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Del. Stacey Plaskett, seen here at a hearing in 2023, escaped a rebuke by the House on Tuesday night.

Congress

Plaskett avoids censure over Epstein texts

House Republicans took aim at exchange involving delegate from the Virgin Islands

By Justin Papp
Posted November 18, 2025 at 10:06pm

From left, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., hold a news conference outside the Capitol on Nov. 18, 2025, with survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Congress

With Trump’s belated blessing, Epstein bill moving quickly through Congress

By Justin Papp
Posted November 18, 2025 at 3:15pm, Updated at 5:45pm
Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, seen here in July 2024, got a scolding from the House on Tuesday over how he announced his retirement.

Congress

House votes to disapprove of Chuy García’s retirement moves

By Nina Heller
Posted November 18, 2025 at 3:57pm
New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill says she will resign on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Campaigns

Sherrill will resign House seat on Thursday

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 18, 2025 at 5:34pm
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said of House efforts, "We're not here to bail out insurance companies."

Policy

Trump draws line in sand on extending ACA credits

By Sandhya Raman and Jessie Hellmann
Posted November 18, 2025 at 6:01pm
President Donald Trump welcomes Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia during an arrival ceremony at the White House on Tuesday.

‘Things happen’: Trump defends MBS on Khashoggi murder, slams ABC reporter

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 18, 2025 at 4:21pm

Capitol Lens | Keeping watch

By Bill Clark
Posted November 18, 2025 at 3:43pm

2026 State Legislative Sessions Calendar

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted October 3, 2025 at 10:26am
Texas state Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, listens to the debate of a congressional redistricting plan at the state Capitol in Austin in August.

Court blocks use of GOP-redrawn Texas congressional map

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 18, 2025 at 2:45pm
Haley Robson, who says she was assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein when she was 16, wipes away tears at a Tuesday news conference at the Capitol.

Epstein survivors call for ‘moral reckoning’ ahead of vote

By Nina Heller
Posted November 18, 2025 at 12:13pm
The Capitol dome is illuminated on Nov. 12. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House unveils 2026 calendar as election year nears

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 18, 2025 at 10:57am

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am

Capitol Ink | Trump U-turn

By R.J. Matson
Posted November 18, 2025 at 7:00am
From left, Reps. John Katko, R-N.Y., Darren Soto, D-Fla., and Haley Stevens, D-Mich., take a picture before The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 bill signing on the South Lawn of the White House, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022.

Life after Congress: How John Katko got a PBS show

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted November 18, 2025 at 6:00am
Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards will face off in a Jan. 31 runoff in the special election for Texas' 18th District.

Special election runoff in Texas’ 18th District set for Jan. 31

By Daniela Altimari
Posted November 17, 2025 at 5:09pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am

Capitol Lens | Rubble soul

By Tom Williams
Posted November 17, 2025 at 3:15pm
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One on Sunday after spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

Slashed refugee cap adds to uncertainty about admissions to US

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 17, 2025 at 2:24pm
The late Hulk Hogan, seen here at the 2024 Republican National Convention, previously won a huge lawsuit against Gawker in Florida that changed the media permanently.

‘Injustice’ — The facts don’t matter if you’re not able to present them

By Brandon Wetherbee
Posted November 17, 2025 at 1:11pm
An aerial view last week of new 9.6-kilometer secondary border wall between the Santa Teresa Desert in southern New Mexico and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. Workers installed steel bollard sections in an area authorities describe as a hub for smuggling and migrant rescues.

Supreme Court to take up case over border asylum claim location

By Michael Macagnone
Posted November 17, 2025 at 11:53am
Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., attends a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

Defense contractors fight back against NDAA repair language

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 17, 2025 at 11:43am
Rep. Nikki Budzinski,, D-Ill., attends a news conference with members of the New Democrat Coalition on Thursday, March 13, 2025.

Biofuels standards put farm, oil state members on opposite sides

By Kelly Livingston
Posted November 17, 2025 at 10:09am
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez, D-Wash., walks up the House steps on Sept. 25, 2024.

In the Spotlight: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

By Nick Eskow
Posted November 17, 2025 at 10:02am
Activist Bill Christeson holds a sign calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files outside the Capitol on Nov. 12. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

This week: House votes on Epstein files while Senate seeks spending deal

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 17, 2025 at 5:49am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune talks with reporters on Monday.

Major spending package planned for Senate floor faces doubts

By Aidan Quigley and Aris Folley
Posted November 14, 2025 at 5:45pm
A mid-decade redistricting effort in Indiana that could target Democratic Rep. Frank J. Mrvan has hit a roadblock in the state Senate.

Republican efforts to redraw Indiana’s congressional map stall again

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 14, 2025 at 4:56pm
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., was among the Democrats who forged a deal to re-open the government.

In shutdown deal, bipartisan legislating trumped party unity

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted November 14, 2025 at 4:49pm
A chair with a “broken” sign sits in a hallway in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Oct. 30. As the federal government emerges from a shutdown, members of Congress have some thoughts on lessons learned.

After a shutdown, no ‘A’s for effort

By Nina Heller
Posted November 14, 2025 at 2:52pm
The Capitol dome is lit on Wednesday night as the House prepared to pass the funding bill to end the partial government shutdown. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | November 7-13, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted November 14, 2025 at 10:14am
A worker stocks Angus beef top-sirloin filets in the meat section of a grocery store in Washington.

US drops reciprocal tariff on Argentine beef, plans to boost quota

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 13, 2025 at 7:32pm
Utah Rep. Ben McAdams is running for Congress.

Former Rep. Ben McAdams launches comeback bid in Utah 

By Victor Feldman
Posted November 13, 2025 at 6:41pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he would file a lawsuit under the new provision over a government search of his phone records.

Senate payout provision defies typical legal concepts, experts say

By Ryan Tarinelli and Michael Macagnone
Posted November 13, 2025 at 5:44pm
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna leaves the Capitol after the last votes of the week on Sept. 19. Hopes for action on a congressional stock trading ban were derailed by the House’s long break from Washington but are now back on track.

After shutdown delay, hearing set on congressional stock trading

By Justin Papp
Posted November 13, 2025 at 4:23pm

At the Races: Back to our regularly scheduled programming

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted November 13, 2025 at 3:01pm
Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing in 2017.

Judge hears challenge to James Comey, Letitia James indictments

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 13, 2025 at 2:24pm
Local police officers confront a demonstrator last month outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing and detention facility in Broadview, Ill.

Groups challenge conditions at California migrant detention center

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 13, 2025 at 2:16pm
President Donald Trump signs a spending package to reopen the federal government in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday night. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Net neutral’: Shutdown unlikely to hobble Trump, former aides say

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 13, 2025 at 12:19pm

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