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Republicans are targeting the seats of Reps. Angie Craig and Chris Pappas, center, while Democrats have eyes on Rep. Andy Barr's seat. All three lawmakers are running for Senate. (Bill Clark/Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Campaigns

As House members run for Senate, their seats become prime targets

Districts in Minnesota, New Hampshire and Kentucky could be more competitive this cycle

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 21, 2025 at 8:01pm

Donald Trump, here at an October campaign rally in Coachella, Calif., made gains in all 52 congressional districts in the Golden State, especially in Hispanic-majority ones.

Campaigns

Republican gains among Latino voters face 2026 test in California

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 21, 2025 at 5:01pm
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D-Va., died after a resurgence of esophageal cancer, his family announced Wednesday.

Congress

Virginia Rep. Gerald Connolly dies after cancer returns

By Niels Lesniewski and Daniela Altimari
Posted May 21, 2025 at 9:12am, Updated at 3:32pm
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, compared putting states in charge of certain national parks to “me putting my kids in charge of the upkeep for the house that I own.” She is shown in the Capitol earlier in May.

Policy

Senate panel wary of states managing National Park sites

By David Jordan
Posted May 21, 2025 at 5:05pm
The office of Rep. Nancy Pelosi features a sign notifying visitors that recording is not permitted without prior authorization from staff.

Heard on the Hill

No cameras, please: Some offices in Congress warn visitors not to film

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 21, 2025 at 6:33pm

Capitol Lens | Hearing the sad news

By Tom Williams
Posted May 21, 2025 at 3:30pm
Education Secretary Linda McMahon testifies during the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the Education Department of Education’s proposed budget on Wednesday.

McMahon lays out Education Department ‘final mission’ to House appropriators

By Jacob Fulton
Posted May 21, 2025 at 3:26pm

Separate signal from noise in energy policy

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 19, 2025 at 4:57pm
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, left, and House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., along with other Freedom Caucus members speak to reporters about the reconciliation bill talks in the Capitol on Wednesday.

GOP budget vote goes down to the wire amid conservative pushback

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted May 21, 2025 at 12:13pm, Updated at 1:45pm
President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talk with reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday, as House Republicans tried to land their budget reconciliation plan.

Republicans must ensure 2026 isn’t 2018

By David Winston
Posted May 21, 2025 at 11:23am
Democratic Rep. Jared Golden is seeking another term representing Maine's 2nd District.

Jared Golden opts for reelection bid over statewide campaign in Maine

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 20, 2025 at 7:30am, Updated at 6:29pm

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
Sen. Rand Paul talks with reporters in the Capitol on April 1.

Sen. Rand Paul questions border wall funding level needs

By Chris Johnson
Posted May 20, 2025 at 5:44pm
As the Department of Justice negotiates a settlement in the wrongful death suit brought by Ashli Babbitt’s family, Democrats and police say it sends the wrong message to law enforcement. Above, rioters stand on a police vehicle near the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Ashli Babbitt settlement sends ‘sickening’ message to police, Dems say

By Justin Papp
Posted May 20, 2025 at 5:41pm
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., arrives to testify during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing titled "FY2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget,” in Dirksen building on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Senate appropriators grill Kennedy on biomedical research

By Sandhya Raman
Posted May 20, 2025 at 5:21pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares to testify during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the State Department fiscal 2026 budget proposal on Tuesday.

Rubio defends State Department reorganization in Hill testimony

By Mark Satter
Posted May 20, 2025 at 5:20pm

Capitol Lens | Putting the ‘shh’ in Schumer

By Tom Williams
Posted May 20, 2025 at 4:38pm
Former Missouri Republican Rep. Billy Long, nominated to be commissioner of the IRS, testifies during his confirmation hearing at the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday.

Trump IRS nominee grilled over ties to fraudulent tax credits

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted May 20, 2025 at 4:23pm
Still from body cam footage showing Rep. LaMonica McIver's contact with a federal immigration officer.

Complaint says Rep. LaMonica McIver struck agents with forearms

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 20, 2025 at 2:38pm
President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., talk with reporters before a House Republican Conference meeting on the budget reconciliation bill in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Trump doesn’t satisfy GOP holdouts as budget bill talks drag on

By Caitlin Reilly, Lia DeGroot, Jessie Hellmann and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 20, 2025 at 2:16pm

Capitol Ink | A big beautiful downgrade

By R.J. Matson
Posted May 20, 2025 at 7:00am
Christina Bellantoni, front, center, led these USC Annenberg students on a trip to Washington in 2023, and is back this week with a different group

Hello, DC! Let’s show these 20-somethings our best this week

By Christina Bellantoni
Posted May 20, 2025 at 6:00am
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., said bill revisions addressed many of his concerns.

With Democrats in support, Senate crosses hurdle on stablecoins

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted May 19, 2025 at 10:34pm
Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center in February.

Rep. LaMonica McIver charged over immigration facility altercation

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 19, 2025 at 9:17pm

Capitol Lens | Night moves

By Tom Williams
Posted May 19, 2025 at 4:55pm
Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., flipped his seat last fall in a closely watched race, unseating Yadira Caraveo.

Gabe Evans still wears his police boots in Congress

By Justin Papp
Posted May 19, 2025 at 4:02pm
Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters as he arrives for the meeting in Speaker Johnson’s office with Republican House members on the reconciliation package on May 15.

In the Spotlight: Nick LaLota

By Nick Eskow
Posted May 19, 2025 at 3:18pm
A stop sign outside the US Institute of Peace in Washington in March.

Judge reverses Trump administration takeover of Institute of Peace

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 19, 2025 at 3:13pm
President Donald Trump, seen on the South Lawn of the White House on May 12, has some strong feelings about Broadway plays. Maybe that's because he helped finance one himself, Wetherbee writes.

Can a musical that flopped on Broadway save PBS?

By Brandon Wetherbee
Posted May 19, 2025 at 2:37pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing this month.

Supreme Court allows US to remove protections for Venezuelans

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 19, 2025 at 2:34pm
House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, face some daunting historical trends in next year's midterm elections, Gonzales writes.

House Republicans need to break some streaks to hold their majority in 2026

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted May 19, 2025 at 1:51pm
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., warned that the Trump administration would have its way with the Army Corps of Engineers budget, at the expense of political foes. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Red states win, blue states lose in Army Corps spending plan

By Aidan Quigley
Posted May 19, 2025 at 1:43pm
A spokesperson for the Government Accountability Office said it has “declined any requests” to have a team assigned to it from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

DOGE attempt at GAO is ‘intrusion’ into legislative branch, Dems say

By Jim Saksa
Posted May 16, 2025 at 6:29pm, Updated May 19, 2025 at 12:40pm
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., talks with reporters outside the Capitol Hill Club after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

Members vexed by Cyber Command turmoil

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 19, 2025 at 11:44am
Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, right, Ralph Norman, R-S.C., center, and Jack Bergman, R-Mich., arrive for the House Budget Committee markup on Sunday night.

This week: Reconciliation bill back on track, at least for now

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 19, 2025 at 6:56am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives at the Cannon House Office Building to meet with Republican members of the House Budget Committee before a markup Sunday.

House Budget panel approves reconciliation package on second try

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted May 18, 2025 at 10:53pm, Updated May 19, 2025 at 12:16am

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