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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., seen after Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on July 30, is looking ahead to his next act.

Departing GOP leader dominates Senate earmark rankings

By Peter Cohn and Ryan Kelly
Posted August 19, 2024 at 10:30am
Rep. Ken Calvert would need a waiver to remain the top Republican on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee if he wins reelection. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Calvert wants to stay at Defense panel, if he survives November

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 19, 2024 at 6:30am
Sarah McBride speaks to volunteers at her campaign office in Wilmington on July 27. A state senator since 2021, she’s now campaigning for Congress.

On track to be first trans member, Sarah McBride has hope for Congress

By Jim Saksa
Posted August 15, 2024 at 3:17pm
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters in the Capitol on June 28.

Facing push from restless conservatives, speaker mulls March CR

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 15, 2024 at 8:49am
Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appears outside the Capitol on June 14. She has introduced a measure that would make it a felony for doctors to provide gender-affirming care to minors.

Trans care debate influenced by misinformation, doctors say

By Nina Heller
Posted August 15, 2024 at 7:30am
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., participates in a news conference n the Capitol on March 14.

NIH reorganization unlikely to happen this Congress, analysts say

By Ariel Cohen
Posted August 15, 2024 at 7:00am
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, left, appears with his former chief of staff George Helmy in a photo distributed in September 2023, when he announced Helmy's departure from that position.

Murphy to appoint George Helmy to replace Menendez in Senate

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 14, 2024 at 11:37pm
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., won the nomination to another term Tuesday, unlike colleague Jamaal Bowman, a fellow progressive who lost his primary in New York in June.

Easy wins by Omar, Hovde top primary races in four states

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 13, 2024 at 11:50pm
The services of veteran legislators like former Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, are in hot demand as K Street gears up for 2025 tax debate.

Biggest lobbying interests buck trend with higher 2024 spending

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted August 13, 2024 at 3:57pm
From left, Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and James Comer, R-Ky., Chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, prepare for a news conference in December as part of their probe into Hunter Biden.

House panel and Justice Department fail to resolve subpoena clash

By Michael Macagnone
Posted August 13, 2024 at 12:16pm
Rep. Joseph D. Morelle is putting a spotlight on Jan. 6, 2025, joined by police officers injured in the 2021 Capitol attack.

Win or lose, Dem urges GOP colleagues to certify election results

By Justin Papp
Posted August 12, 2024 at 7:55pm
Vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz takes the stage Wednesday to speak to several thousand attendees at a Harris-Walz presidential campaign rally in Detroit.

Walz immigration moves sharpen election border security debate

By Chris Johnson
Posted August 8, 2024 at 3:18pm
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Dec. 1, 2021.

Newhouse beaten by Trump-backed challenger in Washington primary

By Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 7, 2024 at 9:58am, Updated at 8:50pm
Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kan., and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., conduct a news conference on June 23, 2022.

Kansas GOP taps Reddy to face Davids, Schmidt for open seat

By Daniela Altimari
Posted August 6, 2024 at 10:38pm, Updated at 11:48pm
Democrat Lucas Kunce, seen here at a 2022 campaign event, will face Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.

Missouri GOP taps Onder in open district; Kunce to face Hawley

By Daniela Altimari
Posted August 6, 2024 at 11:36pm, Updated at 11:41pm
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks during a press conference with union leaders and supporters of a cease-fire in Gaza on Dec. 14, 2023.

Bush beaten in primary after onslaught of pro-Israel spending

By Daniela Altimari
Posted August 6, 2024 at 11:04pm
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the Farmfest agricultural forum in April 2023 in Morgan, Minn.

Harris’ VP pick Walz backed farmers during time in Congress

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted August 6, 2024 at 4:55pm
Then-Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., speaks with guests during a campaign event at the University of Minnesota Duluth on Oct. 28, 2016.

Walz’s personal experiences shape his health policy outlook

By Ariel Cohen, Lia DeGroot and Sandhya Raman
Posted August 6, 2024 at 3:01pm
Ronald Rowe Jr., acting director of the Secret Service, waits to testify last month during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing on security failures and the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Senators scrutinize Secret Service spending after Trump shooting

By Chris Johnson
Posted August 6, 2024 at 9:40am
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., leaves a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus on July 9.

Primaries to watch in Kansas, Missouri, Michigan and Washington

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 2, 2024 at 3:42pm, Updated August 5, 2024 at 10:45am
The bald eagle is used as a national symbol in the military and beyond

Senate swoops in, centuries late, to name bald eagle national bird

By Mike Magner
Posted August 5, 2024 at 8:36am
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris delivers a eulogy for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee at Fallbrook Church in Houston on Thursday.

Kamala Harris delivers eulogy for ‘unrelenting’ Sheila Jackson Lee

By Justin Papp
Posted August 1, 2024 at 4:43pm
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is seen after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Bipartisan tax package blocked as senators head for exits

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted August 1, 2024 at 3:05pm
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is pictured with his running mate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, right, in the Fiserv Forum on the second day of Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 16.

Ohio, the [political] heart of it all

By Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman
Posted August 1, 2024 at 1:08pm
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on July 27 in St. Cloud, Minn.

Trump pitches repealing tax on Social Security benefits

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 31, 2024 at 3:47pm, Updated at 5:46pm
Then-Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., attends the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in June 2020 on challenges facing Customs and Border Protection.

Trump and GOP turn border policy blame toward Harris

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 31, 2024 at 1:05pm, Updated at 4:11pm
Then-Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., attends the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.

Harris brought prosecutorial approach during time in Senate

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 31, 2024 at 2:08pm
Former President Donald Trump arrives on stage in the Fiserv Forum on the last night of the Republican National Convention on July 18.

Trump win would spark constitutional fight over spending power

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted July 31, 2024 at 12:05pm
Kari Lake, seen here at the Republican National Convention earlier this month, prevailed in the GOP Senate primary in Arizona on Tuesday.

Lake-Gallego Senate contest set in Arizona; key House races up in the air

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 31, 2024 at 6:10am
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, stands on stage with family after addressing the Republican National Convention on July 17.

VP nominee Vance a likely no-show for kid tax break vote

By David Lerman and Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 31, 2024 at 5:00am