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President Donald Trump greets Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in the House chamber on March 4 after addressing a joint session of Congress. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

White House

Trump-Greene spat exposes friction on right over his second-term priorities

MTG declares herself ‘100 percent America first and only’ as Trump says she’s ‘lost her way’

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 12, 2025 at 2:40pm

Michelle James, left, and Karen Swindler met through a Facebook group that James started for widows of those allegedly poisoned by toxic water at Camp Lejeune, including James' late husband, Eric Holford.

Policy

An anxiety-filled Veterans Day for victims of Camp Lejeune water

By Mike Magner
Posted November 12, 2025 at 2:35pm
Former Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., is making a comeback bid.

Campaigns

Former Rep. Elaine Luria makes comeback bid in Virginia

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 12, 2025 at 6:00am, Updated at 12:47pm
Former congressional aide Jordan Wood is running for Maine's 2nd District. (Courtesy Jordan Wood for Maine)

Campaigns

Maine Democrat Jordan Wood ends Senate bid to run for Golden’s seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 12, 2025 at 12:42pm
Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., left, and Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., are among those Republicans with reservations. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Congress

Senate payouts unnerve some in House GOP ahead of shutdown vote

By David Lerman
Posted November 12, 2025 at 7:41am
Jack Schlossberg, seen here speaking at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, is running for New York's 12th District.

JFK grandson Jack Schlossberg runs for open House seat in New York

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 12, 2025 at 4:12pm
Adelita Grijalva waited seven weeks to be sworn into office. Above, she is seen with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Oct. 21.

Adelita Grijalva sworn in nearly two months after her election to the House

By Noella Kertes
Posted November 12, 2025 at 4:09pm

2026 State Legislative Sessions Calendar

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted October 3, 2025 at 10:26am
Protesters march down Pennsylvania Avenue during an Oct. 18 “No Kings” protest in Washington, D.C.

Are Americans getting comfortable with the unimaginable?

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted November 12, 2025 at 2:00pm
Texas Rep. Jodey C. Arrington will not seek a sixth term next year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington announces retirement

By Peter Cohn
Posted November 11, 2025 at 2:24pm
Ballots move through a tabulator machine at the Utah County Ballot Center in Provo on Nov. 5, 2024. (George Frey/Getty Images)

Utah judge selects new House map that could help Democrats flip a seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 11, 2025 at 12:10pm

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
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
New Hampshire Rep. Chris Pappas, who is running for Senate, says he doesn’t support the deal to end the partial government shutdown.

Democratic opposition to Senate deal runs party’s ideological gamut

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 10, 2025 at 5:12pm
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary.

FDA removes warning for hormone replacement therapy for menopause

By Ariel Cohen
Posted November 10, 2025 at 4:37pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
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)

Copyright Office head asks Supreme Court to keep her in role

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 10, 2025 at 4:35pm
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
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
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 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.

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

By Nina Heller
Posted November 10, 2025 at 12:07pm
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
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
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

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