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A military body bearer team carries Sen. Lindsey Graham’s casket down the Capitol steps on Tuesday, after a ceremony in the Rotunda. The South Carolina Republican died July 11.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham leaves the Capitol a final time

Colleagues honor the late senator at a Rotunda memorial

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 28, 2026 at 1:04pm

Sexual harassment is still a problem on Capitol Hill, many say, and changes haven’t come overnight. Above, staffers walk through the Capitol rotunda in 2021.

Heard on the Hill

No quick fix for sexual misconduct in the House

By Nina Heller
Posted July 28, 2026 at 12:08pm
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth conduct a news conference in the White House briefing room on April 6.

Congress

Bipartisan headwinds buffet $1B ‘anomaly’ for Trump battleship

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 27, 2026 at 8:22pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, seen here in June, is fielding calls to keep the Senate in session during August.

Congress

Trump to Senate: Cancel August recess

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted July 27, 2026 at 5:16pm, Updated at 6:20pm
Senate GOP leaders want to focus on passing a stopgap funding measure while President Donald Trump seeks action on voting restrictions.

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Funding patch expands

By Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted July 27, 2026 at 3:07pm
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, here at a 2024 rally in Pittsburgh, is favored to win a second term this fall. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

4 gubernatorial races that could affect the House majority

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 28, 2026 at 1:58pm, Updated at 5:38pm
The casket of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham sits inside the Washington National Cathedral as President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and members of the first family look on during a Tuesday funeral service. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

‘No one like Lindsey’: Washington, world leaders mourn Sen. Graham

By Savannah Behrmann and John T. Bennett
Posted July 28, 2026 at 5:15pm

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm
Roy Cooper speaks on the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

As Roy Cooper leads in polls, Democrats aren’t measuring the drapes yet

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 28, 2026 at 4:39pm
Maine state Auditor Matt Dunlap, the Democratic nominee for the state's 2nd District, attends the party's nominating convention in Bangor on Saturday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Matt Dunlap says he’d welcome DCCC support in battleground Maine district

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 28, 2026 at 2:26pm
“I have a very specific niche within the president’s orbit, which is congressional politics,” says Rep. Brian Jack, seen here at a House hearing last year.

How Trump’s political director came to Congress

By Jackie Wang
Posted July 28, 2026 at 12:00pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

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

At the Races: Like father, like daughter?

By Nick Eskow, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 28, 2026 at 5:00am
President Donald Trump boards Marine One on Monday on the Ellipse near the White House en route to Michigan. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

After insults at WHCD, Trump touts economic record in Michigan

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 27, 2026 at 5:03pm

Capitol Lens | Mall wonder

By Tom Williams
Posted July 27, 2026 at 4:54pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., listens as President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives for a Senate GOP lunch meeting in the Capitol on June 24.

Trump-Thune tensions boil, but GOP leader seen as safe — for now

By John T. Bennett and Savannah Behrmann
Posted July 27, 2026 at 5:00am
House members have already headed home for their summer break, leaving nothing but jet fumes behind. With this weekend marking 100 days until the midterms, some jumped right into campaign mode.

Out of sight, out of mind? Not this August

By Valerie Yurk and Nina Heller
Posted July 27, 2026 at 5:00am
Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson greets delegates at the nominating convention in Bangor after becoming the new Democratic nominee to take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

Maine Democrats pick Troy Jackson to replace Platner as Senate nominee

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 25, 2026 at 1:41pm
Al Pacino plays Michael Corleone in a still from the film "The Godfather Part II."

‘Godfather’ 1 or 2?  — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted July 24, 2026 at 4:51pm
President Donald Trump rings the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq during the launch of Trump investment accounts in the Oval Office of the White House on July 6. Trump accounts are a new type of tax-deferred investment account for children.

The dubious rags to riches promise of Trump accounts

By FactCheck.org
Posted July 24, 2026 at 1:21pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Thursday, as House members headed home for August recess.

Wrapup: House hustles home while Senate stays the course

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted July 24, 2026 at 11:27am
A dragonfly buzzes the House steps during the last votes before the August recess on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | July 17-23, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 24, 2026 at 10:50am
From left, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar are seen at a news conference in Washington in April. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

DCCC targets Republican-held seats with digital ad to mark 100 days till midterms

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 24, 2026 at 6:00am
Bill sponsor Ted Lieu, D-Calif., says the legislation is needed to prevent AI systems from causing "catastrophic harm."

AI companies would need ‘kill switch’ under new bipartisan bill

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted July 23, 2026 at 6:24pm

At the Races: Seeing blue in Georgia

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 23, 2026 at 4:10pm

Capitol Lens | Trophy life

By Bill Clark
Posted July 23, 2026 at 3:35pm
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, here as a congressman at a news conference in Washington in 2017, is running for Senate.

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford enters race for Graham’s seat

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 23, 2026 at 3:20pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters as he leaves the Senate floor on July 14. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump’s ‘patience is running out’ with Thune over SAVE Act, Leavitt says

By Savannah Behrmann and John T. Bennett
Posted July 23, 2026 at 2:33pm
Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I. and Angus King, I-Maine, chat at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on July 16.

Trump linked Iran’s Hormuz attacks, midterms. Senators have doubts

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 23, 2026 at 1:15pm
Fitzpatrick was one of four Republicans to vote in favor of the war powers resolution Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Congress splits on two war powers resolution votes

By Rebecca Kheel and John M. Donnelly
Posted July 23, 2026 at 11:37am
Former Arizona state Rep. Amish Shah, here during a rally in Phoenix in November 2024, is the Democratic nominee for the state's 1st District (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Amish Shah wins Democratic nod for key Arizona seat over DCCC-backed rival

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 23, 2026 at 7:24am
Senate Banking Digital Assets Subcommittee Chair Cynthia Lummis, seen here on July 15, released the updated text.

Revised GOP crypto package doesn’t assuage Democrats’ concerns

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted July 22, 2026 at 7:57pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives in the Capitol on Monday.

GOP budget blueprint adopted in House as Senate resists

By Aris Folley
Posted July 22, 2026 at 6:38pm
President Donald Trump arrives Wednesday to speak at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Ga. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump in Georgia: Ossoff, Democrats ‘want to let the Marxists into power’

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 22, 2026 at 6:26pm
Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., seen in the House chamber in January 2025, chairs the House Administration Committee.

Congressional stock-trading bill passes the House

By Nina Heller
Posted July 22, 2026 at 5:29pm, Updated at 6:10pm
Jay Clayton, nominee to be director of national intelligence, arrives for his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on July 15.

Jay Clayton heads toward DNI confirmation vote 

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted July 22, 2026 at 5:25pm
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