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President Donald Trump is seen after speaking during a Small Business Summit in the East Room of the White House on May 4.

White House

Trump’s Wallet: From golf clubs to crypto, a decade of presidential finances

How a president's financial portfolio evolved during his years in office

By The Hunter Index
Posted June 12, 2026 at 12:01pm

Rogers arrives for the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the Defense Department budget on May 12. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress

Rogers earmarks money for nonprofits he helped launch

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 12, 2026 at 4:24pm
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., talk at a Wednesday roundtable on their college sports bill.

Congress

Senate panel sets markup on college sports bill

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 12, 2026 at 11:52am
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 May.

Policy

Court extends block on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 12, 2026 at 12:59pm
Republican Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, dives to tag out Democratic Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., at third base during the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on June 10, 2026.

Video

Sporting it out  — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted June 12, 2026 at 3:51pm
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., standing at center, and other senators pose for photos with staffers in the Ohio Clock Corridor of the Capitol during the annual Seersucker Thursday. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., also appear.

Photos of the week | June 5-11, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 12, 2026 at 12:21pm
Workers prepare for the reopening of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 8. The pool is expected to be open by the Fourth of July.

Trump exaggerates previous spending on Reflecting Pool

By FactCheck.org
Posted June 12, 2026 at 11:02am

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., arrives for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department’s budget request on April 30.

Prior backing for fertility care reversed in Senate panel’s NDAA

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 12, 2026 at 6:00am
Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, left, introduced the online platforms competition bill with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., is a co-sponsor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Online competition measure again draws industry opposition

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted June 12, 2026 at 6:00am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Thursday.

Senate plans fast action on Trump’s DNI pick

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted June 11, 2026 at 7:36pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., speaks to reporters as he leaves the House Republican Conference caucus meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

Top GOP appropriators dominate earmarks in House bills

By Peter Cohn and Ryan Kelly
Posted June 11, 2026 at 5:00am, Updated at 6:19pm
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and James W. Crawford III, president of Texas Southern University, at a roundtable on college sports legislation on Wednesday.

College sports bill authors making pitch to Black caucus

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 11, 2026 at 5:55pm
Staffers for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., move Marty the Moose and Kodak the Bear into the lobby of her Hart Building office on Tuesday.

As senators depart, will their traditions endure? 

By Nina Heller
Posted June 11, 2026 at 5:06pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Mukasey argues letting Section 702 expire would spur a drastic erosion to national security.

Turning down the lights on US surveillance authorities at a time of peril

By Michael B. Mukasey and Jamil N. Jaffer
Posted June 11, 2026 at 4:56pm
Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., talks with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during a swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. Gallagher replaced the late Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif.

James Gallagher sworn in to finish LaMalfa’s term in the House

By Nick Eskow
Posted June 10, 2026 at 5:03pm, Updated June 11, 2026 at 3:57pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is seen on the House steps of the Capitol during the last votes of the week on Thursday.

House vote puts surveillance authority on path to lapse

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 11, 2026 at 3:42pm

At the Races: Eyes on the ball and the ballot

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted June 11, 2026 at 3:30pm
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined with Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on the bill to address complaints about government censorship. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Bipartisan bill targets government censorship threats

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted June 11, 2026 at 11:50am
Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., seen here at the Capitol last month, made it to the later rounds of Wednesday night’s spelling bee, with a “parliamentary inquiry” along the way. But the press was ultimately victorious.

Orthographic glitterati? Press beat politicians at annual spelling bee

By Nick Eskow
Posted June 11, 2026 at 7:08am

Capitol Ink | The big stage

By R.J. Matson
Posted June 11, 2026 at 7:00am
The exposed lake bed of the Great Salt Lake is seen on May 15 from the site where the Stratos Project, a proposed data center, will be built in Utah’s Box Elder County. Supported by celebrity investor Kevin O'Leary, the proposal has met strong opposition from scientists, environmental groups and citizens who fear it could have a potentially devastating impact on wildlife and the water level of the lake.

A data center caused an uproar in Utah. Congress is watching (and waiting)

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted June 11, 2026 at 6:00am
Rep. Brad Finstad, R-Minn., snags a ground ball in the first inning of the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park in Washington on Wednesday.

GOP brings home sixth Congressional Baseball Game in a row

By Hunter Savery
Posted June 10, 2026 at 9:55pm
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., talks with reporters outside the Capitol on Tuesday.

Democrats rebuff Trump pitch on surveillance authority

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted June 10, 2026 at 5:05pm, Updated at 7:01pm
Donald Trump gestures to supporters as he appears at an election night watch party in Columbia, S.C., in 2024 alongside South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump continues to hold sway in Republican primaries

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 10, 2026 at 6:06pm
A supporter of Graham Platner holds a campaign sign as the Democratic Senate candidate speaks during his election night event Tuesday in Blue Hill, Maine. (CJ Gunther/Getty Images)

Democrats stick by Platner with Senate control on the line

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 10, 2026 at 5:40pm
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and ranking member Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., support legislation related to conflict in Sudan.

Lawmakers launch bipartisan efforts to address Sudan civil war

By Kristina Karisch
Posted June 10, 2026 at 5:06pm
Derek Mason, head football coach at Middle Tennessee State University; James Crawford III, president of Texas Southern University; Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas; and Charles Huff, head football coach at the University of Memphis talk Wednesday after a Senate Commerce Committee roundtable on college sports legislation.

College sports bill sparks unusual alliances

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 10, 2026 at 3:57pm
Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner speaks at his election night event in Blue Hill, Maine, on Tuesday. (CJ Gunther/Getty Images)

6 takeaways halfway through primary season

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted June 10, 2026 at 3:46pm
Architect of the Capitol Thomas Austin is seen outside the Capitol in 2024.

They want to rebuild Rayburn. First, they have to build enough support

By Nina Heller
Posted June 10, 2026 at 3:12pm
Rep. Doris Matsui will face fellow Democrat Mai Vang in the general election for California's 7th District.

More fall House matchups set in California

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 10, 2026 at 2:53pm
Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., is seen in the Capitol on March 10.

Transportation safety technology drawing interest in Congress

By Kelly Livingston
Posted June 10, 2026 at 12:52pm
Regina Wallace-Jones, CEO of ActBlue, appears at the House Administration Committee hearing Wednesday.

ActBlue CEO invokes Fifth Amendment to lawmakers 

By Nina Heller
Posted June 10, 2026 at 12:48pm
Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., at a hearing in 2024.

Prior authorization bill now eligible for House fast track

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted June 10, 2026 at 11:47am
People are seen in a mirror as they check in and fill out ballots during early voting at the Garners Ferry Adult Activity Center on May 26 in Hopkins, S.C.

Unhappy independents will decide this election

By David Winston
Posted June 10, 2026 at 11:22am
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