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Gene Simmons is seen in the Senate subway on Tuesday. He appeared at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing with the aim of drumming up support for radio royalties.

Heard on the Hill

‘Let’s rock’: Gene Simmons urges Congress to OK radio royalties 

Proposal to pay artists for AM/FM play has its day in the spotlight

By Nina Heller
Posted December 9, 2025 at 6:04pm

Ohio Rep. Emilia Sykes saw her district become more Democratic under the state's new congressional map. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Campaigns

Good news for House Democrats in latest round of race rating changes

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted December 9, 2025 at 4:09pm
The facade of the Supreme Court building.

Campaigns

Supreme Court mixed on striking down party coordination rule

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 9, 2025 at 2:41pm
Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, will not seek reelection.

Campaigns

Texas Rep. Marc Veasey to run for Tarrant County judge

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 9, 2025 at 5:06am
Former Rep. Tom Perriello, here at a panel discussion in Qatar as the U.S. special envoy to Sudan, is running for Virginia's 5th District again. (Noushad Thekkayil/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Campaigns

Former Rep. Tom Perriello launches comeback bid in Virginia

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 9, 2025 at 1:33pm

Capitol Ink | The polarized express

By R.J. Matson
Posted December 9, 2025 at 7:00am
Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., attends the House Armed Services Committee markup of the defense portion of the budget reconciliation package in April.

Trump threatened to veto NDAA over base names, Rep. Strickland says

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 8, 2025 at 7:44pm

2026 State Legislative Sessions Calendar

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted October 3, 2025 at 10:26am
Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett is running for Senate. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launches Senate run in Texas

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 8, 2025 at 7:29pm
Jared Isaacman, nominee to be NASA administrator, testifies to the Senate Commerce Committee on Dec. 3.

Senate panel advances nominee in his second run to lead NASA

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 8, 2025 at 7:21pm
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the White House on Nov. 6.

Trump pledges executive action to counter state AI laws

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted December 8, 2025 at 6:45pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted November 20, 2025 at 4:08pm
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie is bracing for mutlmillion-dollar attacks from allies of President Donald Trump as he runs for reelection next year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Thomas Massie says he’s ready for pro-Trump onslaught in 2026

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 8, 2025 at 5:50pm
Proximity transmission language in the NDAA falls short of what some had hoped after a fatal midair collision over the Potomac River earlier this year. Above, Apache helicopters fly past the Washington Monument on June 14.

NDAA makes exceptions on DC military flight restrictions

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 8, 2025 at 5:14pm
Architect Frank Gehry and Rocco Siciliano, chairman of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, talk with reporters during a press conference about the memorial for President Eisenhower in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2010.

Frank Gehry’s Washington legacy: The Eisenhower Memorial

By Jason Dick
Posted December 8, 2025 at 5:05pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Sunday.

Trump will talk prices at Pennsylvania stop as ally says he has few quick-fix options

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 8, 2025 at 3:17pm, Updated at 4:17pm
Vice President JD Vance was among the Republicans who filed the campaign finance challenge when he was a senator.

Supreme Court to hear arguments on campaign finance limits

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 8, 2025 at 3:48pm
Books by Andrew Lawler, Zaakir Tameez, Thomas Pynchon, Walter Isaacson, Beth Macy and Ruth Bloch Rubin made our annual list of recommendations from Capitol Hill denizens.

Hill insiders share favorite books of 2025

By Nina Heller
Posted December 8, 2025 at 2:55pm
The Supreme Court building.

Supreme Court sounds open to presidential firing of agency officials

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 8, 2025 at 2:30pm
The bill would increase the number of authorized Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps units. Above, JROTC members march in a parade in Boston on Nov. 9.

Automatic draft registration, recruiting tweaks included in NDAA

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted December 8, 2025 at 1:46pm, Updated at 2:29pm

Capitol Lens | Foggy top

By Bill Clark
Posted December 8, 2025 at 2:24pm
Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, R-Ga., is seen at a markup in May.

In the Spotlight: Earl L. ‘Buddy’ Carter

By Nick Eskow
Posted December 8, 2025 at 1:37pm
Gene L. Dodaro, U.S. comptroller general, testifies during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on pandemic relief spending on Feb. 1, 2023.

Congress must become a champion guard dog to defend its watchdog

By Steven L. Katz
Posted December 8, 2025 at 12:51pm
Former Rep. Colin Allred is running for Texas' redrawn 33rd District.

Former Texas Rep. Colin Allred will run for House instead of Senate

By Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 8, 2025 at 12:34pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer has made the expiring ACA subsidies a frequent talking point and line of criticism directed at Republicans.

Why a deal isn’t coming together on health care

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted December 8, 2025 at 6:00am
The House-Senate agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026 reaches the House floor this week.

This week: Defense authorization deal headlines floor action in Congress

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 8, 2025 at 5:26am
Voters stand in long lines in November to cast their ballots in the Proposition 50 special election on redistricting in California.

Supreme Court’s Texas map ruling could spark redistricting race

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 5, 2025 at 4:37pm
Indiana Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, left, represents a Gary-anchored seat that would become redder under the new Republican-drawn map. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Indiana House passes new Republican-drawn congressional map

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 5, 2025 at 4:22pm
Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett won’t seek reelection next year.

Doggett calls it quits after Supreme Court sanctions new Texas map

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 5, 2025 at 4:14pm
An Architect of the Capitol worker uses a leaf blower to clear leaves in front of the Supreme Court building on Monday.

Rush shower — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted December 5, 2025 at 3:50pm
The State Department building in Washington.

Judge temporarily blocks State Department layoffs

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 5, 2025 at 2:52pm
Activists begin to gather with signs at the Supreme Court in May before the court heard oral arguments on one part of President Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship executive order.

Supreme Court will review Trump’s birthright citizenship order

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 5, 2025 at 2:42pm
President Donald Trump attends a meeting of his Cabinet at the White House on Tuesday.

Democrats question Trump’s stamina after he appears to nod off in public

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 5, 2025 at 1:20pm
Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith and Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan attend a news conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday to announce the arrest of Brian Cole Jr., who allegedly placed pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee offices the night before Jan. 6, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | December 1-4, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 5, 2025 at 9:48am
Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., said he would remove his hold on the Interior-Environment spending bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Firefighting plan that tripped up spending package back on track

By Aris Folley
Posted December 5, 2025 at 5:49am
The Supreme Court building is seen at dawn.

Supreme Court lets Texas use GOP-redrawn congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 4, 2025 at 6:56pm

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