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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.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign in January

Onetime staunch Trump ally has had public split with the president

By Daniela Altimari
Posted November 21, 2025 at 9:25pm, Updated at 10:48pm

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.

Congress

Members search for end to House censure battle

By Nina Heller and Justin Papp
Posted November 21, 2025 at 4:52pm
President Donald Trump shakes hands with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as they meet in the Oval Office on Friday.

White House

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

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 21, 2025 at 5:56pm
Republican Matt Van Epss and Democrat Aftyn Behn will face off in Tennessee's 7th District special election on Dec. 2.

Campaigns

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

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 21, 2025 at 4:00pm
Congress' passage of legislation related to Jeffrey Epstein highlights this week.

Video

Momentous moment — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted November 21, 2025 at 4:49pm
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

2026 State Legislative Sessions Calendar

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

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted November 20, 2025 at 4:08pm
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

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
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
The casket of former Vice President Dick Cheney during his funeral service at the National Cathedral on Thursday.

Business as usual at White House as former officials, family honor Dick Cheney

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 20, 2025 at 2:50pm

Capitol Ink | Seismic event

By R.J. Matson
Posted November 20, 2025 at 7:00am
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., leaves the Capitol after the last votes of the week in March.

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick accused of stealing FEMA funds

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 19, 2025 at 7:57pm, Updated November 20, 2025 at 4:09am
President Donald Trump says the scandal over the Epstein files "will backfire on the Democrats."

Trump signs bill compelling release of Epstein files

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 19, 2025 at 9:04pm
Advocates and members of D.C.’s shadow delegation, including Oye Owolewa and Ankit Jain, attend a news conference on Tuesday denouncing the latest congressional effort to roll back local policies in the District.

House takes aim at cashless bail in DC

By Justin Papp
Posted November 19, 2025 at 8:57pm
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought will remain in charge of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a spokesperson said Wednesday.

Trump nominates CFPB leader, but Vought’s ‘not going anywhere’

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted November 19, 2025 at 6:33pm, Updated at 7:42pm
Michael Selig, the nominee to be chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, waits to testify during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday.

Senate Agriculture plans Thursday vote on CFTC nominee

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 19, 2025 at 6:14pm
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., led a forum Wednesday on harms from President Donald Trump's tough-on-immigration enforcement policies.

House Democrats spotlight Trump immigration enforcement harms

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 19, 2025 at 5:47pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, at left, and ranking Democrat Patty Murray of Washington will meet with their House counterparts to map strategy.

Top four appropriators set to meet on spending package

By Aidan Quigley and Aris Folley
Posted November 19, 2025 at 5:35pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., conducts a news conference Wednesday after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., also appear.

Senate GOP divided over House push to repeal payout provision

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted November 19, 2025 at 5:17pm
Nebraska independent Dan Osborn, pictured here shaking hands during an October 2024 campaign stop at a restaurant in Neligh, is running for Senate again.

Nebraska’s Osborn says he’s better prepared for 2026 run. So are Republicans

By Daniela Altimari
Posted November 19, 2025 at 5:13pm
How do members of Congress spend their time? It’s changed over the years, political scientist Jeremy Gelman says. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Where do ‘untraceable’ laws come from, and what does Congress do all day?

By Justin Papp
Posted November 19, 2025 at 5:03pm
Blue skies replace rain clouds over the Capitol on Oct. 8.

Senate releases its 2026 calendar

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted November 19, 2025 at 4:15pm
From left, Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Seth Magaziner, Pramila Jayapal and Tim Burchett call for action on a congressional stock trading ban on Wednesday.

‘Give us a vote’: House members ramp up stock ban pressure

By Justin Papp
Posted November 19, 2025 at 2:29pm, Updated at 4:10pm
Travis Hill, nominee to be chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, received Senate Banking Committee backing Wednesday.

Senate Banking backs Hill for FDIC chairman along party lines

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted November 19, 2025 at 4:03pm

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