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Protesters gathered at the White House on Saturday after news broke of the ouster of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.

Congress

Congress poised to weigh in on Venezuela campaign

When Congress returns to Washington, it will be faced with what comes next on Venezuela

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)

White House

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.

Policy

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.

Congress

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

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

Heard on the Hill

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

By Jackie Wang
Posted January 2, 2026 at 7:00am
A voter fills out her ballot in the Alexandria City High School gymnasium on Election Day in 2024.

Trump voter data push prompts privacy concerns

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 2, 2026 at 6:30am
Former Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., shown here testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee in October 2023, has been diagnosed with dementia.

Former Sen. Jon Kyl withdraws from public life amid dementia diagnosis

By Nick Eskow
Posted December 31, 2025 at 2:45pm

2026 State Legislative Sessions Calendar

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted October 3, 2025 at 10:26am
Hite District, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is seen in September 2025. The National Park Service unit encompasses the Colorado River and Lake Powell from lower Cataract Canyon to the Glen Canyon Dam. (Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Deep cuts made 2025 a difficult year for National Park Service

By Mike Magner
Posted December 31, 2025 at 7:00am
President Donald Trump. seen here during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday, issued his first veto messages of the year on Tuesday.

Trump issues first vetoes of second term

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 31, 2025 at 6:54am
Texas Republican Rep. Troy Nehls sports a Donald Trump tie on the steps of the Capitol on June 27, 2024.

Twins in Congress: Nehls brothers and a potentially history-making transition

By Nick Eskow
Posted December 31, 2025 at 6:00am

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Former Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell died on Tuesday. He is shown in 2018.

Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell dead at 92

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 30, 2025 at 10:36pm
Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith U.S. attend a Dec. 4 news conference at the Department of Justice announcing an arrest in the case of pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic national committee offices in 2021.

Judge weighs whether to keep alleged Capitol Hill pipe bomber detained

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 30, 2025 at 5:15pm
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz.

Texas gets largest share of reconciliation law’s rural health fund

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted December 30, 2025 at 12:19pm
Chairman Michael D. Crapo takes his seat for the Senate Finance Committee hearing titled “The President's 2026 Health Care Agenda” on Sept. 4.

Health care fight returns in January with affordability at center

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted December 30, 2025 at 11:54am
Senate Republicans pushed past Democratic outrage in confirming Emil Bove, the president’s former defense attorney, to a lifetime spot on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.

Trump’s 2025 saw 26 lifetime judicial nominees approved

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 30, 2025 at 7:00am
Clockwise from top left: John E. Sununu, Jerry Carl, Madison Cawthorn, Mayra Flores, Cori Bush, Melissa Bean, Elaine Luria and Sherrod Brown are running for Congress in 2026.

These former members of Congress are seeking comebacks in 2026

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 29, 2025 at 2:57pm
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee markup in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 31.

Defense panels still not clear on Golden Dome’s attributes

By John M. Donnelly
Posted December 29, 2025 at 7:00am
Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., background, conclude a news conference in the Capitol on June 17.

Gender-affirming care rules create legal quagmire, critics say

By Ariel Cohen
Posted December 29, 2025 at 7:00am
The House passed Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert's bill that would require the US. Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue a rule rescinding protections for the gray wolf.

GOP lawmakers have administration ally to end predator species protections

By David Jordan
Posted December 29, 2025 at 7:00am, Updated at 7:00am
Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., has not been shy about disagreeing with some of Trump's national security policies.

Republican defense hawks broke with Trump repeatedly in 2025

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted December 26, 2025 at 7:00am
A worker stocks Angus beef top-sirloin filets in the meat section of a grocery store in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25.

Lawmakers push to reimburse food stamp benefits lost to theft

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted December 26, 2025 at 7:00am
President Donald Trump listens during a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the White House on Dec. 15, 2025.

The whoppers of 2025

By FactCheck.org
Posted December 25, 2025 at 8:00am
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says he will propose legislation that would take on government pressure on social media.

Can Congress find a path on government ‘jawboning’ limits?

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted December 24, 2025 at 7:00am
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., arrives at a closed Senate Armed Services Committee briefing on naval aviation mishaps in the Capitol Visitor Center on Dec. 2.

Congress inches toward reclaiming war powers with AUMF repeals

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted December 24, 2025 at 7:00am
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, arrives for Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on Dec. 9.

States eager for final decisions on $50B health care fund

By Sandhya Raman
Posted December 24, 2025 at 7:00am
Residents and protesters clash with federal agents in the East Side neighborhood on Oct. 14 in Chicago.

Supreme Court sides with Chicago over Trump in dispute over Guard

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 23, 2025 at 4:17pm
Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman, seen outside a Dec. 17 meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol, is running for Senate. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman launches campaign for Senate

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 23, 2025 at 12:43pm
Then-Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., leaves the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on March 8, 2022.

Former Nebraska Sen. Sasse faces terminal diagnosis

By Nick Eskow
Posted December 23, 2025 at 12:24pm
Workers adjust the name of the “John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts" on Dec. 19 in Washington, after the board of trustees voted in what they say was a unanimous decision to add Donald Trump's name to the center.

Democratic lawmaker sues over renaming of Kennedy Center

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 23, 2025 at 11:52am
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, left, and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrive for a briefing on Syria in the Capitol Visitor Center on Oct. 17, 2019.

Defense policy law takes aim at the politics of security details

By Mark Satter
Posted December 23, 2025 at 7:00am
President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, announces a new class of warships at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday.

Trump announces new class of ‘battleships’ named after himself

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted December 22, 2025 at 7:03pm
George Conway, here at the White House in 2017, is running for New York's 12th District.

Trump critic George Conway files for Nadler’s New York seat as a Democrat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 22, 2025 at 4:31pm
President Donald Trump waves to onlookers Saturday as the armored presidential Cadillac limousine returns to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Domestic, global crises follow Trump to South Florida links amid late-year slump

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 22, 2025 at 1:13pm
Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis will not run for reelection next year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis will not run for reelection in 2026

By Daniela Altimari and Jackie Wang
Posted December 19, 2025 at 6:24pm

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