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Proximity transmission language in the NDAA falls short of what some had hoped after a fatal midair collision over the Potomac River earlier this year. Above, Apache helicopters fly past the Washington Monument on June 14.

Congress

NDAA makes exceptions on DC military flight restrictions

Some had hoped to see stricter language after this year’s deadly collision over the Potomac River

By Valerie Yurk
Posted December 8, 2025 at 5:14pm

The bill would increase the number of authorized Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps units. Above, JROTC members march in a parade in Boston on Nov. 9.

Policy

Automatic draft registration, recruiting tweaks included in NDAA

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted December 8, 2025 at 1:46pm, Updated at 2:29pm
The Supreme Court building.

Policy

Supreme Court sounds open to presidential firing of agency officials

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 8, 2025 at 2:30pm
Vice President JD Vance was among the Republicans who filed the campaign finance challenge when he was a senator.

Campaigns

Supreme Court to hear arguments on campaign finance limits

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 8, 2025 at 3:48pm
Architect Frank Gehry and Rocco Siciliano, chairman of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, talk with reporters during a press conference about the memorial for President Eisenhower in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2010.

Heard on the Hill

Frank Gehry’s Washington legacy: The Eisenhower Memorial

By Jason Dick
Posted December 8, 2025 at 5:05pm
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie is bracing for mutlmillion-dollar attacks from allies of President Donald Trump as he runs for reelection next year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Thomas Massie says he’s ready for pro-Trump onslaught in 2026

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 8, 2025 at 5:50pm
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Sunday.

Trump will talk prices at Pennsylvania stop as ally says he has few quick-fix options

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 8, 2025 at 3:17pm, Updated at 4:17pm

2026 State Legislative Sessions Calendar

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted October 3, 2025 at 10:26am
Books by Andrew Lawler, Zaakir Tameez, Thomas Pynchon, Walter Isaacson, Beth Macy and Ruth Bloch Rubin made our annual list of recommendations from Capitol Hill denizens.

Hill insiders share favorite books of 2025

By Nina Heller
Posted December 8, 2025 at 2:55pm

Capitol Lens | Foggy top

By Bill Clark
Posted December 8, 2025 at 2:24pm
Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, R-Ga., is seen at a markup in May.

In the Spotlight: Earl L. ‘Buddy’ Carter

By Nick Eskow
Posted December 8, 2025 at 1:37pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted November 20, 2025 at 4:08pm
Gene L. Dodaro, U.S. comptroller general, testifies during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on pandemic relief spending on Feb. 1, 2023.

Congress must become a champion guard dog to defend its watchdog

By Steven L. Katz
Posted December 8, 2025 at 12:51pm
Former Rep. Colin Allred is running for Texas' redrawn 33rd District.

Former Texas Rep. Colin Allred will run for House instead of Senate

By Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 8, 2025 at 12:34pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer has made the expiring ACA subsidies a frequent talking point and line of criticism directed at Republicans.

Why a deal isn’t coming together on health care

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted December 8, 2025 at 6:00am

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
The House-Senate agreement on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026 reaches the House floor this week.

This week: Defense authorization deal headlines floor action in Congress

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 8, 2025 at 5:26am
Voters stand in long lines in November to cast their ballots in the Proposition 50 special election on redistricting in California.

Supreme Court’s Texas map ruling could spark redistricting race

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 5, 2025 at 4:37pm
Indiana Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, left, represents a Gary-anchored seat that would become redder under the new Republican-drawn map. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Indiana House passes new Republican-drawn congressional map

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 5, 2025 at 4:22pm
Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett won’t seek reelection next year.

Doggett calls it quits after Supreme Court sanctions new Texas map

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 5, 2025 at 4:14pm
An Architect of the Capitol worker uses a leaf blower to clear leaves in front of the Supreme Court building on Monday.

Rush shower — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted December 5, 2025 at 3:50pm
The State Department building in Washington.

Judge temporarily blocks State Department layoffs

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 5, 2025 at 2:52pm
Activists begin to gather with signs at the Supreme Court in May before the court heard oral arguments on one part of President Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship executive order.

Supreme Court will review Trump’s birthright citizenship order

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 5, 2025 at 2:42pm
President Donald Trump attends a meeting of his Cabinet at the White House on Tuesday.

Democrats question Trump’s stamina after he appears to nod off in public

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 5, 2025 at 1:20pm
Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith and Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan attend a news conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday to announce the arrest of Brian Cole Jr., who allegedly placed pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee offices the night before Jan. 6, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | December 1-4, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 5, 2025 at 9:48am
Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., said he would remove his hold on the Interior-Environment spending bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Firefighting plan that tripped up spending package back on track

By Aris Folley
Posted December 5, 2025 at 5:49am
The Supreme Court building is seen at dawn.

Supreme Court lets Texas use GOP-redrawn congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 4, 2025 at 6:56pm
An Architect of the Capitol worker uses a leaf blower to clear leaves from the front of the Supreme Court building on Monday.

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on Rebecca Slaughter firing

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 4, 2025 at 5:10pm

Capitol Lens | Under siege

By Tom Williams
Posted December 4, 2025 at 4:18pm
President Donald Trump prepares to greet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House in September.

With Cuellar pardon, Trump again appears to undercut GOP’s midterm message

By Daniela Altimari
Posted December 4, 2025 at 3:52pm
Attorney General Pamela Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel conduct a news conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday announcing the arrest of Brian Cole Jr., who allegedly placed pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee offices on Jan. 5, 2001. Darren B. Cox, deputy assistant director of the FBI Criminal Investigative Division, background, and ATF Special Agent in Charge Anthony Spotswood, left, also appear.

Suspect arrested over Jan. 6 pipe bombs on Capitol Hill

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 4, 2025 at 2:40pm, Updated at 3:39pm

At the Races: Republicans in revolt?

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted December 4, 2025 at 2:44pm
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for a briefing in the U.S. Capitol with congressional leaders on Nov. 5.

Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s Signal use endangered troops

By Mark Satter
Posted December 4, 2025 at 2:06pm
Cassidy speaks to reporters as he arrives in the U.S. Capitol for a vote on Wednesday.

Cassidy suggests HHS is anti-science ahead of hepatitis B meeting

By Ariel Cohen
Posted December 4, 2025 at 10:13am
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., left, and ranking member Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., at a markup in May. Pallone praised some of the bipartisan broadband bills but said the permitting overhaul was an "unfunded mandate." (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House panel approves broadband permitting overhaul

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted December 4, 2025 at 8:18am
Warren talks with reporters in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Oct. 29. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats tee off on possible Treasury corporate tax move

By Jacob Fulton
Posted December 4, 2025 at 8:16am

Capitol Ink | Capitol debrief

By R.J. Matson
Posted December 4, 2025 at 7:00am

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