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Troy Jackson, the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, holds an ax given to him during a July campaign event in the Bangor area. Inside Elections now rates his race against GOP Sen. Susan Collins as a Toss-up. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Campaigns

Rating changes: A dozen more races move toward Democrats

Maine Senate contest now a Toss-up, as Republicans struggle in House seats they redrew

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted September 22, 2026 at 4:28pm

Bobby Pulido, the Democratic nominee for Texas' 15th District, speaks at a campaign rally in Goliad, Texas, on Sept. 12. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Campaigns

In South Texas, Bobby Pulido urges voters to see beyond red and blue

By Daniela Altimari
Posted September 22, 2026 at 5:12pm
Vice President JD Vance conducts the White House briefing on Thursday, Sept. 3.

Policy

Vance pushes for health fraud legislation in the Senate

By Lia DeGroot
Posted September 22, 2026 at 3:04pm
Voting rights activists stage a protest on the Senate steps of the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. The protesters were arrested by Capitol Police.

Congress

Court rejects Capitol Police rules on demonstrations on Capitol steps

By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 22, 2026 at 2:48pm
A sticker of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are seen at an Exxon station on Capitol Hill on Monday, May 5, 2025.

Opinion

Voters to Republicans: Fix the Biden economy

By David Winston
Posted September 22, 2026 at 4:49pm

Capitol Lens | Rain check

By Bill Clark
Posted September 22, 2026 at 3:06pm
President Donald Trump addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.

‘Into hell’: Trump signals aggressive lame-duck foreign policy at UN

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 22, 2026 at 1:20pm

2026 State Sessions Recap Report

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted September 10, 2026 at 12:07pm
Lori Freshwater, a writer and health researcher in Rhode Island, received a $400,000 settlement from the Department of Justice as compensation for her mother's death, which was attributed to toxic water at Camp Lejeune.

Settlement of Camp Lejeune case shows dilemma facing many victims

By Mike Magner
Posted September 22, 2026 at 5:00am
House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, speaks to the panel in July.

Fiscal commission weighed as tool to fight soaring debt

By Aris Folley
Posted September 21, 2026 at 8:45pm
Missouri Sen. Doug Beck speaks during a press conference inside the rotunda of the Missouri State Capitol on Sept. 10, 2025 in Jefferson City. The 8th Circuit Court Monday reinstated a GOP congressional map.

Appeals court backs GOP-drawn map in Missouri

By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 21, 2026 at 7:18pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., talk before the start of a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Sept. 17.

Lawmakers bristle at Trump effort for tighter control of NIH

By Lia DeGroot
Posted September 21, 2026 at 7:00pm
President Donald Trump speaks to the Republican Midterm Convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Sept. 9.

Trump pivots to foreign policy amid political, legal battles at home

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 21, 2026 at 12:54pm, Updated at 6:38pm

Capitol Lens | First Amendment grounds

By Tom Williams
Posted September 21, 2026 at 3:59pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Maine Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, seen in the Capitol on July 17, 2025, is backing New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler for reelection. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Golden breaks Democratic ranks to support Lawler’s reelection bid

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 21, 2026 at 12:40pm, Updated at 2:55pm
Steam rises from a vent on the East Front of the Capitol.

Interest groups say president should not pick next GAO chief

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 21, 2026 at 2:42pm
Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., who founded a community bank before being elected to Congress, is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Arkansas duo goes to bat for small investment brokers

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted September 21, 2026 at 6:09am
Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., conduct a news conference on Sept. 14 with student-athletes and coaches on a bill to address name, image and likeness in college sports. The Senate is aiming to pass the bill this week. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

This week: Senate still at work on college sports bill

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 21, 2026 at 5:59am
President Donald Trump shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026.

Trump-Xi summit underscores risk of outright data center bans

By Saxby Chambliss and Kent Conrad
Posted September 21, 2026 at 5:00am
An aerial view, a Flock camera is seen on Monday in Burbank, Calif.

Flock cameras controversy set for Senate hearing

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted September 18, 2026 at 5:22pm
A podium is pictured on the House steps of the Capitol on Wednesday before a news conference.

‘Some months, you don’t even have to come to work’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted September 18, 2026 at 4:30pm
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during the 2026 National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the Pentagon on Friday.

Pentagon’s latest Iran war cost estimate: $43.6 billion

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 18, 2026 at 3:30pm
Reps. Becca Balint and Julie Fedorchak, center, talk during a congressional softball practice, alongside Rep. Hillary Scholten, left. This year’s game will be played at Audi Field on Sept. 23.

In a ‘very hard’ year for women in Congress, at least there’s still softball

By Nina Heller
Posted September 18, 2026 at 12:04pm
Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., prepares to film a video with a man in a Tyrannosaurus rex costume to mark to the passage of the National Fossil Act in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | September 12-18, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 18, 2026 at 10:22am
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., arrives for a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 19.

Before the final midterm whistle, Senate spends time on sports

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted September 18, 2026 at 5:00am
Elbridge Colby, undersecretary of Defense for policy, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 3.

Pentagon official’s ‘contemptuous’ briefing sparks bipartisan ire

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 17, 2026 at 8:26pm
Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., made an appearance on Capitol Hill in October 2023 to testify at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. Kyl's family announced his death Thursday.

Former Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl dies at 84

By Nick Eskow
Posted September 17, 2026 at 4:22pm
Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, is seen in the Capitol on June 23, 2026. He sought quick passage of the data centers bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Ratepayer bill aimed at data center buildout blocked in Senate

By David Jordan
Posted September 17, 2026 at 3:42pm

At the Races: AI voted?

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted September 17, 2026 at 3:05pm
Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., right, and Tim Kaine, D-Va., conduct a news conference in the Capitol on Jan. 8 (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

NIL bill foes likely out of timeouts as it clears second procedural hurdle

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 17, 2026 at 1:50pm
President Donald Trump greets supporters Wednesday at a rally in Gastonia, N.C., to drum up support for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley.

Trump slams Democrat Cooper as ‘weak’ on crime as he campaigns in North Carolina

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 16, 2026 at 9:56pm, Updated September 17, 2026 at 11:14am
Scenes around the Capital Jewish Museum on May 29, 2025, ahead of the reopening following the murder of Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, in Washington, D.C.

This year, holiest days in Jewish calendar marked by grief, security challenges

By Eric D. Fingerhut
Posted September 17, 2026 at 5:00am
Rep. Thomas Massie, seen here in May, vented his frustration at Speaker Mike Johnson in a floor speech Wednesday that also doubled as a swan song for the Kentucky Republican, who won’t be returning for the 120th Congress.

One Republican rages against House’s early exit

By Nina Heller
Posted September 16, 2026 at 3:48pm, Updated at 8:15pm
Colorado Republican Rep. Gabe Evans leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on June 4, 2025.

Bill aimed at voter anger over data centers passes House

By David Jordan
Posted September 16, 2026 at 8:10pm
Supporters of Ukraine hold a protest in Lafayette Square across from the White House in Washington on March 1, 2025.

Robust House majority backs sanctions on Russia and Iran

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 16, 2026 at 7:47pm
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