuts in Legislative Branch bill

By Justin Papp
Posted November 10, 2025 at 6:11am

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
House Democrats, led by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, are expected to broadly oppose the Senate's deal that could end the shutdown.

This week: Shutdown could end as Senate spending deal prompts House to return

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 10, 2025 at 5:50am
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., is among the architects of the deal.

Deal to end government shutdown advances in Senate

By David Lerman
Posted November 9, 2025 at 9:38pm, Updated at 10:52pm
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has twice been ordered by a federal court to tap funds for food stamps that her department had said couldn't be used for the purpose. The administration on Friday appealed the latest order, but the department also said it would pay the benefits. Rollins appears here with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at a news conference on Oct. 31.

Supreme Court stays lower court orders for USDA to pay November SNAP benefits

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 7, 2025 at 7:15pm, Updated at 10:08pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., seen here at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Oct. 7, said there's "no way" Republicans would vote for the Democratic proposal to end the shutdown.

Republicans denounce new Democratic offer to end shutdown

By Sandhya Raman and Jessie Hellmann
Posted November 7, 2025 at 6:33pm, Updated at 7:01pm
President Donald Trump meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a bilateral lunch in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Friday.

‘Blocked, ruined, canceled’: Trump hosts Hungary’s Orban as shutdown rolls on

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 7, 2025 at 4:11pm
The empty Capitol Rotunda is seen on Nov. 3, 2025, The government shutdown became the longest in history this week.

VIN and bear it — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted November 7, 2025 at 2:57pm
An Architect of the Capitol worker lowers the flag over the Capitol to half-staff on Tuesday in honor of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on Monday at age 84. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | October 31-November 6, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted November 7, 2025 at 8:55am
New York Rep. Elise Stefanik is running for governor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Rep. Elise Stefanik launches long-anticipated bid for New York governor

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 7, 2025 at 6:53am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune walks to his office after opening the Senate floor Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate leaders prepare to test Democratic unity on shutdown

By Jessie Hellmann, Jacob Fulton, Sandhya Raman, Aris Folley and Ariel Cohen
Posted November 6, 2025 at 7:27pm
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., is leading the bipartisan resolution in support of AI chip sales limits. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate measure would support limits on AI chip sales to China

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted November 6, 2025 at 6:55pm
A group of Capitol Police officers wait to board the Senate subway on Feb. 26, 2024.

Jury finds Capitol Police discriminated against female officer

By Justin Papp
Posted November 6, 2025 at 4:44pm
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced Thursday that she would not seek reelection.

Pelosi announces retirement as history-making career comes to a close

By Daniela Altimari
Posted November 6, 2025 at 9:08am, Updated at 4:43pm

At the Races: Goodbye, Madam Speaker. Hello, Mayor Mamdani.

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted November 6, 2025 at 4:26pm
Former Rep. Tom Malinowski will run in the special election to succeed Democrat Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey's 11th District. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Former Rep. Malinowski seeks House comeback from Sherrill’s district

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 6, 2025 at 4:02pm
On. Jan. 4, 2007, Speaker Nancy Pelosi wields the gavel on the House floor after being elected to the speakership. Members’ children, including her own grandchildren, join her at the podium. The California Democrat was the first female speaker.

Capitol Lens | Pelosi in focus

By Chris Hale
Posted November 6, 2025 at 1:33pm, Updated at 3:09pm
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced the addition of two key fertilizer ingredients to the 2025 national critical minerals list. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Interior adds phosphate, potash to final critical minerals list

By David Jordan
Posted November 6, 2025 at 3:04pm
Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., objected to Ohio Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno's collection of identification data for Democrats' vehicles.

Senate Democrats seek to ‘get to bottom’ of Moreno’s car-data collection

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 6, 2025 at 2:32pm
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to reporters on July 8, 2024.

Pelosi’s groundbreaking legacy as a power broker

By Nick Eskow
Posted November 6, 2025 at 11:05am
Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., is one of several lawmakers concerned over moves to cut staff and programs.

Addiction, mental health agency eviscerated under Trump

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted November 6, 2025 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | Blue wave

By R.J. Matson
Posted November 6, 2025 at 7:00am
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff is up for a second term in 2026.

The most vulnerable senators of 2026, a year out from Election Day

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 6, 2025 at 5:00am
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats are going to lean on affordability issues as they look to regain the majority.

Democrats see path back to power after Tuesday’s sweeping victories

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted November 5, 2025 at 7:01pm, Updated at 7:40pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer conducts a news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats torn over shutdown endgame after election victories

By Sandhya Raman, Jessie Hellmann, Lia DeGroot, Aris Folley and Jacob Fulton
Posted November 5, 2025 at 7:32pm
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said flight reductions will begin at 40 high-traffic airports starting Friday.

FAA to cut a tenth of flights starting Friday due to shutdown

By Valerie Yurk
Posted November 5, 2025 at 7:21pm

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