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The late Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., seen here in 2020, chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee from 2019-2021.

Congress

Former New York Rep. Eliot L. Engel dies at 79

Bronx Democrat rose to chair Foreign Affairs panel

By Nick Eskow
Posted April 10, 2026 at 6:09pm

Rep. Glenn Ivey, center, and other House Democrats talk with reporters outside the Capitol on Thursday.

Congress

Democrats kick off response to Trump’s annihilation threats

By Valerie Yurk
Posted April 9, 2026 at 2:24pm
President Donald Trump conducts a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on Monday, April 6, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Politics

Things aren’t getting better as yet for Republicans

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted April 8, 2026 at 4:12pm

Campaigns

At the Races: Taxes on the trail

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 9, 2026 at 3:10pm
Demonstrators on the National Mall attend a "No Kings" rally on March 28 to oppose the policies of the Trump administration.

Heard on the Hill

Capitol Lens | Recess review

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted April 10, 2026 at 6:00am
An eagle kite flies near the Capitol during the Blossom Kite Festival on March 28.

House appropriators delay Defense markup plans amid uncertainty

By Paul M. Krawzak and Aris Folley
Posted April 9, 2026 at 7:15pm
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche concludes a news conference at the Justice Department on Tuesday.

Trump could keep an acting attorney general for months

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 9, 2026 at 5:22pm

Digital Advocacy Fueled by Data Science

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 12, 2026 at 6:55pm
President Donald Trump talks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on April 6, 2026.

Trump’s Iran threats resonate even after ceasefire announcement

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted April 8, 2026 at 4:36pm
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a news briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Wednesday.

White House, pressed on threat to destroy Iran, stresses ‘results’

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 8, 2026 at 4:17pm
Pictures of President Donald Trump and former Attorney General Pamela Bondi are seen as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche conducts a news conference at the Justice Department on Tuesday.

Pamela Bondi will not appear at a House deposition over Epstein files

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 8, 2026 at 2:21pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Georgia Republican Clayton Fuller speaks to reporters after voting Tuesday in Lookout Mountain, Ga., in the special election runoff for the 14th District. (Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Republican Clayton Fuller wins Georgia special election runoff

By Victor Feldman
Posted April 7, 2026 at 9:04pm
President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun during a Monday news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran.

Trump announces Iran ceasefire, backing down on threat to destroy country

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 7, 2026 at 7:58pm
An Iranian national flag is placed by the rubble of a collapsed building by graffiti reading "#NoKing" following strikes at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran on Tuesday. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump threatens ‘whole civilization’ of Iran ‘will die tonight,’ drastically escalating war

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 7, 2026 at 10:16am, Updated at 1:52pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
The seal of the Department of Health and Human Services is pictured on a podium before a news conference in April 2025.

‘Nobody answers’: The unraveling of a patient care research agency

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted April 7, 2026 at 7:00am

At the Races: A special runoff in Georgia

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 7, 2026 at 5:00am
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy faces a primary challenge from Rep. Julia Letlow in Louisiana.

For these Republicans, the ‘war on woke’ starts at home

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 6, 2026 at 8:51pm

Capitol Lens | Spring roll

By Tom Williams
Posted April 6, 2026 at 5:38pm
Stephen Bannon, former adviser to President Donald Trump, arrives for sentencing at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington in 2022.

Supreme Court returns Bannon contempt of Congress case to lower court

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 6, 2026 at 11:11am
A cyclist walks under blooming Japanese cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin in Washington. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump’s budget proposal for Interior seeks to make DC beautiful again

By David Jordan
Posted April 6, 2026 at 5:31am
President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Defense-focused Trump budget seeks to cut Democratic priorities

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 3, 2026 at 5:31pm
President Donald Trump salutes a Marine on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One on March 11.

Trump’s budget would boost defense and slash domestic programs

By David Lerman
Posted April 3, 2026 at 1:26pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, conclude a news conference in the Capitol on March 17.

Senate tees up bill to end Homeland Security shutdown

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted April 2, 2026 at 9:51am, Updated at 7:09pm
President Donald Trump displays an executive order he signed Tuesday cracking down on mail-in voting ahead of midterm elections in the Oval Office.

Courts likely to block Trump’s effort to curtail mail-in voting

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 2, 2026 at 6:02pm

At the Races: Operation Republican rescue

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted April 2, 2026 at 4:00pm
President Donald Trump and then-Attorney General Pamela Bondi conduct a news conference in August in the White House briefing room to announce that the federal government would use the National Guard to aid in law enforcement in the District of Columbia.

Pamela Bondi, staunch Trump ally, out as attorney general

By Ryan Tarinelli and Michael Macagnone
Posted April 2, 2026 at 2:53pm, Updated at 3:37pm
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., led a group of Senate Finance Committee Democrats last month in outlining a slate of policy priorities related to health care.

Democrats eye 2028 for bigger health care push

By Lia DeGroot
Posted April 2, 2026 at 11:02am
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., led a group of Senate Democrats in a letter urging CMS shore up Medicare Advantage, rather than add more enrollees.

Senate Democrats call on CMS to rein in Medicare Advantage abuses

By Ariel Cohen
Posted April 2, 2026 at 10:25am

Capitol Ink | Bunnymarket

By R.J. Matson
Posted April 2, 2026 at 7:00am
The departure of Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., opens up a key Appropriations subcommittee post. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Wave of retirements and politics promise spending panel makeover

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 2, 2026 at 6:06am
President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., are seen in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall after the Friends of Ireland luncheon with Micheál Martin, Taoiseach of Ireland, on St. Patrick's Day, Tuesday, March 17, 2026.

Trump unites divided GOP leadership behind Homeland Security deal

By Aris Folley and Jacob Fulton
Posted April 1, 2026 at 4:42pm
A man holds a sign as rioters take over the steps of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress worked to certify the Electoral College votes.

Judge denies Trump effort to end Jan. 6 lawsuits before trial

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 1, 2026 at 4:25pm
Protesters hold signs supporting birthright citizenship Wednesday outside the Supreme Court, as the justices heard oral arguments over an executive order from President Donald Trump.

Supreme Court questions curtailing of birthright citizenship

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 1, 2026 at 2:17pm
King Charles III has been invited to speak at the Capitol during his visit to the U.S. in April. Above, he talks with President Donald Trump at a banquet in the U.K. in September 2025.

Congress awaits a royal address from King Charles

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted April 1, 2026 at 1:59pm
President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter Tuesday in the Oval Office. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump to address nation on Iran as gas prices rise, poll numbers drop — and midterms loom

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 1, 2026 at 1:38pm
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