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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives for a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on June 2.

Policy

Blanche heads into attorney general confirmation clash

The president’s former defense attorney has led DOJ in acting role

By Michael Macagnone and Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 8, 2026 at 5:13pm

Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club in March. The House on Monday passed his bill that would change how the librarian of Congress is appointed.

Congress

House votes to take over librarian of Congress appointment power 

By Nina Heller
Posted June 8, 2026 at 4:32pm
President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an event at Custer Farms on Friday in Chippewa Falls, Wis.

Campaigns

Trump’s early midterm stops only touch on lawmakers

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 8, 2026 at 5:54pm
President Donald Trump during the signing of executive orders in the Oval Office in September, including a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.

Policy

Judge halts Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 8, 2026 at 4:44pm
Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore., holds a press conference in September 1995 after the Ethics Committee voted to recommend his expulsion. (Laura Patterson/CQ Roll Call archives)

Congress

Packwood, former senator who resigned amid sex scandal, dead at 93

By Nina Heller and Jacob Fulton
Posted June 8, 2026 at 11:33am
A worker power washes the stonework at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday

Capitol Lens | Pool of engagement

By Tom Williams
Posted June 8, 2026 at 4:06pm
Lawmakers are looking to pick up the FISA pieces after the president picked Bill Pulte, seen here on Capitol Hill in 2025, as acting director of national intelligence.

This week: FISA fight comes to a head

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted June 8, 2026 at 1:34pm

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., hugs former Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., during last year’s Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on June 11, 2025.

Bitter rivalry? At the Congressional Baseball Game, sort of

By Hunter Savery
Posted June 8, 2026 at 10:48am
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers on Tuesday that the fund would not move forward.

Lawsuit to stop ‘anti-weaponization’ fund moot, DOJ tells court

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 5, 2026 at 6:09pm
Congressional staffers transport food for Republican senators through the Ohio Clock Corridor during the Senate’s reconciliation vote-a-rama on Thursday.

Working lunch  — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted June 5, 2026 at 5:07pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee hearing last month.

Justice Department moving forward with grant office changes

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted June 5, 2026 at 4:59pm
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., seen at a hearing earlier this week, was among Republicans who voted against a motion to proceed to the reauthorization measure.

FISA reauthorization stalls in early-morning Senate vote

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted June 5, 2026 at 4:47pm
The Capitol dome is lit on the evening of April 4, 2025.

Wrap-up: All-nighter caps Senate work and a short House week

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 5, 2026 at 12:15pm

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By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Protesters chant outside the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee office where Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner was meeting with Democratic senators in Washington on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | May 29-June 4, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted June 5, 2026 at 11:18am
House Armed Services Chairman Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Fiscal 2027 NDAA approved by House Armed Services Committee

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 5, 2026 at 7:02am
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., held up passage for hours over an amendment to curb a Justice Department "anti-weaponization" fund. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Immigration bill passes without curbs on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

By Jacob Fulton and Savannah Behrmann
Posted June 5, 2026 at 6:16am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., narrowly lost a bid to send the bill back to committee.

Immigration budget bill suffers setback as House leaves town

By Jacob Fulton, Savannah Behrmann and Aris Folley
Posted June 4, 2026 at 3:43pm, Updated at 9:27pm
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., enters the Republicans’ lunch meeting in the U.S. Capitol during the Senate’s reconciliation vote-a-rama Thursday.

Trump’s primary involvement sparks vote-a-rama drama

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted June 4, 2026 at 6:59pm, Updated at 7:58pm
The House on Thursday voted down a concurrent resolution sponsored by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.

Democratic division in the shape of Lebanon

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 4, 2026 at 6:23pm
Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., teamed up with Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif. on the draft bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Bipartisan AI draft proposes three-year preemption of state laws

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted June 4, 2026 at 5:08pm

Capitol Lens | Where’s Mulder?

By Tom Williams
Posted June 4, 2026 at 4:42pm

At the Races: Tricks of the trade

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted June 4, 2026 at 3:39pm
Former University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban arrives to testify before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday.

Trump backs Senate’s version of college athletics bill

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 4, 2026 at 2:48pm
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., leaves the Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting Tuesday in the Capitol.

Booker, Cassidy back legal challenge to ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 4, 2026 at 1:53pm
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr participates in a FCC meeting at the commission headquarters on Feb. 18, 2026 in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Supreme Court sides with FCC power in forfeiture process

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 4, 2026 at 11:07am

Capitol Ink | Happy ‘Dumocrats’

By R.J. Matson
Posted June 4, 2026 at 7:00am
A portion of the arena on the South Lawn of the White House, set up for the upcoming UFC match to celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary, is seen from the North Lawn on May 28.

Activities around the 250th highlight America’s disunity

By Mike Magner
Posted June 4, 2026 at 6:00am
Reps. Andy Ogles, center, talks with Speaker Mike Johnson in the House chamber at the start of the 119th Congress. A now-deleted post about homosexuality on one of Ogles’ social media accounts was denounced by GOP leaders, unlike some of his previous posts about religious pluralism.

The GOP push to ‘love thy neighbor’

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 3, 2026 at 6:26pm
Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.

Another one bites the dust

By Daniela Altimari
Posted June 3, 2026 at 5:39pm
From left, Kate Goodloe, managing director of the Business Software Alliance, Ashli Watts, president and CEO of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Caitriona Fitzgerald, deputy director and policy director for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and Tyler Bridegan, partner at Womble Bond Dickinson and former director of privacy and technology enforcement in the Office of the Texas Attorney General, testify during the House Energy and Commerce panel hearing on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Consent questions raised at data privacy bill hearing

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted June 3, 2026 at 4:31pm
Rep. Thomas H. Kean Jr., R-N.Y., arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Wednesday, March 4.

He hasn’t been seen in months. The Congressional Record disagrees

By Nina Heller
Posted June 2, 2026 at 5:00pm, Updated June 3, 2026 at 4:06pm
Bessent testifies during the Senate Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Bessent stays mum on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund at hearing

By Jacob Fulton
Posted June 3, 2026 at 3:36pm
Landscapers plant bushes along the east side of the Cannon House Office Building on June 1. The renovation of that building is nearing completion, but the Rayburn Building is likely next in line.

‘Tough lessons’: House braces for Rayburn renovation

By Nina Heller
Posted June 3, 2026 at 3:36pm
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, talks with reporters after a Senate Budget Committee markup on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.

Cornyn’s loss proves election rules still apply

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted June 3, 2026 at 2:49pm
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