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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.

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Paxton defeat of Cornyn highlights Texas runoff night

Lone Star State scrambled by mid-decade redistricting

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

A redistricting push targeted the seat of Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., seen here outside the Capitol.

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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.

Campaigns

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)

Congress

Hantavirus, Ebola highlight political division over disease

By Ariel Cohen and Savannah Behrmann
Posted May 26, 2026 at 5:40am
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche angered GOP senators who punted on their reconciliation bill.

Podcasts

Immigration funding bill derailed

By Aris Folley, Jacob Fulton and David Lerman
Posted May 26, 2026 at 5:07pm

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

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm
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

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
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

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
“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
Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, here at a hearing in 2023, tops CQ Roll Call's latest list of the top most vulnerable House members. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

The 10 most vulnerable House members, less than 6 months from Election Day

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted May 21, 2026 at 5:00am
A range of lawmakers are moving to change their internal office policies to limit what staffers can do on platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket.

Will the House ban staff from prediction markets? These members aren’t waiting

By Nina Heller
Posted May 20, 2026 at 5:48pm
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., arrives for a vote in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

Trump’s influence on GOP primaries spurs ‘pretty sour’ feelings

By Jacob Fulton and Valerie Yurk
Posted May 20, 2026 at 5:47pm
Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, left, and MPD officer Daniel Hodges, listen to former special counsel Jack Smith testify during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Jan. 22. The two have sued to block the Trump administration from making payments out of the fund, arguing it would be used to “finance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups.”

‘Anti-weaponization fund’ mobilizes resistance among Democrats

By Ryan Tarinelli and Aris Folley
Posted May 20, 2026 at 5:47pm
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, talks with reporters on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. President Donald Trump endorsed Cornyn’s opponent Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate primary.

No, it’s not an anti-incumbent election, Volume 4

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted May 20, 2026 at 4:53pm
Senate Banking Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., left, and ranking member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.

House passes housing bill still at odds with Senate version

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted May 20, 2026 at 4:22pm
Bill Miller, CEO of the American Gaming Association, speaks with former GOP Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, a senior adviser at The Coalition for Prediction Markets, before Wednesday's hearing.

Tensions over prediction markets dominate Senate hearing

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted May 20, 2026 at 4:17pm
President Donald Trump speaks during a Small Business Summit in the East Room of the White House on May 4, 2026.

Judge rules that Trump cannot ignore Presidential Records Act

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 20, 2026 at 4:16pm

Capitol Lens | Sign language

By Tom Williams
Posted May 20, 2026 at 4:02pm
Former Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., speaks during a bill enrollment ceremony in 2022 after the House passed the Respect for Marriage Act, which mandates federal protections for same-sex marriage. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Former Rep. Barney Frank dead at 86

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 20, 2026 at 11:19am
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, says for him, the key is “having honest conversations with folks, being able to communicate that you’re not an extremist one way or the other.”

Where have all the Blue Dogs gone? Ask Vicente Gonzalez

By Jackie Wang
Posted May 20, 2026 at 11:04am
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