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Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s intended nominee for Treasury secretary, meets with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, right, in the Hart Senate Office Building on Jan. 7.

Congress

Democrats: Bessent avoided Medicare tax on hedge fund earnings

Vetting process turns up fodder for minority party to use against Treasury pick at Thursday's hearing

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 15, 2025 at 9:02pm

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be attorney general, testifies Wednesday during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing.

Congress

Attorney general pick avoids missteps at confirmation hearing

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 15, 2025 at 6:21pm
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Jan. 7. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

White House

Trump’s idea to rebrand Gulf of Mexico would face hurdles — if he’s even serious

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 15, 2025 at 4:25pm
Some members of Congress are looking to Donald Trump to boost their hopes for a congressional stock trading ban.

Congress

Could a stock trading ban for Congress get new life in the Trump era?

By Justin Papp
Posted January 15, 2025 at 6:45pm
Allison Riggs, shown outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022, is battling to preserve her narrow victory in North Carolina's Supreme Court election. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Opinion

When the will of the voters meets a political power grab

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted January 16, 2025 at 6:00am
President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office of the White House. (Mandel Ngan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Oligarchy is taking shape’: Biden issues warnings as he bids nation goodbye

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 15, 2025 at 10:17pm
Russ Vought, picked to lead the Office of Management and Budget, arrives for his confirmation hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday.

Vought gets chilly reception from Senate Homeland Security Democrats

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted January 15, 2025 at 6:46pm

PolicyNote’s AI-powered platform helps you track, analyze, and report on policy changes—all in one place.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski is the most senior senator to first enter the chamber as an appointee.

Some stick around: Appointed senators and their fates

By Jason Dick
Posted January 15, 2025 at 5:37pm
Chris Wright, the expected secretary of Energy nominee, testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Wright promises to ‘unleash’ American energy as DOE head

By David Jordan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:46pm
In this photo illustration, bottles of the generic prescription pain medication buprenorphine are seen in a pharmacy in Boca Raton, Florida. The narcotic drug is used as an alternative to methadone to help treat opioid use disorder.

DEA, HHS finalize rule allowing telehealth drug treatment

By Jessie Hellmann and Sandhya Raman
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:40pm

2025 Global Policy Outlook: Your Blueprint for Navigating the Coming Year

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted December 11, 2024 at 7:10pm
Marlin Stutzman is pictured in the Capitol on Tuesday. The Indiana Republican is once again a congressman.

How to feel reenergized in Congress? Come back after eight years

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:36pm
Duffy shakes hands with senators before his confirmation hearing in the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Wednesday.

Transportation pick Duffy soars through confirmation hearing

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:21pm
The Supreme Court building.

Supreme Court airs concerns on child access to online porn

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:06pm

Experts Share Advice on Navigating 2025 State Sessions

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted December 11, 2024 at 7:12pm
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be secretary of state, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Rubio says Ukraine needs leverage to deter Russia in the future

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:06pm
Red Dye No. 3 can have deleterious health effects. The ring is a strawberry Ring Pop (red no. 40 and red no. 3).

FDA moves to ban Red Dye No. 3, years after groups petitioned agency 

By Lia DeGroot and Sandhya Raman
Posted January 15, 2025 at 2:59pm
A close-up view of cigarettes. The Food and Drug Administration Wednesday released a proposed rule that would limit the amount of nicotine in cigarettes and some other combustible tobacco products.

FDA moves to limit nicotine in cigarettes, some other tobacco

By Sandhya Raman
Posted January 15, 2025 at 2:49pm

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By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Pam Bondi, Trump's proposed nominee for attorney general, arrives Wednesday for a confirmation hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Pam Bondi tells Senate panel she would end ‘partisanship’ at DOJ

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:48am
Pete Hegseth said during his confirmation hearing Tuesday that he was focused on increasing the military’s lethality.

Hegseth sticks to script at his confirmation hearing

By Mark Satter
Posted January 14, 2025 at 4:57pm
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be Homeland Security secretary, Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., left, and Hogan Gidley, aide to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., are seen in Hart Building in December.

Kristi Noem largely glides unnoticed amid other Trump picks

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 14, 2025 at 2:24pm, Updated at 4:51pm
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, here at a Senate Judiciary hearing in September, is among five vulnerable senators for 2026, according to Inside Elections' initial battleground map.

The smallest initial Senate battleground ever?

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted January 14, 2025 at 4:09pm
Pam Bondi, the expected nominee to to be attorney general, meets last month with Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa.

Trump’s plans for Department of Justice hang over Bondi hearing

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 14, 2025 at 3:25pm
Outgoing FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, pictured during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on April 11, 2024, had said the labeling proposal was on his list of priorities before the end of his tenure.

FDA publishes long-awaited front-of-package labeling proposal

By Lia DeGroot
Posted January 14, 2025 at 3:04pm
Former Senate Parliamentarian Robert Dove testifies on the history of the filibuster at a Senate Rules Committee hearing on April 22, 2010. Dove died in 2021.

Senate guidance on budget bills would put House at disadvantage

By Paul M. Krawzak and Peter Cohn
Posted January 14, 2025 at 2:48pm
An Amazon Web Services data center in Stone Ridge, Virginia.

Biden opens federal land for AI development

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted January 14, 2025 at 2:03pm
Special Counsel John L. “Jack” Smith delivers a statement on the indictment of Donald Trump in 2023.

Special counsel report on Trump prosecution released

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 14, 2025 at 9:31am
A beam of sunlight breaks through the cloudy skies to illuminate the Supreme Court in Washington.

Supreme Court to hear arguments on porn age verification law

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 14, 2025 at 8:40am
President-elect Donald Trump said expanded drilling will lower Americans' energy prices.

Drill, maybe, drill: Trump’s plans may hit political reality

By David Jordan
Posted January 14, 2025 at 7:00am
TikTok supporters outside the U.S. Capitol before the House in March passed a bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S.

TikTok ban won’t work, groups argue, in hope of eleventh-hour reprieve

By Gopal Ratnam and Michael Macagnone
Posted January 14, 2025 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | The big board

By R.J. Matson
Posted January 14, 2025 at 7:00am
President Joe Biden boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in September. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Bad luck and a family matter: How a recent trip embodied Biden’s shaky term

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 13, 2025 at 5:50pm
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks at the Democratic National Convention in August. Looking back on her first term in Congress, Crockett describes her approach as “authentic,” rather than “proper or polite.”

Jasmine Crockett went viral as a freshman. Now she’s gearing up for the Trump era

By Justin Papp
Posted January 13, 2025 at 5:09pm
Fire personnel respond to homes destroyed while a helicopter drops water as the Palisades Fire grows in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 7, 2025.

Fact-checking Trump’s blame claims about wildfire response

By FactCheck.org
Posted January 13, 2025 at 3:47pm

Capitol Lens | Prep rally

By Bill Clark
Posted January 13, 2025 at 3:41pm
Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to to be attorney general, meets last month with Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa.

Trump’s attorney general pick must navigate lobbying background

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 13, 2025 at 2:25pm

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