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President Donald Trump speaks during a Small Business Summit in the East Room of the White House in May 4.

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Trump upends Senate path on surveillance authority

President hits pause on a DNI pick linked to Section 702 reauthorization

By Savannah Behrmann, Nina Heller and Valerie Yurk
Posted June 17, 2026 at 8:36am, Updated at 1:47pm

D.C. Councilmember Robert White, here at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol in November, is the Democratic nominee for District delegate. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Campaigns

Robert White wins Democratic primary for DC delegate 

By Nina Heller
Posted June 17, 2026 at 1:00am
Georgia Rep. Mike Collins won the Republican primary for Senate on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Campaigns

Trump’s picks win Senate runoffs in Georgia and Alabama

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 16, 2026 at 11:40pm, Updated June 17, 2026 at 1:31am
A Secret Service agent is seen as President Donald Trump talks with reporters on the South Lawn on April 6.

White House

Secret Service disbursements raise questions on ballroom funding

By Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley
Posted June 16, 2026 at 9:21pm
Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., and ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., confer during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 21.

Congress

Housing deal in hand, revised bill cruising toward passage

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted June 16, 2026 at 8:08pm

Capitol Lens | Cold mic

By Bill Clark
Posted June 17, 2026 at 3:08pm
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., who sponsored the public lands fund reauthorization bill, said he hoped to get it to President Donald Trump’s desk by July 4.

Senate committee approves public land reauthorization fund

By David Jordan
Posted June 17, 2026 at 1:58pm, Updated at 2:38pm

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm
Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden, here arriving on his motorcycle at the Capitol in May, faces a Toss-up reelection race. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Rating changes: 11 House races move toward Democrats

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted June 17, 2026 at 2:27pm
Environment and Public Works Chairman Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., have pointed to the multipanel jurisdiction over the highway bill as a reason it is taking longer to write the Senate's version.

‘Time’s a-ticking’ on highway bill, senators acknowledge

By Kelly Livingston
Posted June 16, 2026 at 7:47pm
Maryland Del. Adrian Boafo, left, talks with Rep. Steny H. Hoyer during a news conference in Bowie, Md., in March. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Maryland Democrats slam crypto, AIPAC-linked spending in race for Hoyer’s seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 16, 2026 at 3:56pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives for the Senate Democrats’ lunch meeting Tuesday in the Capitol.

Senate clashes over fate of ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

By Savannah Behrmann and Michael Macagnone
Posted June 16, 2026 at 2:56pm

Capitol Lens | Playing chicken

By Bill Clark
Posted June 16, 2026 at 1:46pm
Left: Sean Astin is pictured at The 32nd Annual Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA held at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on on March 1. Right: Brooke Shields attends the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversation’s “You’re Killing Me”” screening and conversation in New York City on May 18.

Tax code shouldn’t punish working artists

By Sean Astin and Brooke Shields
Posted June 16, 2026 at 11:21am

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am

At the Races: Will Trump run off with it?

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 16, 2026 at 5:00am
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., walks through the Senate subway area in the Capitol with a security detail on June 2.

Congress must review Iran agreement, senators say

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted June 15, 2026 at 9:24pm
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, left, meets Monday with Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general.

Blanche makes Senate visit ahead of confirmation push

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 15, 2026 at 5:25pm
President Donald Trump wears the Olympic gold medal of US speedskater Jordan Stolz as he takes part in an event in Chippewa Falls, Wis., on June 5.

Trump soft pitches take-home pay message

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 15, 2026 at 5:08pm

Capitol Lens | Sun city

By Bill Clark
Posted June 15, 2026 at 4:58pm
Fireworks are seen over the National Mall early Monday morning after the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House.

Fight night: FISA and beyond

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted June 15, 2026 at 3:16pm
John Thune conducts a news conference at the Capitol in May, surrounded by his leadership lieutenants. As the midterms approach, the Senate majority leader is looking back on his first year and a half on the job.

Inside John Thune’s arithmetic

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted June 15, 2026 at 8:24am
Rogers arrives for the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the Defense Department budget on May 12. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Rogers earmarks money for nonprofits he helped launch

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 12, 2026 at 4:24pm
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.

Sporting it out  — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted June 12, 2026 at 3:51pm
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.

Court extends block on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 12, 2026 at 12:59pm
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
President Donald Trump is seen after speaking during a Small Business Summit in the East Room of the White House on May 4.

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

By Jay Hunter and The Hunter Index
Posted June 12, 2026 at 12:01pm
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., talk at a Wednesday roundtable on their college sports bill.

Senate panel sets markup on college sports bill

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