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White House

Trump orders strikes on Iran nuclear targets, including key facility

Attacks left sites 'completely and totally obliterated,' president says

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 21, 2025 at 9:28pm, Updated at 11:03pm

The facade of the Supreme Court building.

Policy

Supreme Court allows civil lawsuits against Palestinian groups

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 20, 2025 at 11:58am
California National Guard members stand outside a federal building in Santa Ana, Calif., on Wednesday. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Policy

Appeals court backs Trump control of National Guard in LA, for now

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 20, 2025 at 10:01am
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Congress

Senate GOP mulls shielding rural hospitals from Medicaid cuts

By Sandhya Raman and Jessie Hellmann
Posted June 20, 2025 at 6:02am
A girl makes a face for a photo as tanks roll down Constitution Avenue Northwest during the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary parade, which was also President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday, on June 14.

Heard on the Hill

Photos of the week | June 13-19, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 20, 2025 at 9:13am
Tanks roll down Constitution Avenue Northwest in Washington on June 14 during the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary parade.

‘Two weeks’: GOP hawks left twisting on Iran after Trump resorts to familiar crutch

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 20, 2025 at 1:55pm
Then-Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., speaks about his amendment as then-Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., listens during a 2010 Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee markup.

American businesses need a stable and competitive tax rate

By Blanche Lincoln and Saxby Chambliss
Posted June 20, 2025 at 9:05am

Transcripts of presidential remarks and congressional hearings within 60 minutes

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted June 13, 2025 at 3:33pm
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, center, testifies with other intelligence leaders before the House Intelligence Committee on March 26.

Fact-checking Trump, Gabbard comments on Iran nuclear capability

By FactCheck.org
Posted June 20, 2025 at 8:54am
Activists for and against trans rights protest outside the Supreme Court in December, before oral arguments in a case about a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors.

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee youth transgender care ban

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 18, 2025 at 11:49am, Updated at 6:47pm
New York Democratic Reps. Jerrold Nadler, right, and Dan Goldman speak at a news conference Wednesday at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan after being barred from entering and inspecting Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding cells.

DHS tightens protocol for lawmaker visits to immigration facilities

By Chris Johnson
Posted June 18, 2025 at 5:46pm

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday on the Biden administration use of the autopen.

Senate Republicans echo Trump allegations on Biden autopen use

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 18, 2025 at 4:09pm

At the Races: The politics of war

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted June 18, 2025 at 3:15pm
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as workers install a large flag pole on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

On Iran strikes messaging, Trump aides opt to run it up the flagpole

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 18, 2025 at 3:07pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Former Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, R-N.Y., testifies Wednesday during his confirmation hearing for inspector general of the Department of Labor.

Anthony D’Esposito looks to go from cop to congressman to inspector general

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 18, 2025 at 2:45pm
Capitol Police officers direct a jogger away from the Senate Plaza on Tuesday. The department has placed the plaza in restricted mode as a security measure.

‘We need more money’: Lawmakers call for security boost after Minnesota killings

By Justin Papp and Jim Saksa
Posted June 17, 2025 at 5:56pm, Updated June 18, 2025 at 1:45pm
The Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund would lose the ability to pay full benefits to retirees starting in the first quarter of 2033.

Outlook darkens for Social Security, Medicare solvency

By Caitlin Reilly and Jessie Hellmann
Posted June 18, 2025 at 1:40pm

Capitol Ink | Hit parade

By R.J. Matson
Posted June 18, 2025 at 1:16pm
New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer reads Roll Call on March 12, 2016, as he arrives for a policy luncheon in the Capitol.

Capitol Lens | The eyes have it

By Chris Hale
Posted June 18, 2025 at 7:30am
Sen. Josh Hawley has pushed back on other cuts to Medicaid, but asked whether he was concerned about people inadvertently losing coverage due to paperwork or systems issues with the work program, he said simply, “I’m for work requirements.”

Medicaid work requirements pose huge challenges for states

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted June 18, 2025 at 7:02am
Massachusetts Rep. Silvio Conte sits in his red car named “The Judge” outside of the Capitol in 1989.

Capitol Lens | It’s been a Hill of a ride, so far

By Chris Hale
Posted June 18, 2025 at 6:30am
Elections analyst Nathan L. Gonzales' journey at Roll Call began in 2001. (CQ Roll Call file photo)

Amid change, Roll Call endures

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted June 18, 2025 at 6:15am
Christina Bellantoni and the group of USC Annenberg students she brought to Washington, seen at the Capitol.

Congress might be dysfunctional, but it remains a community

By Christina Bellantoni
Posted June 18, 2025 at 6:00am
The original "ROLL CALL" sign at the first office.

Roll Call goes platinum

By Jason Dick
Posted June 18, 2025 at 5:30am
Then-Senate Appropriations Chairman Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., is pictured in 2008. (Scott J. Ferrell/CQ archives)

Why reconciliation is a ‘privilege’ for lawmakers, not a right

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 18, 2025 at 5:00am
Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., walks to the Senate floor after the Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on June 3.

Senate passes stablecoin bill

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted June 17, 2025 at 7:57pm
Olympic swimmer Katie McLaughlin arrives to testify before a Senate subpanel about the World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday.

Faster, higher, stronger? Senators probe anti-doping group ahead of LA Games

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 17, 2025 at 7:38pm
Contests on June 28 will determine the nominees for the special election to succeed the late Virginia Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Candidates face sprint to nomination in special election for Connolly’s seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 17, 2025 at 6:30pm
National Guardsmen stand outside of the Edward Roybal Federal Building on June 9 in Los Angeles. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

Appeals court weighs California’s challenge to Trump troop move

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 17, 2025 at 5:33pm

Capitol Ink | Warning

By R.J. Matson
Posted June 17, 2025 at 4:40pm
President Donald Trump, here on the White House South Lawn on June 9, is facing criticism from his base over potential U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict.

As MAGA base grows anxious, Trump warns Iran’s supreme leader is ‘easy target’

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 17, 2025 at 2:54pm
Former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., attends a Senate hearing in March 2024, before he resigned.

Former Sen. Bob Menendez starts prison term in corruption case

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 17, 2025 at 12:09pm
Former Iowa state Rep. Christina Bohannan is running for Congress.

Iowa Democrat launches third challenge to vulnerable GOP Rep. Miller-Meeks

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 17, 2025 at 7:01am, Updated at 8:54am
Smoke rises from locations targeted in Tehran on Sunday, the third day of Israel's military strikes against the country.

Trump departs G7 summit early after warning Tehran should be evacuated

By John T. Bennett and Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 16, 2025 at 8:55pm, Updated June 17, 2025 at 5:42am
Shootings of lawmakers in Minnesota have unnerved members of Congress, especially as some of their names appeared on lists connected to the alleged killer. Above, a Capitol Police officer is seen in Upper Senate Park in February.

Security concerns shake Congress in the wake of Minnesota slayings

By Justin Papp
Posted June 16, 2025 at 6:56pm

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