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President Donald Trump conducts a news conference Aug. 11 to announce the federal government will take control of the Metropolitan Police Department and use the National Guard to fight crime in Washington, D.C. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pamela Bondi also appear.

White House

Trump used lawmakers’ break to fill out a loaded congressional to-do list

'We're having a lot of victories,' president said before members' return

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 3, 2025 at 6:00am

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., is resuming the Epstein drumbeat, filing a discharge petition as Congress returns to Washington after its August break. Above, Massie is seen talking with reporters earlier this year.

Congress

House panel posts batch of Epstein files, as Massie presses for larger release

By Justin Papp and Ryan Tarinelli
Posted September 2, 2025 at 4:26pm, Updated at 7:21pm
President Donald Trump, flanked by members of Alabama's congressional delegation and others, speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday as he announces the moving of Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

White House

Trump moves Space Command HQ to Alabama, citing Colorado’s mail-in voting

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 2, 2025 at 4:39pm, Updated at 6:33pm
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst is not running for a third term next year.

Campaigns

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst announces she won’t seek reelection in 2026

By Daniela Altimari
Posted September 2, 2025 at 3:13pm, Updated at 6:19pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., warned of a shutdown risk if the president pursues a 'pocket rescission.'

Podcasts

‘Pocket rescission’ showdown

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 2, 2025 at 5:17pm
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., seen here at the 79th Street Greenmarket on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in 2022, will not seek reelection next year.

Nadler won’t seek reelection to Manhattan House seat

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Todd Ruger
Posted September 2, 2025 at 4:37am, Updated at 5:52pm

Capitol Lens | Generations

By Tom Williams
Posted September 2, 2025 at 3:36pm

2025 State Sessions Recap

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted August 20, 2025 at 6:55pm
Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 19, 2024.

Ex-budget staffers weigh in against Trump ‘pocket rescissions’

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 2, 2025 at 1:50pm
Demonstrators gather in front of a federal building guarded by a mix of U.S. Marines and National Guard members during the "No Kings" protest following federal immigration operations in Los Angeles on July 4.

Judge rules against Trump’s use of National Guard in California

By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 2, 2025 at 10:48am
Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., right, and ranking member Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., will seek to bring the annual defense authorization bill to the floor this week.

Back from recess, Senate turns to defense while House looks to get back to business

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 2, 2025 at 4:38am

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
Senate Banking ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., right, and other panel Democrats are urging Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., left, to delay a nomination hearing for a Federal Reserve Board governor scheduled for Sept. 4. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate Banking Democrats urge Scott to delay Fed nominee hearing

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted August 29, 2025 at 4:29pm
A Capitol Police officer is pictured near a rally in Upper Senate Park in February. The department recently shuttered its Office of Equity and Inclusion.

Capitol Police nixes its equity and inclusion office

By Justin Papp
Posted August 29, 2025 at 2:06pm
Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif., is pictured in 1994.

Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham, naval aviator and corrupt appropriator, dies at 83

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 29, 2025 at 4:56am

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Monarez at her confirmation hearing in June.

Kennedy to testify before Congress next week amid CDC tumult

By Jessie Hellmann and Lia DeGroot
Posted August 28, 2025 at 3:51pm

At the Races: Going low

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 28, 2025 at 2:23pm
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was also named as a defendant in Fed Governor Lisa Cook's lawsuit to prevent President Donald Trump from firing her from the board. The suit included Powell and the board as defendants to stop them from carrying out Trump's action. The Fed said Tuesday it is standing by Cook.

Cook files suit against Trump to keep Fed board seat

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted August 28, 2025 at 11:36am, Updated at 12:50pm
Susan Monarez at her CDC confirmation hearing on June 25.

Monarez removed as CDC director, HHS says

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted August 27, 2025 at 9:32pm
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) flag flies outside the headquarters in Washington on Feb. 3, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

US asks Supreme Court to take action in USAID funding challenge

By Michael Macagnone
Posted August 27, 2025 at 12:01pm, Updated at 5:52pm
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., seen at an event on the National Mall on Aug. 4, announced the changes.

FDA sets more limited framework for COVID-19 vaccines

By Lia DeGroot
Posted August 27, 2025 at 4:57pm
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stands near a NextGen Amtrak Acela train during his news conference at Union Station in Washington on Wednesday. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Duffy announces DOT takeover of DC’s Union Station

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 27, 2025 at 4:41pm
Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Ariz., speaks to a reporter in National Statuary Hall before President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025. Ciscomani's district is one of the most evenly-divided in the nation.

The 10 most evenly divided districts in the country

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted August 27, 2025 at 2:28pm
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum (far left) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) look on as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

The US system always had loopholes. Trump 2.0 exploits what others resisted

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 27, 2025 at 1:56pm
A worker uses a concrete saw on Florida Avenue NE in February 2024.

Another kind of road warrior: Trump pitches asphalt for DC streets

By Mike Magner
Posted August 27, 2025 at 7:00am
Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., is chairing a House Financial Services Committee task force examining the role of the Federal Reserve.

House panel says it will examine allegations against Fed’s Cook

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted August 26, 2025 at 3:41pm, Updated at 5:40pm
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, left, speaks with Fed board member Lisa Cook at a meeting in Washington on June 25. Trump said Monday he is firing Cook.

Trump says he’s removing Federal Reserve board member

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted August 26, 2025 at 5:45am
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, 2nd from left, along with local Democrats, deposit their ballots in a ballot drop box outside the Salt Lake City Public Library ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

Utah judge tosses congressional maps, creating Democratic opportunity

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 26, 2025 at 5:24am
An abortion rights demonstrator holds a sign in front of the Supreme Court on April 2. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Judge denies Maine clinics’ request on blocked Medicaid funds

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted August 26, 2025 at 5:03am
Sunscreen and blankets are sold along Venice Beach in Los Angeles.

Congress sees bipartisan bright spot in sunscreen legislation

By Lia DeGroot
Posted August 25, 2025 at 5:36am
President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a visit to The People's House: A White House Experience Aug. 22, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Trump to ask Congress for $2 billion to fix ‘hellhole’ DC

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 22, 2025 at 12:38pm
Traffic backs up on southbound Interstate 805 near San Diego on May 3, 2025.

Q&A on the Trump EPA’s effort to curtail regulation of greenhouse gas emissions

By FactCheck.org
Posted August 22, 2025 at 12:31pm
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, speaks during a news conference with members of the Texas congressional delegation to discuss possible redistricting in the state at the Democratic National Committee offices on July 15. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., also appear.

Democrat Lloyd Doggett won’t seek reelection if courts don’t overturn Texas redistricting

By Jacob Fulton
Posted August 21, 2025 at 7:03pm
President Donald Trump visits the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility on Thursday. To the right of Trump are Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

Trump visits police, troops in DC after suggesting he would patrol streets

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 21, 2025 at 2:15pm, Updated at 6:46pm

At the Races: Maps mania

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Niels Lesniewski and Daniela Altimari
Posted August 21, 2025 at 2:30pm
Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 25.

Rep. Chip Roy announces bid for Texas attorney general

By Victor Feldman
Posted August 21, 2025 at 12:39pm

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