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Then-Senate Appropriations Chairman Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va. pictured in 2008.

Policy

Why reconciliation is a ‘privilege’ for lawmakers, not a right

A look at the nuances of reconciliation's ‘Byrd rule’ compared with a ‘privilege scrub’

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 18, 2025 at 5:00am

Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., walks to the Senate floor after the Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on June 3.

Congress

Senate passes stablecoin bill

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted June 17, 2025 at 7:57pm
Capitol Police officers direct a jogger away from the Senate Plaza on Tuesday. The department has placed the plaza in restricted mode as a security measure.

Congress

‘We need more money’: Lawmakers call for security boost after Minnesota killings

By Justin Papp and Jim Saksa
Posted June 17, 2025 at 5:56pm
Olympic swimmer Katie McLaughlin arrives to testify before a Senate subpanel about the World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday.

Congress

Faster, higher, stronger? Senators probe anti-doping group ahead of LA Games

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 17, 2025 at 7:38pm
National Guardsmen stand outside of the Edward Roybal Federal Building on June 9 in Los Angeles. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

White House

Appeals court weighs California’s challenge to Trump troop move

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 17, 2025 at 5:33pm
Contests on June 28 will determine the nominees for the special election to succeed the late Virginia Rep. Gerald E. Connolly. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Candidates face sprint to nomination in special election for Connolly’s seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 17, 2025 at 6:30pm

Capitol Ink | Warning

By R.J. Matson
Posted June 17, 2025 at 4:40pm

Transcripts of presidential remarks and congressional hearings within 60 minutes

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted June 13, 2025 at 3:33pm
President Donald Trump, here on the White House South Lawn on June 9, is facing criticism from his base over potential U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict.

As MAGA base grows anxious, Trump warns Iran’s supreme leader is ‘easy target’

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 17, 2025 at 2:54pm
Former Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., attends a Senate hearing in March 2024, before he resigned.

Former Sen. Bob Menendez starts prison term in corruption case

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 17, 2025 at 12:09pm
Former Iowa state Rep. Christina Bohannan is running for Congress.

Iowa Democrat launches third challenge to vulnerable GOP Rep. Miller-Meeks

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 17, 2025 at 7:01am, Updated at 8:54am

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
Smoke rises from locations targeted in Tehran on Sunday, the third day of Israel's military strikes against the country.

Trump departs G7 summit early after warning Tehran should be evacuated

By John T. Bennett and Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 16, 2025 at 8:55pm, Updated June 17, 2025 at 5:42am
Shootings of lawmakers in Minnesota have unnerved members of Congress, especially as some of their names appeared on lists connected to the alleged killer. Above, a Capitol Police officer is seen in Upper Senate Park in February.

Security concerns shake Congress in the wake of Minnesota slayings

By Justin Papp
Posted June 16, 2025 at 6:56pm
Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is seen with panel ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., before the start of a hearing on January 15. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate’s spectrum proposal raises aviation safety question

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 16, 2025 at 4:48pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Event workers disassemble a sign after then-President Joe Biden cancelled a press conference announcing the Chuckwalla National Monument in California on Jan. 7. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Justice Department says Trump can undo monument designations

By David Jordan
Posted June 16, 2025 at 4:22pm
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump meet with fellow leaders Monday at the G7 summit in Kananaskis in the Canadian province of Alberta.

Trump urges Iran to make deal ‘before it’s too late’ in conflict with Israel

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 16, 2025 at 3:59pm
Fireworks light up the sky, the Washington Monument and the Potomac River at the conclusion of the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary celebration in Washington on Saturday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos from the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary parade

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 16, 2025 at 12:28pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., flanked by his leadership team, speaks at a news conference in the Capitol on June 10. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

This week: Senate aims to finish stablecoin bill, with House away

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 16, 2025 at 5:39am
Attendees stand Thursday as President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on the Truman Balcony during the annual Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House.

‘Israel is in charge’: Netanyahu made sure Trump’s Iran diplomacy was no picnic

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 13, 2025 at 2:37pm
Rescue teams work at damaged buildings in Nobonyad Square following Israeli airstrikes Friday in Tehran, Iran.

Covert actions key to Israel’s strikes on Iran: Mossad

By Briana Reilly
Posted June 13, 2025 at 12:37pm
Florida GOP Rep. Greg Steube pitches during the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday. The Republicans beat the Democrats 13-2.

Striking up — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted June 13, 2025 at 11:41am
2025 Florida Watermelon Queen Reagan Hudson takes photos as staffers for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., move Kodak the Bear to the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday. Marty the Moose and Kodak the Bear, ambassadors to the White Mountains, made their annual trek to Shaheen’s office for the “Experience New Hampshire” reception. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | June 6-12, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 13, 2025 at 8:11am
Former Rep. Chris Stewart argues that the U.S. must incorporate AI into its military operations.

AI can sharpen America’s edge in the Pacific — if we move now

By Former Rep. Chris Stewart
Posted June 13, 2025 at 8:00am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference at the RNC after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday.

Walz and Johnson make misleading claims about bill’s impact on SNAP

By FactCheck.org
Posted June 13, 2025 at 7:00am
Protesters confront California National Guard soldiers and police Monday outside of a federal building in Los Angeles.

Judge orders Trump to return control of California National Guard

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 12, 2025 at 11:36pm
Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., seen here on May 15, was one of the Republicans who originally cast a "no" vote on the rescissions bill, but switched to vote in favor.

First GOP rescissions package narrowly passes the House

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 12, 2025 at 9:26pm
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, center, has been seen as adopting a more conciliatory approach during President Donald Trump's second term. She is shown at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Mamie "Peanut" Johnson Plaza on June 2.

House passes bill that would void DC ‘sanctuary’ policies

By Jim Saksa
Posted June 12, 2025 at 6:00pm
An overdue plaque is the subject of a new lawsuit, as officers who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, argue they should be honored like others who have protected Congress in the past.

As officers sue over Jan. 6 plaque, Democrats hang replicas 

By Justin Papp
Posted June 12, 2025 at 4:59pm
Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., is pushed out of the room as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a news conference Thursday in Los Angeles.

Sen. Alex Padilla forcibly removed from Noem press conference

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 12, 2025 at 3:47pm, Updated at 4:43pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at a news conference on June 4, flanked by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., left, and Rep. Mark Messmer, R-Ind. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

CBO: GOP budget bill would take from the poor, give to the rich

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 12, 2025 at 2:58pm, Updated at 3:43pm

At the races: Democrats get a reprieve

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted June 12, 2025 at 3:00pm
Former Rep. Billy Long testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Ex-Rep. Long confirmed as Trump’s IRS commissioner

By David Lerman
Posted June 12, 2025 at 1:41pm
Iowa state Rep. J.D. Scholten is running for Senate. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Iowa Democrats see signs of optimism for 2026 despite state’s hard-right turn

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 11, 2025 at 5:49pm, Updated June 12, 2025 at 10:46am
Helen Stjerna, secretary-general of A Non Smoking Generation, speaks from her office in Stockholm.

In Sweden, teen anti-tobacco movement stalled by pouches, snus

By Sandhya Raman
Posted June 12, 2025 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | Birthday boy

By R.J. Matson
Posted June 12, 2025 at 7:00am

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