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Former Attorney General Pamela Bondi arrives for an interview on her role in the Epstein files' release before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Friday.

Congress

Bondi sits for closed-door interview over Epstein files release

Epstein victims spoke to reporters as former attorney general answered questions

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 29, 2026 at 5:57pm

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent conducts the White House press briefing Thursday, when he addressed topics that included the fund.

Policy

Judge temporarily halts DOJ ‘anti-weaponization fund’

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 29, 2026 at 12:19pm
Rep. Cleo Fields addresses the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais at an April news conference at the Capitol. His seat is hit hard by a new map adopted by Louisiana state legislators this week.

Campaigns

Louisiana legislators adopt new House map, giving GOP pickup opportunity

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 29, 2026 at 3:56pm
Reps. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, and Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, right, talk with reporters about the renaming of the Kennedy Center to include President Donald Trump’s name in December 2025.

Policy

Judge blocks moves to add Trump to Kennedy Center name

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 29, 2026 at 4:45pm
Rep. Frederica S. Wilson, D-Fla., is seen at the Capitol in 2019, wearing one of her signature cowboy hats.

Campaigns

Florida’s Frederica Wilson announces retirement

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 29, 2026 at 1:09pm
A bill by Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., is being used as the base for the package. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Geothermal energy package coming to House floor

By David Jordan
Posted May 29, 2026 at 5:20am, Updated at 10:43am

At the Races: Incumbents on the line

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted May 28, 2026 at 4:33pm

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office in March to put new restrictions on mail-in voting.

Judge declines to block parts of Trump mail voting order, for now

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 28, 2026 at 12:33pm
Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., conduct a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on April 15.

Senate panel releases NIL bill, plans hearing

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 27, 2026 at 7:03pm
Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., seen here at the Capitol in March, said she would not seek the endorsement of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in her bid for a Senate seat.

Not on Angie’s list: Seeking DFL Party endorsement

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 27, 2026 at 5:33pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
The facade of the Supreme Court building.

Alabama asks Supreme Court to allow use of new congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 27, 2026 at 2:58pm
House Armed Services Chairman Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

NDAA mark unveiled by House Armed Services Committee chairman

By John Donnelly
Posted May 27, 2026 at 6:20am
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, seen here at February's State of the Union, defeated incumbent GOP Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday's runoff elections. Paxton was endorsed by President Donald Trump last week.

Paxton defeat of Cornyn highlights Texas runoff night

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 26, 2026 at 10:27pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
A redistricting push targeted the seat of Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., seen here outside the Capitol.

South Carolina lawmakers turn aside redistricting push

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 26, 2026 at 3:24pm
Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., speaks during a Congressional Black Caucus news conference in the Capitol last month on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.

Federal court blocks new Alabama congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 26, 2026 at 11:27am, Updated at 12:52pm
“God save us if there is another pandemic,” said Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn. “These guys can’t organize themselves out of a paper bag.” (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Hantavirus, Ebola highlight political division over disease

By Ariel Cohen and Savannah Behrmann
Posted May 26, 2026 at 5:40am

At the Races: Choosin’ Texas

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 26, 2026 at 5:00am
President Trump stayed in Washington this weekend amid speculation that a deal with Iran is imminent.

Trump says Iran deal announcement coming ‘shortly’

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 23, 2026 at 5:50pm
President Donald Trump shakes hands with New York GOP Rep. Mike Lawler at a campaign event in Rockland County. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump tests midterm coattails with visit to Lawler’s ‘Harris district’

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 22, 2026 at 5:41pm
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, talks with reporters after a Senate Budget Committee markup on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. President Donald Trump endorsed Cornyn’s opponent Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate primary.

Ad in Texas GOP Runoff Attacks Cornyn on Immigration, Islam

By FactCheck.org
Posted May 22, 2026 at 4:57pm
House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James R. Comer, R-Ky., is leading an inquiry into prediction markets.

Prediction markets put under spotlight by House Oversight panel

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted May 22, 2026 at 3:27pm
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on global threats on March 18.

Tulsi Gabbard out as DNI but Trump doesn’t tee up a confirmation fight

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 22, 2026 at 3:02pm
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., is seen in the Senate subway on Dec. 9. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Dems see ‘missed opportunity’ in Trump resisting Xi’s Hormuz help

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 22, 2026 at 10:55am
Work continues on painting the National Mall's Reflecting Pool blue on Monday. The paint job is slated to be completed by the 250th anniversary of the United States on July 4th. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | May 15-21, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 22, 2026 at 10:27am
“The last thing that our country needs right now is a regime change war in Cuba based on imaginary threats," said Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., a leading proponent of efforts to rein in the president's war powers. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats renew effort to prevent US military action against Cuba

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted May 22, 2026 at 6:53am
"I think this is the most important surface transportation bill since President Eisenhower built the interstate system," said House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Sam Graves, R-Mo. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Surface transportation bill approved by House committee

By Valerie Yurk
Posted May 22, 2026 at 6:34am
House Republicans had hoped to pass a bill Thursday that would allow construction of a Smithsonian museum of women’s history on the National Mall, while also banning transgender exhibits and handing President Donald Trump the final say over its location. But in the end they couldn’t get the votes.

Women’s museum bill defeated in House 

By Nina Heller
Posted May 21, 2026 at 6:19pm, Updated at 7:23pm

Capitol Lens | ‘Pitt’ stop

By Tom Williams
Posted May 21, 2026 at 5:06pm

At the Races: Full disclosure, Jersey edition

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 21, 2026 at 4:10pm
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche leaves the vice president’s office in the Senate Reception Room to meet with Republican senators in the Mansfield Room in the Capitol on Thursday.

Reconciliation bill punted until after Memorial Day recess

By Aris Folley, Jacob Fulton and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted May 21, 2026 at 2:46pm
Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, and John Cornyn, R-Texas, are seen after a Senate GOP luncheon at the Capitol on June 3, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump could face foreign policy squeeze in Senate after primary ruckus

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 21, 2026 at 2:37pm
Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., speaks during a press conference on Monday, March 2, 2026. Hoyer is part of a group of former and current lawmakers who have sued over laws that repeatedly blocked the annual cost-of-living adjustments to lawmaker salaries set out in a 1989 law.

Judge weighs in on lawmaker cost-of-living case

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted May 21, 2026 at 2:05pm

Capitol Ink | Road warrior

By R.J. Matson
Posted May 21, 2026 at 7:00am
A worker takes a break on scaffolding outside the Russell Senate Office Building on April 20. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Appropriators approve Legislative Branch spending bill with GAO cuts

By Nina Heller
Posted May 21, 2026 at 6:36am
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