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A view of the top floor of the Indiana State Capitol in Indianapolis in July 2022. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Campaigns

Indiana state lawmakers will convene on redistricting in December

Move follows increased pressure from Trump to draw new congressional map

By Daniela Altimari
Posted November 26, 2025 at 1:31pm

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Oct. 16.

Congress

FBI probes Democrats who taped viral video message to military

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 25, 2025 at 6:01pm, Updated at 7:53pm
House Chief Administrative Officer Catherine Szpindor participates in the grand opening of Agency Connection Center in the Longworth House Office Building on March 5, 2024.

Congress

Catherine Szpindor to step down as House CAO at end of year

By Justin Papp
Posted November 25, 2025 at 1:01pm, Updated at 1:19pm
President Donald Trump pardons national Thanksgiving turkey Gobble during a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday. Waddle, another pardoned turkey, did not attend the event.

White House

Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkeys with digs at Biden, Schumer and Pelosi

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 25, 2025 at 2:00pm
Rep. Lloyd K. Smucker is seeking more tax breaks in a second reconciliation bill.

Congress

Smucker enters Budget Committee race as odds-on favorite

By Aidan Quigley
Posted November 25, 2025 at 6:30am, Updated at 6:30am
Then-Rep. Ralph Abraham, R-La., is seen in the Capitol in June 2018.

Louisiana surgeon general Abraham installed as deputy at CDC

By Sandhya Raman
Posted November 25, 2025 at 5:04pm
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has warned of mass job losses due to AI. Regardless of how accurate such a prediction turns out to be, Bruce Stokes writes, policymakers can be proactive about the technology and avoid some of the disruptive effects of globalization.

Being proactive on AI can head off mistakes of globalization

By Bruce Stokes
Posted November 25, 2025 at 9:00am

2026 State Legislative Sessions Calendar

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted October 3, 2025 at 10:26am
Former Sen. Doug Jones is running for Alabama governor.

Former Sen. Doug Jones announces run for Alabama governor

By Andrew Menezes
Posted November 24, 2025 at 8:23pm
Police watch over the East Front of the Capitol as Speaker Mike Johnson attends a news conference on Nov. 5. While many members say they feel protected at the heavily fortified Capitol, security while traveling in their districts can be another story.

House to boost member security program, launch mobile duress app

By Justin Papp
Posted November 24, 2025 at 6:57pm
President Donald Trump visits with patrons at a craps table at Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on Jan. 25.

From Epstein to prices, Trump is in a gambling mood this Thanksgiving

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 24, 2025 at 3:19pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted November 20, 2025 at 4:08pm
The Supreme Court building.

At Supreme Court, Texas congressional map faces issue of timing

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 24, 2025 at 3:03pm
Former FBI Director James B. Comey testifies during a Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing in 2017.

Judge dismisses indictments against James Comey, Letitia James

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 24, 2025 at 2:24pm
President Donald Trump met with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday, and their interactions suggest there might be a way out of the morass of identity politics, Brandon Wetherbee writes.

Did Trump, Mamdani and MTG preview an end to identity politics?

By Brandon Wetherbee
Posted November 24, 2025 at 1:49pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., talks with reporters in the Dirksen building on Oct. 28.

Pentagon to review ‘allegations of misconduct’ against Kelly

By Mark Satter
Posted November 24, 2025 at 1:33pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who is co-chair of a council to review the Federal Emergency Management Agency, speaks during a news conference in July. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

FEMA to get new interim director ahead of agency review report

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 24, 2025 at 12:53pm
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, left, here at a September memorial service for Charlie Kirk at the Capitol's Statuary Hall, says she will resign on Jan. 5.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign in January

By Daniela Altimari
Posted November 21, 2025 at 9:25pm, Updated at 10:48pm
President Donald Trump shakes hands with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as they meet in the Oval Office on Friday.

Trump praises ‘rational’ Mamdani during warm Oval Office meeting, shifting tone

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 21, 2025 at 5:56pm
Reps. Donald S. Beyer Jr. and Don Bacon, seen here in May, this week proposed a rules change aimed at ending the House’s recent censure spree.

Members search for end to House censure battle

By Nina Heller and Justin Papp
Posted November 21, 2025 at 4:52pm
Congress' passage of legislation related to Jeffrey Epstein highlights this week.

Momentous moment — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted November 21, 2025 at 4:49pm
Republican Matt Van Epss and Democrat Aftyn Behn will face off in Tennessee's 7th District special election on Dec. 2.

Outside spending ramps up in special election for deep-red Tennessee seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 21, 2025 at 4:00pm
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., talks with reporters outside the Capitol Hill Club after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on June 10.

Bipartisan health subsidy bill adds income caps, anti-fraud measures

By Sandhya Raman and Ariel Cohen
Posted November 21, 2025 at 3:55pm
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., is pushing for a smaller-sized Energy-Water bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate appropriators aim to unveil unreleased spending bills

By Jacob Fulton, Aris Folley and Aidan Quigley
Posted November 21, 2025 at 3:36pm
The special election to succeed former Rep. Mikie Sherrill is scheduled for April 16. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

New Jersey special election for Sherrill’s seat is set for April 16

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 21, 2025 at 12:55pm
A tour group enters the Capitol Rotunda on Monday. After Congress voted last week to temporarily fund the government into January, the Capitol Visitor Center reopened and tours of the Capitol resumed. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | November 14-20, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted November 21, 2025 at 9:50am
“The president is pressing forward,” Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told reporters. “We'll see what happens.”

White House isn’t giving up on AI regulations ban

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted November 21, 2025 at 5:20am
California Rep. Eric Swalwell, here wearing a hat in support of Jimmy Kimmel outside the Capitol in September, is running for governor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. Eric Swalwell announces run for California governor

By Daniela Altimari
Posted November 21, 2025 at 12:45am
Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez, D-N.Y, speaks during a Congressional Hispanic Caucus news conference in the Capitol on June 5.

New York Democrat Nydia Velázquez says she will retire

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 20, 2025 at 6:24pm, Updated at 8:40pm
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., listens during a 2023 hearing in the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick indictment details allegations

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 20, 2025 at 6:05pm
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks with reporters in the Capitol on Nov. 4. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Democratic hawks defiant after Trump accuses them of ‘seditious’ act

By Mark Satter
Posted November 20, 2025 at 5:30pm
House Appropriations top Democrat Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said the size of the next spending package remains undetermined.

Little sign of spending progress as top appropriators meet

By Aidan Quigley
Posted November 20, 2025 at 4:38pm
A Republican is urging Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, seen here in June 2024, to resign or face an expulsion vote.

Cherfilus-McCormick faces expulsion threat over indictment

By Justin Papp
Posted November 20, 2025 at 2:09pm, Updated at 4:10pm

At the Races: The new Republican resisters

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 20, 2025 at 3:11pm

Capitol Lens | Turkey wing

By Bill Clark
Posted November 20, 2025 at 3:10pm
Michael Selig, the nominee to be chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, at his appearance Wednesday before the Senate Agriculture Committee.

Senate Agriculture advances Selig to lead CFTC

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 20, 2025 at 3:07pm

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