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A Marine helicopter flies past a hawk in a tree above the Rose Garden outside the White House in 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

White House

Venezuelan governance picture clears as Trump team turns hawkish on hemisphere

Top Democrat says president‘s regional vision is ‘lawless, immoral and dangerous‘

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 7, 2026 at 3:43pm

President Donald Trump is expected to give his State of the Union address before Congress next month. Trump is seen here on May 20, 2025, alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., following a House Republican Conference meeting on the Hill.

White House

Trump’s State of the Union to happen in February

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 7, 2026 at 3:23pm, Updated at 5:06pm
Speaker Mike Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise are seen during a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Campaigns

Could House control change party hands before November?

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted January 7, 2026 at 2:40pm
Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., leaves the Capitol Hill Club after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Sept. 18, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Policy

House farm bill action delayed until February

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted January 7, 2026 at 2:19pm
President Donald Trump — pictured during a news conference in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 28 — is significantly weaker among independent voters now than he was just a few years ago.

Opinion

A blowout win for Democrats in 2026?

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted January 7, 2026 at 2:01pm
Witnesses are sworn in during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on fraud and misuse of federal funds in Minnesota. The witnesses are, from left, former Special Counsel Brendan Ballou, State Rep. Marion Rarick, R-Minn., State Rep. Walter Hudson, R-Minn., and State Rep. Kristin Robbins, R-Minn.

House GOP hearing highlights Minnesota fraud concerns

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 7, 2026 at 4:43pm
California Rep. Doug LaMalfa, seen here leaving a meeting of the House Republican Conference last year, was first elected in 2012. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

California Rep. Doug LaMalfa dies at 65

By Daniela Altimari
Posted January 6, 2026 at 11:39am, Updated January 7, 2026 at 4:13pm

2026 State Legislative Sessions Calendar

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted October 3, 2025 at 10:26am

Capitol Lens | Winding up

By Bill Clark
Posted January 7, 2026 at 3:18pm
A crowded field of Republicans is vying to succeed former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in the special election for Georgia's 14th District. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Special election for Greene’s seat in Georgia set for March 10

By Daniela Altimari
Posted January 6, 2026 at 4:53pm, Updated January 7, 2026 at 9:44am
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., says he is taking the president's comments about Greenland "seriously."

Fears of military action in Greenland grow after Venezuela operation

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted January 6, 2026 at 11:10pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Pamela Hemphill, a Jan. 6 rioter who refused President Trump’s pardon, testifies during a hearing held Tuesday by House Democrats.

How did Capitol Hill mark the fifth anniversary of Jan. 6?

By Nina Heller and Michael Macagnone
Posted January 6, 2026 at 5:24pm

Capitol Lens | Back to storage

By Bill Clark
Posted January 6, 2026 at 4:07pm
The spending package appeared to go along with the DOJ’s moves to disband a decades-old program tasked with coordinating major drug-trafficking and transnational-crime investigations.

Spending package would reject proposed DOJ restructuring

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 6, 2026 at 2:32pm
President Donald Trump gestures during remarks Tuesday at a House Republican policy retreat in Washington. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

At House GOP retreat, Trump questions ‘mind of the public’ ahead of midterms

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 6, 2026 at 1:16pm

Capitol Ink | Operation absolute resolve

By R.J. Matson
Posted January 6, 2026 at 7:00am
The Peace Monument in Peace Circle is pictured as pro-Trump rioters take over the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021.

For one reporter, Jan. 6 evokes sad memories of a precious place

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted January 6, 2026 at 5:50am
Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the Capitol Visitor Center on Monday to brief House and Senate leaders about the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Classified Venezuela briefings precede likely war powers vote

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 6, 2026 at 5:06am
Rioters take over the steps of the Capitol on the East Front on Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats recalibrate on Jan. 6 messaging ahead of midterms

By Daniela Altimari
Posted January 6, 2026 at 5:00am
House Republican Cloakroom Floor Director Ella Gunn, left, and House Democratic Cloakroom Manager Rosemary Keating, pictured here in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol, made history this year by becoming the first all-woman duo to lead their cloakrooms.

For the first time, both House cloakrooms are helmed by women

By Jackie Wang
Posted January 2, 2026 at 7:00am, Updated January 5, 2026 at 6:00pm
The Washington Monument is illuminated on New Year’s Eve to mark the country’s 250th anniversary. Steven Pearlstein writes that the principles of that founding, co-equal branches of government, are in trouble.

Congressional power, ending with a whimper, not a bang?

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted January 5, 2026 at 5:31pm
A woman carrying a “Free Maduro” sign joins demonstrators in front of the White House on Saturday to protest the U.S. military action in Venezuela.

‘It’s not easy’: Contradictions cloud Trump team’s vision for Venezuela

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 5, 2026 at 4:59pm

Capitol Lens | Ready for takeoff

By Bill Clark
Posted January 5, 2026 at 3:39pm
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, left, attends a memorial service for the late Charlie Kirk in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Sept. 15.

Former Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene departs Congress a vocal critic

By Daniela Altimari
Posted January 5, 2026 at 2:32pm
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will not run for reelection this year.

In a reversal, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will not seek reelection this year

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted January 5, 2026 at 10:41am, Updated at 1:58pm
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Dec. 15. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Health care, housing and crime bills top White House’s 2026 wish list

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 5, 2026 at 12:05pm
A video of President Donald Trump plays during a hearing held by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on Oct. 13, 2022. Members of the now-defunct panel say they see ongoing threats and reminders, five years after the Capitol breach.

After blaming Trump for Jan. 6, they’re still in the ‘fight of our lives’

By Nina Heller
Posted January 5, 2026 at 11:46am
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to hold President Donald Trump responsible for the 2021 attack on the Capitol, speaks during a press conference in June. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Lawmakers, Capitol Police still pursuing Trump in Jan. 6 lawsuits

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 5, 2026 at 11:13am
A poster of the “Trump Gold Card” is seen as President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office in September.

Trump Gold Card creates interest, decisions for foreign nationals

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 5, 2026 at 7:00am
House Financial Services Chairman French Hill, R-Ark., is pushing to embed financial regulations into statute to make them less vulnerable to change after political transitions.

Lawmakers seek to embed financial services rules into legislation

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted January 5, 2026 at 7:00am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is among those calling the Trump administration's military action in Venezuela "reckless."

This week: Congress returns to debate Venezuela, spending, health

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 5, 2026 at 6:32am
Protesters gathered at the White House on Saturday after news broke of the ouster of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.

Congress poised to weigh in on Venezuela campaign

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 3, 2026 at 5:47pm
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters Saturday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., following U.S. military actions in Venezuela. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump: US will ‘run’ Venezuela after military mission to nab Maduro

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 3, 2026 at 1:58pm
A protester outside the White House weighs in on President Donald Trump's decision to bomb Venezuela on Saturday.

US capture of Maduro rests on criminal case

By Ryan Tarinelli and John M. Donnelly
Posted January 3, 2026 at 12:29pm
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., at a hearing in February 2025.

Whitehouse says he’ll stall key bills over offshore wind pause

By Kelly Livingston
Posted January 2, 2026 at 8:21pm

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