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A visitor tours the Korean War Veterans Memorial during a government shutdown on Oct. 20, 2025.

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Surge in veterans’ brain injuries shown in VA records

Report indicates average of more than 28,000 additional cases per year since 2021

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 20, 2026 at 8:52pm

South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham, left, here making her way to a vote Thursday with Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, says she will seek a full Senate term. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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Darline Graham will seek a full term for late brother’s seat in South Carolina

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 20, 2026 at 2:10pm, Updated at 6:02pm
Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., at the House Energy and Commerce Committee meeting to organize for the 115th Congress on Jan. 24, 2017.

Congress

Former Rep. Tim Murphy dies at age 73

By Nick Eskow
Posted July 20, 2026 at 5:54pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will have to convince restive conservatives to back a budget resolution and a continuing resolution.

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House spending push

By Aris Folley, Jacob Fulton and Aidan Quigley
Posted July 20, 2026 at 5:39pm

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At the Races: Copper State clashes

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 21, 2026 at 5:00am
A country determined to live up to the ideals of its founding documents should not have to worry about a comeback of the worst policies of the past, like poll tests, Curtis writes. Above, a voter fills out a ballot in Virginia in 2024.

North Carolina not so quietly pushes Trump’s efforts to restrict the vote

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted July 21, 2026 at 5:00am
Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, here at a rally in Portland on May 1, appears poised to clinch the Democratic nomination for Senate. (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)

Troy Jackson on track to replace Platner as Democratic Senate nominee in Maine

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 20, 2026 at 5:12pm

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm
The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. The Office of Management and Budget late last week told the CDC that it will not renew $46 million in funding for the 96 community-based organizations to provide HIV testing, linkage to care, referrals for pre- and post-exposure drug treatment and outbreak response.

Trump administration puts kibosh on HIV prevention funding

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 20, 2026 at 12:00pm, Updated at 1:53pm
Alabama Rep. Shomari Figures' seat is on the NRCC's target list. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

NRCC adds 7 more seats to 2026 target list

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 20, 2026 at 7:00am, Updated at 9:39am
OMB Director Russell Vought faces criticism for a proposed overhaul of federal grant regulations.

Critics mount offensive against change to federal grant rules

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted July 20, 2026 at 6:00am

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
With narrow majorities, fewer deal-makers and power struggles with the president, paths once open to Congress are closing. Above, workers place concrete jersey barriers near the Capitol ahead of the State of the Union in 2022.

How Congress is losing its path(s)

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted July 20, 2026 at 5:00am
South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham arrives for her ceremonial swearing-at the Capitol on Tuesday.

Trump backs newly appointed Darline Graham for full Senate term

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 17, 2026 at 5:13pm
Flowers honoring the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., are seen during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday.

‘A dumber and grimmer place’  — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted July 17, 2026 at 4:49pm

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By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
A patient is wheeled to surgery on the opening day of UCI Health - Irvine in Irvine, Calif., on Dec. 10, 2025. Many of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grants terminated this week had supported junior researchers and innovative studies focused on patient care.

HHS research agency ends funding for dozens of health studies

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted July 17, 2026 at 4:14pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Republicans give a thumbs up during the enrollment ceremony of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act after the bill passed in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, July 3, 2025.

One year in, how are Republicans doing selling the BBB to voters?

By David Winston
Posted July 14, 2026 at 4:42pm, Updated July 17, 2026 at 3:35pm
A black drape and flowers mark the seat once belonging to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham at a Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.

Dates set for Lindsey Graham funeral services

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted July 17, 2026 at 2:41pm
Family members of victims speak to reporters on March 25 outside the Los Angeles County Superior Court during one of the coordinated lawsuits alleging that Meta and YouTube are designed to hook young users and cause them a variety of negative mental health effects.

Kids online safety push faces First Amendment hurdles

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted July 17, 2026 at 1:18pm
President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House on July 16, 2026.

The Factba.se deep dive on Trump fraud claims

By Bill Frischling
Posted July 17, 2026 at 12:25pm
The days are long but the legislative summer is short in Washington. Above, a jogger is reflected in a puddle on Union Square in 2023.

Wrapup: Congress’ July sprint off to a stumbling start

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 17, 2026 at 11:28am
A screen showing President Donald Trump's address to the nation is seen in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Thursday night as he delivers an address from the nearby East Room.

Trump’s questionable claims cast doubt over midterms as Dems fret

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 17, 2026 at 11:08am
A National Guard soldier is seen inside the perimeter of the Great American State Fair as attractions were being disassembled on Sunday. The fair ran from June 25th to July 10th.

Photos of the week | July 10-16, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 17, 2026 at 6:00am
Rep. Chip Roy arrives at the Capitol on June 11, 2026. A reconciliation bill critic, he skipped the budget markup vote on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Budget resolution faces dicey House vote after committee approval

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted July 16, 2026 at 6:37pm

At the Races: Democratic aches in the Great Lakes

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 16, 2026 at 6:30pm
Jay Clayton, nominee to be director of national intelligence, arrives on Wednesday as Senate Intelligence Chairman Tom Cotton, right, and ranking member Mark Warner prepare for his confirmation hearing.

Where has all the FISA fire gone?

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 15, 2026 at 6:34pm, Updated July 16, 2026 at 4:17pm
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, seen at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Wednesday, finished the second quarter with nearly $43 million in his campaign account. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democratic candidates sustain fundraising pace as GOP strains to keep up

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Ryan Kelly
Posted July 16, 2026 at 3:40pm
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 8. The House is getting ready to consider a bill that would stop members of Congress from buying new stocks.

How curbing Congress’ stock-trading took a partisan turn

By Nina Heller
Posted July 16, 2026 at 2:15pm
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., questions acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during his confirmation hearing to be attorney general in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, July 15, 2026.

Tillis adds a new condition to his vote for Blanche

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 16, 2026 at 1:26pm

Capitol Ink | Lindsey Graham: In Memoriam

By R.J. Matson
Posted July 16, 2026 at 7:00am
Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is seen after a committee roundtable on June 10, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Cruz, Democrats push back on FCC move to lift ownership cap

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted July 16, 2026 at 4:18am
House Minority Whip Katherine M. Clark, D-Mass., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., conduct a news conference on April 22. The two differed on an amendment that would zero out aid to Israel.

Dems split on Massie effort to zero out Israel security aid

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 15, 2026 at 8:32pm
Vice President JD Vance, above, and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., huddled with the House GOP conference in the Capitol basement for a roughly 45-minute pep talk Wednesday.

White House lobbies skeptical Republicans on reconciliation bill

By Jacob Fulton
Posted July 15, 2026 at 12:05pm, Updated at 7:54pm
Erica Schwartz attends her confirmation hearing to become director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday.

CDC nominee walks tightrope on vaccines, service under RFK Jr.

By Lia DeGroot
Posted July 15, 2026 at 7:23pm

At the Races: As Maine goes …

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 9, 2026 at 3:10pm, Updated July 15, 2026 at 6:08pm
Republicans, including House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, have defended the bill as saving taxpayer dollars while still addressing the most important U.S. national security needs.

Fiscal 2027 State Department spending bill passed by House

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted July 15, 2026 at 5:37pm
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