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Former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, seen at a Senate hearing in the Capitol on March 14, 2024, is running for California governor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Campaigns

Former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra enters packed race for California governor

Democrat previously served as congressman and state attorney general

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 2, 2025 at 1:46pm

Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, seen in the Capitol on Feb. 7, 2023 with Justice Amy Coney Barrett for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, was allegedly targeted in 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Policy

Man seeks to plead guilty in Supreme Court assassination plot

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 2, 2025 at 12:34pm
A display reads "Trump administration says it deported 17 more 'violent criminals' to El Salvador" as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing Tuesday.

Policy

US touts use of El Salvador prison with human rights concerns

By Chris Johnson
Posted April 2, 2025 at 12:15pm
The Supreme Court building in Washington. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Policy

Supreme Court backs FDA in flavored e-cigarette denials

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted April 2, 2025 at 11:37am
Campaign signs in the race for Florida's 6th District sit on the side of the road in Ocala, Fla., on March 26.

Campaigns

Republicans win Florida special elections, helping pad House margin

By Nick Eskow and Jackie Wang
Posted April 1, 2025 at 7:59pm, Updated at 8:35pm
Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, seen here at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last year, is running for Senate. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow enters race to succeed Peters in Senate

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 2, 2025 at 10:27am
Susan Crawford, the liberal candidate in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, speaks to reporters during a campaign stop in Milwaukee on March 29. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Liberal candidate wins Wisconsin Supreme Court election in boost for Democrats

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted April 1, 2025 at 10:36pm

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during Senate Democrats’ news conference in the Capitol on March 4.

Booker sets new record for longest Senate floor speech

By Victor Feldman
Posted April 1, 2025 at 9:26pm
A man listed as a special assistant to Sen. Cory Booker was arrested Monday night with a weapon. Above, Booker is pictured arriving for a vote in the Capitol in February 2024.

Senate staffer arrested for carrying unlicensed pistol in the Capitol

By Justin Papp
Posted April 1, 2025 at 6:18pm
Matt Cutler, right, a former Health and Human Services employee who was fired on Tuesday, talks with Maine independent Sen. Angus King, left, inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Tuesday.

HHS layoffs cut deep swath through health infrastructure

By Sandhya Raman, Lia DeGroot and Jessie Hellmann
Posted April 1, 2025 at 6:06pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am

Capitol Lens | Rainbow connection

By Bill Clark
Posted April 1, 2025 at 3:54pm
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, seen here in January, gathered enough support to bring down a rule that included a move to block progress on a parental proxy voting effort.

GOP’s bid to squash parental proxy voting fizzles on the House floor

By Justin Papp and Nina Heller
Posted April 1, 2025 at 3:24pm, Updated at 3:52pm
The Supreme Court building.

Supreme Court sounds open to lawsuits against Palestinian groups

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 1, 2025 at 2:11pm
Former Rep. Robert K. Dornan, R-Calif., on right, marches with anti-abortion activists on Jan. 22, 1998, to mark the 25th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

DC funding fix runs into abortion concerns in House

By Aidan Quigley
Posted April 1, 2025 at 1:22pm
Rules Chair Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., left, is helping to block a proposal for new congressional parents backed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., right.

With Rules maneuver, House GOP aims to kill parental proxy push

By Justin Papp
Posted April 1, 2025 at 10:32am
The Supreme Court building is seen at dusk in Washington.

Supreme Court to weigh Medicaid cutoff for Planned Parenthood

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 1, 2025 at 10:23am

Capitol Ink | Housebound

By R.J. Matson
Posted April 1, 2025 at 7:00am
Rep. Tim Burchett talks with reporters at the Capitol on March 11. The Tennessee Republican is one of Congress’ most vocal members when it comes to unidentified aerial phenomena.

A believer in UAPs (or UFOs) takes aim at UAVs (or drones)

By Mike Magner
Posted April 1, 2025 at 6:00am
Campaign signs for Republican nominee Randy Fine and Democratic nominee Josh Weil sit on the side of a road in Ocala, Fla., on March 26. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Elections in Wisconsin and Florida pose first major test for GOP in 2025

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Nick Eskow and Jackie Wang
Posted March 31, 2025 at 7:03pm
Visitors sit on the wall of the Tidal Basin while viewing cherry blossoms on Monday.

Capitol Lens | A bloom with a view

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 31, 2025 at 5:29pm
Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath, here speaking at the Democratic convention in Chicago in August, is ending her exploratory campaign for governor. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath suspends exploratory campaign for governor

By Daniela Altimari
Posted March 31, 2025 at 5:05pm
“Our federal lands are an incredible asset on America’s balance sheet, and we’ve been discussing how we can efficiently and effectively solve our nation’s affordable housing crisis,” says Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

Democrats, like Trump, have sought public lands for housing

By David Jordan
Posted March 31, 2025 at 5:01pm
Negative views of Congress has not kept tourists away from the Capitol, like these seen visiting on Monday.

Economic worries continue as Washington mulls tariffs, budget

By Jason Dick
Posted March 31, 2025 at 4:58pm
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz prepares to testify during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Finance Committee on Friday, March 14, 2025.

Oz opposes abortion, trans care in letter to GOP senator

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted March 31, 2025 at 4:50pm
The special election field to succeed the late Democratic Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva in Arizona's 7th District now includes his daughter, Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Adelita Grijalva announces bid for late father’s House seat in Arizona

By Daniela Altimari
Posted March 31, 2025 at 1:16pm, Updated at 4:40pm
Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance tour the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday.

Vance and Trump try good cop, bad cop on Greenland as top Democrats fret

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 31, 2025 at 3:19pm
The March for Life proceeds down Constitution Avenue after their rally on the National Mall in Washington on Jan. 24.

Fully in power, GOP targets Planned Parenthood

By Sandhya Raman
Posted March 27, 2025 at 4:22pm, Updated March 31, 2025 at 12:52pm
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will testify to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee this week. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Duffy to lay out transportation funding plan amid cutback push

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 31, 2025 at 6:22am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., right, takes questions at a news conference in the Capitol on Feb. 19 as Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., looks on.

This week: Senate to vote on tariff ‘emergency’ ahead of possible budget vote-a-rama

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted March 31, 2025 at 6:21am
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe testify during the Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Busy Signal — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted March 28, 2025 at 3:31pm
The Supreme Court building is seen at sunset in Washington.

US asks Supreme Court to allow Trump action on Venezuelan gang

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 28, 2025 at 1:13pm
President Donald Trump, here with Speaker Mike Johnson on the House steps on March 12, is backing a funding fix for the District of Columbia budget. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump endorses Senate-passed DC budget fix

By Aidan Quigley and Andrew Menezes
Posted March 28, 2025 at 1:08pm
Corinna Delgado of DC News Now interviews “Teddy Roosevelt,” one of the Washington Nationals’ “Racing Presidents” mascots, during media preview day at Nationals Park on March 21. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | March 21-27, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted March 28, 2025 at 10:33am
Presidential candidate Donald Trump greets New York Rep. Elise Stefanik on the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 16, 2024.

Trump pulls Stefanik nomination to be UN ambassador

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 27, 2025 at 3:36pm, Updated at 10:04pm

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