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Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries conduct a joint news conference at the Capitol on Thursday.

Policy

Democrats call for hearings, independent probes over ICE shooting

Lawmakers connect Renee Good death to wider concerns about immigration enforcement

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 8, 2026 at 4:29pm

A replica of a plaque honoring law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 stands in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol on Dec. 23, 2025.

Heard on the Hill

Overdue Jan. 6 plaque to get a temporary home

By Nina Heller
Posted January 8, 2026 at 5:08pm
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, left, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, talk as they arrive for a vote in the Capitol on Dec. 17, 2025.

Congress

Senate advances Venezuela war powers measure

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted January 8, 2026 at 2:10pm, Updated at 3:38pm
California Rep. Julia Brownley won't seek reelection this year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Campaigns

California Rep. Julia Brownley is latest Democrat to announce retirement

By Daniela Altimari and Jackie Wang
Posted January 8, 2026 at 4:55pm
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., seen here at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, will not seek reelection.

Congress

Hoyer will not seek reelection

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 7, 2026 at 10:45pm

At the Races: Of voters and Venezuela

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted January 8, 2026 at 3:17pm

Capitol Lens | Remembering the Giffords shooting

By Bill Clark and Chris Hale
Posted January 8, 2026 at 12:24pm

2026 State Legislative Sessions Calendar

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted October 3, 2025 at 10:26am
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a federal courthouse on Jan. 5.

Exploring the legality questions about Venezuela military strike

By FactCheck.org
Posted January 8, 2026 at 11:07am
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary attends an event at the USDA Jamie L. Whitten Building in Washington on Aug. 4, 2025.

Top-down approach has Congress AWOL on FDA, experts say

By Lia DeGroot
Posted January 8, 2026 at 7:02am

Capitol Ink | Trump gang of eight

By R.J. Matson
Posted January 8, 2026 at 7:00am

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Two of California's most powerful politicians, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Gov. Gavin Newsom, seen here at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, will still be making news in the coming year as they start new phases of their political careers, Christina Bellantoni writes.

Eight(ish) California predictions for 2026

By Christina Bellantoni
Posted January 8, 2026 at 5:00am
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is eyeing a new congressional map for his state.

DeSantis calls for Florida redistricting session in April

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Andrew Menezes
Posted January 7, 2026 at 8:25pm
Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., arrives for the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Oct. 7, 2025.

Zero-dollar premiums sticking point in Senate health talks

By Jessie Hellmann, Sandhya Raman and Ariel Cohen
Posted January 7, 2026 at 6:27pm
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.

Trump’s State of the Union to happen in February

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 7, 2026 at 3:23pm, Updated at 5:06pm
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
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)

Venezuelan governance picture clears as Trump team turns hawkish on hemisphere

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

Capitol Lens | Winding up

By Bill Clark
Posted January 7, 2026 at 3:18pm
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)

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)

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.

A blowout win for Democrats in 2026?

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted January 7, 2026 at 2:01pm
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
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

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