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Summer Lucille, a TikTok content creator, is seen outside the Capitol on March 13 before the House passed the law that could ban TikTok in the U.S.

Policy

Federal court dismisses challenge to TikTok ban

Court points to congressional national security concerns in ruling

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted December 6, 2024 at 3:44pm

Pete Hegseth and his wife Jennifer on the move between meetings with senators on Thursday.

Congress

Trump publicly backs embattled DOD pick

By Mark Satter
Posted December 6, 2024 at 1:33pm
DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., will lead the committee for another two years. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Campaigns

Rep. Suzan DelBene will continue as DCCC chair for 2026

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 6, 2024 at 10:52am
The sun is setting on the 118th Congress in this week’s Hits and Misses

Video

Hillraisers and Spam dunks — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted December 6, 2024 at 4:51pm
Elon Musk carries his son on his shoulders as he arrives for a meeting in the Capitol Visitor Center with House and Senate Republicans to talk about President-elect Donald Trump's “Department of Government Efficiency” on Thursday. Vivek Ramaswamy also attended. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Heard on the Hill

Photos of the week ending December 6, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 6, 2024 at 3:40pm
Rep. Gus Bilirakis chairs the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, whose jurisdiction includes data privacy, security and consumer protection.

Parents, states press Congress to act on kids online safety bill

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted December 3, 2024 at 7:00am, Updated December 6, 2024 at 3:08pm
Reps. Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin, seen here in July, are among those pushing for a changing of the guard at the committee level as House Democrats head into the second Trump era.

Seniority shake-up? House Democrats test committee norms

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 5, 2024 at 8:02pm

The Complete AI and ChatGPT How-To Guide For Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 29, 2024 at 5:13pm
Matt Gaetz is no longer a member of Congress, but many of his former colleagues still want to see the findings of an Ethics investigation into his conduct.

Republicans sink attempts to force release of Gaetz report

By Justin Papp
Posted December 5, 2024 at 7:36pm
Elon Musk, with his son, makes his way to a meeting in the Capitol Visitor Center with House and Senate Republicans to talk about President-elect Donald Trump's "Department of Government Efficiency," on Thursday. Vivek Ramaswamy also attended.

DOGE day afternoon on Capitol Hill

By David Lerman
Posted December 5, 2024 at 5:16pm
Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., questions Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. during a hearing Thursday of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump.

House task force finishes work on Trump assassination attempt

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 5, 2024 at 5:14pm

What Constituent Correspondence Reveals About Voter Sentiment

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 28, 2024 at 11:41am
Hegseth meets with Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Thursday in his office.

Hegseth soldiers on with meeting GOP senators

By Briana Reilly
Posted December 5, 2024 at 4:47pm
Chelsea Manning and other activists staged a protest on the Capitol campus Thursday calling for transgender rights. Above, Capitol Police lead away detained protesters outside the Cannon Building.

Protesters urging Congress to ‘flush bathroom bigotry’ arrested after sit-in

By Justin Papp
Posted December 5, 2024 at 3:24pm
The moon rises over the Capitol on October 22. Both chambers of Congress have now released their calendars for 2025.

Congressional schedule for 2025 is set with Senate releasing its calendar

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 5, 2024 at 3:07pm

2024 CQ Election Watch Briefing Series

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted April 22, 2024 at 12:11am
President Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden are seen stepping out of a bookstore in Nantucket, Mass., on Nov. 29. Two days later, the president announced a pardon for his son.

After pardoning son, Biden returns home to a credibility problem

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 5, 2024 at 2:44pm
Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, gets into a heated exchange Thursday with Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. during a hearing of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump.

Rep. Pat Fallon spars with Secret Service head over photo op claim

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 5, 2024 at 2:32pm

At the Races: Full House

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted December 5, 2024 at 2:30pm

FiscalNote Copilot for Policy

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted July 15, 2024 at 8:45pm

Capitol Lens | Feeling the Bern

By Chris Hale
Posted December 5, 2024 at 7:30am
President-elect Donald Trump shakes the hand of his choice to serve as secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., during the 2024 presidential campaign.

How backlash to the pandemic helped shape Trump’s health picks

By Ariel Cohen
Posted December 5, 2024 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | Power lift

By R.J. Matson
Posted December 5, 2024 at 7:00am
Books by Gioia Diliberto, David Greenberg, Katherine Carter, Michael Tackett, Dmitri Alperovitch and James R. Jones top our annual list of recommendations from lawmakers and policy experts.

Deck the Hill with books aplenty: Capitol insiders share their favorite reads of 2024

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 5, 2024 at 6:15am
A child waits for Kamala Harris to take the stage during a rally in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Oct. 28.

Democrats’ competing postmortems leave out history — and the obvious

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted December 5, 2024 at 6:00am
Vice President Kamala Harris exits the stage at Howard University in Washington on Nov. 6 after conceding the presidential race to Donald Trump. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Kamala Harris lost, but how weak of a candidate was she?

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted December 5, 2024 at 5:00am
Former Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., shows off his $45 Trump bills outside the Capitol on May 9, 2019.

Ex-Missouri lawmaker Billy Long is Trump’s pick for IRS commissioner

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted December 4, 2024 at 6:53pm, Updated at 9:09pm
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, seen arriving for a vote in the Capitol in June, is facing a potentially tough reelection in 2026. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy draws primary challenge from former Hill colleague

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 4, 2024 at 7:55pm
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., right, is shown with House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, at a committee hearing in March. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Nadler steps aside as top Democrat on Judiciary Committee

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 4, 2024 at 6:44pm, Updated at 7:36pm
Kelly Loeffler, a former Republican senator from Georgia, is President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Small Business Administration.

Trump chooses former Sen. Kelly Loeffler for SBA

By Mark Schoeff Jr. and Olivia M. Bridges
Posted December 4, 2024 at 7:07pm
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Defense Department, heads for a meeting with Sen. John Thune on Wednesday.

Hegseth tries to rally support as allegations swirl

By Mark Satter
Posted December 4, 2024 at 6:48pm
Paul Atkins, left, a Securities and Exchange Commission member from 2002 to 2008, was chosen to lead the agency by President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump picks Paul Atkins, a former commissioner, to lead the SEC

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted December 4, 2024 at 5:42pm, Updated at 6:10pm
Activists for and against trans rights protest Wednesday outside the Supreme Court before the start of oral arguments for United States v. Skrmetti, a challenge to a Tennessee ban on transgender care for minors.

Supreme Court sounds wary of halting youth transgender care ban

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 4, 2024 at 4:18pm
The tight margins in Congress will likely complicate matters for President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.

Trump’s pick for top Hill liaison brings strong conservative ties to a difficult role

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 4, 2024 at 3:37pm
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., writes that now is the time for a national strategy to bridge the urban-rural broadband divide.

Bridging the urban-rural broadband divide

By Sen. Roger Wicker
Posted December 4, 2024 at 12:40pm
The House will be in session for four straight weeks next spring, according to the newly released 2025 calendar. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House calendar for 2025 eyes a busy spring

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 4, 2024 at 10:56am
A resident sits in a wheelchair at an assisted living facility in Boston in 2020. President-elect Donald Trump will enter office facing a long-term care crisis marked by understaffed nursing homes, workforce shortages and care that is unaffordable and inaccessible for millions of people.

Nursing home staffing rule in limbo as Trump 2.0 approaches

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted December 4, 2024 at 10:54am
Rep. John Duarte, R-Calif., lost his reelection bid in the final 2024 House race to be decided.

Final election results show House Democrats gained a net of one seat

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 4, 2024 at 6:01am

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