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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said the Senate could move ahead with a budget resolution this week.

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This week: Senate girds for budget vote-a-rama in busy week for Congress

Fiscal 2027 appropriations hearings and markups underway

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted April 20, 2026 at 6:23am

Republicans struggled with passing long-term extensions of FISA and the distraction of a Trump administration fight with the pope, but did swear in a new member. Rep. Clay Fuller, R-Ga., his wife Kate and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pose at his ceremonial swearing-in on Tuesday.

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A week of lots of noise, few results in Congress

By Savannah Behrmann and Nina Heller
Posted April 17, 2026 at 4:37pm
McKinley listens during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Oct. 12, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

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Former House member David McKinley dies at 79

By Kelly Livingston
Posted April 17, 2026 at 6:28pm
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. arrives to testify at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing in the Longworth House Office Building on Thursday.

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RFK Jr. distances himself from measles outbreak, bashes Tylenol study

By Lia DeGroot
Posted April 17, 2026 at 2:30pm
A Cannon House Office Building exit door is seen in 2023.

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Resign of the times  — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted April 17, 2026 at 5:43pm
President Donald Trump speaks Friday during a Turning Point USA event at the Dream City Church in Phoenix.

Trump hits cultural issues in midterms pep talk to Turning Point crowd

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 17, 2026 at 7:37pm
Spectators are seen on North Capitol Street during the Rock 'n' Roll half marathon on March 21.

Senate sends short-term surveillance reauthorization to Trump

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 17, 2026 at 2:03pm

Digital Advocacy Fueled by Data Science

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 12, 2026 at 6:55pm
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a batch of 56 Starlink internet satellites launches from Cape Canaveral in Florida on March 24, 2023.

House satellites licensing bill leaves out Senate compromise

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted April 17, 2026 at 11:48am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives for the House Republican Conference caucus meeting Wednesday.

Late-night votes scuttle House push on surveillance authority

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 17, 2026 at 6:39am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Virginians for Fair Maps rally in Bridgewater, Va., on Saturday. Virginia voters will decide on April 21st if Virginia congressional districts will be redrawn to counter the Texas redistricting. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | April 10-16, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted April 17, 2026 at 6:00am

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Analilia Mejía, here at a news conference outside the Capitol in 2023, is the next congresswoman from New Jersey's 11th District.

Analilia Mejía wins special election for Sherrill’s seat in New Jersey

By Nick Eskow
Posted April 16, 2026 at 8:59pm
Republicans and Democrats on Thursday lamented the abrupt dismissal of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, seen here.

Appropriators decry firing of Army chief

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 16, 2026 at 8:37pm
Todd Lyons, acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Rodney Scott, left, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, testify during a House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Budget resolution for immigration funds expected next week

By Aidan Quigley and Aris Folley
Posted April 16, 2026 at 6:26pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Acting TSA Administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill testifies during the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Thursday.

TSA looks to privatize amid continued funding lapse woes

By Kelly Livingston
Posted April 16, 2026 at 6:20pm
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. arrives to testify to the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. Kennedy clashed with the previous CDC director.

Trump taps former deputy surgeon general Schwartz to lead CDC

By Lia DeGroot and Jessie Hellmann
Posted April 16, 2026 at 5:35pm

At the Races: Ethically challenged

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted April 16, 2026 at 5:12pm
Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate, speaks at a rally in Fort Worth on March 20.

Democratic candidates start 2026 with a fundraising bang

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Ryan Kelly
Posted April 16, 2026 at 4:56pm
Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., gavels to order the Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Legislative branch hearing sidesteps last year’s drama

By Nina Heller
Posted April 16, 2026 at 6:17am, Updated at 3:54pm
A prerecorded message from President Donald Trump is played during Turning Point USA's annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, Ariz., on Dec. 21.

Trump to address Turning Point crowd as GOP hopefuls battle in Arizona

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 16, 2026 at 1:21pm
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol on March 25.

Sanders’ effort to block arms sales to Israel falls short in Senate

By Mark Satter
Posted April 15, 2026 at 10:24pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during the Senate Republicans’ news conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.

Theological squabble distracts from Tax Day messaging

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted April 15, 2026 at 6:47pm
President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his 1954 State of Union Address to a joint session of Congress in 1954, the year he signed legislation setting the top tax rate at 91 percent. (CQ Roll Call file photo)

Make taxes great again?

By Brandon Wetherbee
Posted April 15, 2026 at 5:15pm
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks during the Senate Democrats’ news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Iran war powers resolution blocked for fourth time in Senate

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted April 15, 2026 at 5:13pm
Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., walks through the Cannon Tunnel from the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.

Accountability push turns to Cherfilus-McCormick, Mills 

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 15, 2026 at 4:28pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in the Capitol last month.

Push for surveillance authority reauthorization hits snag in House

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 15, 2026 at 10:23am, Updated at 4:23pm
Progressive organizer Analilia Mejia, here at a news conference outside the Capitol in 2023, is the Democratic nominee in Thursday's special election for New Jersey's 11th District.

North Jersey voters to decide on House successor to Sherrill

By Nick Eskow
Posted April 15, 2026 at 4:19pm
House Ethics Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., is seen during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on May 15, 2025.

‘We can’t wait forever’: Ethics Committee under scrutiny 

By Nina Heller
Posted April 15, 2026 at 3:46pm
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., speaks during a signing ceremony to last year.

Senators spurn budget request for NIH overhead cost cap

By Ariel Cohen
Posted April 15, 2026 at 11:21am
Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., left, and now-Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., arrive to the U.S. Capitol before a House vote in 2021. In the aftermath of Swalwell's resignation, scrutiny has focused on Gallego, a close friend.

As Swalwell fallout continues, Gallego faces scrutiny for friendship

By Nina Heller
Posted April 15, 2026 at 11:15am
President Donald Trump conducts a news conference in the White House briefing room earlier this month.

Republicans attach transgender issues to voter ID push

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 15, 2026 at 11:13am
Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., officially resigned from the House on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Newsom sets summer special election for Swalwell’s seat

By Andrew Menezes
Posted April 15, 2026 at 7:03am

Capitol Ink | USA form 1040

By R.J. Matson
Posted April 15, 2026 at 7:00am

Capitol Lens | Fuller House

By Bill Clark
Posted April 14, 2026 at 8:01pm
Former Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., talks with reporters in 2018. Speier, who retired after the 2022 elections, led the #MeTooCongress movement in 2017 and pushed for accountability for sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill.

In Congress, ‘see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil’

By Valerie Yurk and Nina Heller
Posted April 14, 2026 at 6:10pm
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