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Policy

Court blocks limits on lawmaker visits to immigration detention facilities

Trump administration sought to implement seven-day waiting period on visits amid court fight

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted May 8, 2026 at 6:36pm

The Supreme Court building is seen at sunset in Washington.

Campaigns

Alabama presses to use congressional map challenged by Black voters

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 8, 2026 at 5:43pm
Democrats want to strip the White House's "East Wing modernization" funding from a budget reconciliation bill, after President Donald Trump demolished the East Wing to build a ballroom.

Congress

White House ballroom security upgrades become Democratic target

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted May 8, 2026 at 1:47pm
A sign urges early voters to vote against the Virginia redistricting referendum in Arlington, Va.

Campaigns

Virginia Supreme Court invalidates redrawn congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 8, 2026 at 11:05am, Updated at 1:05pm
In an aerial view, BYD Shark 6, mid-size plug-in hybrid (PHEV) pickup trucks, wait to be loaded onto ships for export at Yantai Port on March 31, 2026 in Yantai, Shandong Province of China.

Opinion

Here’s how to be smart about Chinese EV imports

By Bruce Stokes
Posted May 8, 2026 at 2:02pm
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference on tariffs in February, on the day the Supreme Court invalidated his worldwide tariff scheme.

US trade court strikes down Trump’s tariff move

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 7, 2026 at 6:21pm
Under Tennessee's new map, Democrat Steve Cohen's 9th District transforms into a safely Republican one.

Tennessee passes new map that erases state’s lone majority-Black district

By Andrew Menezes
Posted May 7, 2026 at 5:38pm

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm

At the Races: Keystone State holds midterm keys

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 7, 2026 at 4:10pm
Rep. Ashley Hinson, seen here in April, is leading a push to change House rules to block members from trading on prediction markets.

Senators banned themselves from prediction markets. Will the House?

By Nina Heller
Posted May 7, 2026 at 3:09pm
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference.

DOJ agreed to return Rep. Ogles’ cell phone, law firm says

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:02pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Concerns about gerrymandering aren’t new, but both parties have taken things to a new level with the help of technology and the courts, Winston writes. Above, protesters hold up signs as the Supreme Court hears a case in October 2017.

The voters’ voice: Gerrymandering and the state of democracy 

By David Winston
Posted May 6, 2026 at 4:50pm
Temporary Protected Status holders along with union leaders and advocates rally as the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments April 29, 2026, in a case over Trump administration actions to terminate the TPS designations.

Supreme Court yet to decide on Election Day, Trump firings

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 6, 2026 at 4:29pm
Anti-gerrymandering activists gather on the steps of the Supreme Court in March 2018.(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Solving the redistricting fight comes down to the basics

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted May 6, 2026 at 3:39pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am

Capitol Lens | Run through

By Tom Williams
Posted May 6, 2026 at 2:21pm
Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen, here at a news conference outside the Capitol on April 20, is the state's sole Democrat in Congress.

Tennessee Republicans unveil new map that would dismantle lone Democratic seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 6, 2026 at 1:38pm
Donald Trump greets Indiana's Jim Banks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July 2024. Banks, now the state's junior senator, hailed Tuesday's defeat of several GOP state senators who opposed an attempt to redraw the state's congressional map. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Indiana GOP legislators who defied Trump on redistricting are defeated

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 6, 2026 at 12:48am, Updated at 9:20am
Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur's 9th District seat is a top Republican target this year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Ohio’s Kaptur set for rematch with Merrin in bid for 23rd House term

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 6, 2026 at 12:59am
Sen. Bill Cassidy speaks to reporters on the first day of early voting outside of the Louisiana State Archives on Saturday in Baton Rouge, La.

Cassidy calls for expedited abortion pill review as primary nears

By Ariel Cohen
Posted May 5, 2026 at 8:53pm
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth takes questions during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

US military actions test Trump’s claim the Iran war is over

By John M. Donnelly
Posted May 5, 2026 at 5:03pm
President Donald Trump conducts a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on April 6.

Trump shrugs off high gas prices, creating political headwinds for GOP

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 5, 2026 at 3:31pm
Customs and Border Protection would get $26 billion in the bill. Above, a CBP agent processes migrants that recently crossed the border in the Rio Grande Valley sector of Texas in 2019. (Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call)

Reconciliation bill text would fund ICE, CBP, ballroom security

By David Lerman
Posted May 5, 2026 at 7:00am

At the Races: Meet me in the Midwest

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 5, 2026 at 5:00am
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks during a Congressional Black Caucus news conference on April 29. Jeffries is flanked, from left, by Reps. Yvette D. Clarke, Troy Carter, Al Green, Terri Sewell and Shomari Figures.

DCCC reports fundraising surge after Supreme Court’s VRA ruling

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 4, 2026 at 5:15pm
Close-up of Sen. John F. Seymour, R-Calif., and wife Judy Seymour sitting at the GOP Convention in August 1992.

Last GOP senator from California, John Seymour, dead at 88

By Jacob Fulton
Posted May 4, 2026 at 5:12pm
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, here at the 2024 Republican National Convention, signed into law a new congressional map. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

DeSantis signs new Republican-favored congressional map into law

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 4, 2026 at 4:10pm
A beam of sunlight breaks through the cloudy skies to illuminate the Supreme Court building.

Louisiana election delay sparks flurry of court action

By Michael Macagnone
Posted May 4, 2026 at 12:20pm
Tejano singer Bobby Pulido, who's running for Texas' 15th District, is among the Democrats added to the DCCC's "Red to Blue" program for promising recruits. (Norte Photo/Getty Images file photo)

Optimistic Democrats add 8 more House seats to ‘Red to Blue’ program

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 4, 2026 at 5:01am, Updated at 11:24am
Encampments used by unhoused people are seen near Washington Circle on Aug. 14, 2025, in Washington, DC (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

HUD to try again to change homelessness assistance program

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted May 4, 2026 at 6:13am
Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., attends a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. Scott died last month at the age of 80.

Georgia governor sets special election date for Scott’s seat

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 1, 2026 at 8:28pm
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey participates in the homecoming ceremonies at halftime of the game between South Alabama Jaguars and Auburn Tigers at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Sept. 13, 2025 in Auburn, Ala.

Alabama, Tennessee governors call for special sessions on redistricting

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 1, 2026 at 4:48pm, Updated at 8:11pm
Rep. Troy Carter, D-La., speaks during the Congressional Black Caucus news conference Wednesday on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.

Voter groups challenge order to postpone House primaries in Louisiana

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted May 1, 2026 at 5:41pm
King Charles III, monarch of the United Kingdom, addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the Capitol on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.

King spin  — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted May 1, 2026 at 4:52pm
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and members of the House Freedom Caucus conduct a March 27 news conference to say they would not support a DHS funding bill sent over by the Senate. Lawmakers resolved the matter this week, but tensions continue to linger.

GOP emerges from ‘hell week’ with deep divisions between Senate and House

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted May 1, 2026 at 3:45pm
President Donald Trump departs the White House on Friday, traveling to Florida for the weekend.

Hostilities with Iran ‘terminated,’ Trump says in War Powers letter

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 1, 2026 at 2:35pm
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