Congress

Republicans Insist You Have to Take Trump’s TikTok Stance Seriously but Not Literally

By Emily Kennard, Samuel Larreal and Nuha Dolby

Trump’s Anti-Wind Policies Could Kill Republicans’ Energy Abundance Agenda Before It Starts

By Anna Kramer and Shifra Dayak

Trump’s Old GOP Critics in Congress Worry No Republican Will Fill Their Shoes

By Riley Rogerson

Republicans Think They’ve Found the Dems They Can Divide: Freshmen

By Katherine Swartz

Louisiana Republicans Defend the State’s Ten Commandments Law

By Helen Huiskes

Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Visits Capitol Hill and Meets With a House Republican

By Claire Heddles and John T. Seward

Trump Plans to Go to House Republican Retreat Next Week

By Reese Gorman

Trump’s TikTok Extension Flouts the Law. Republicans Say That’s Just Fine.

By Nuha Dolby, Emily Kennard and Samuel Larreal

Johnson and Thune Emerge From White House Meeting Without Consensus on Reconciliation

By Riley Rogerson and Reese Gorman

Republicans Have a Novel Defense for Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons: It’s Biden’s Fault

By John T. Seward, Mark Alfred and Torrence Banks

How Far Will Republicans Push the Law to Undo Biden’s Agenda?

By Anna Kramer

Republicans and Democrats Have Their Doubts About Trump’s Vision of ‘Manifest Destiny’

By Katherine Swartz and Anna Kramer

Marco Rubio Is Trump’s First Confirmed Cabinet Member After Winning Unanimous Support

By Haley Byrd Wilt and Claire Heddles

Democrats Help Trump Secure His First Policy Win on Immigration

By Ben T.N. Mause

Donald Trump’s Bizarrely Un-Bizarre Return to D.C.

By Shifra Dayak

Joe Biden Issued Preemptive Pardons to Possible Trump Targets — Including His Family

By John T. Seward

‘Days of Thunder’ — How Trump Plans to ‘Jump Start’ His Agenda In Just Days

By Jasmine Wright and Reese Gorman

Some Republicans Want Trump to Protect People Targeted by China in His Mass Deportation Plan

By Haley Byrd Wilt

Senate Republicans Want the Government to Follow the TikTok Law

By Samuel Larreal

The Laken Riley Act Has the Votes to Pass Over Democratic Objections

By Ben T.N. Mause

Republicans Are Going to Have a Hard Time Saying Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves

By Violet Jira and Anna Kramer

Yes, Headlights Are Brighter. No, Congress Isn’t Doing Anything About It.

By Emily Kennard

The House Is Trying to Make Congressional Jobs Easier With AI

By Samuel Larreal

Democrats Wave Away the Inroads Republicans Made in Blue States

By Helen Huiskes and Mark Alfred

Tammy Duckworth Says Pete Hegseth’s Vetting Was Fundamentally Flawed

By John T. Seward

‘Ignorant and Arrogant’: Republicans Worry the House Budget Chair Could Doom Reconciliation

By Reese Gorman

Lee Zeldin Won’t Say How He Plans to Target Biden’s Climate Legacy

By Anna Kramer

Trump’s Housing Pick Stuck to Broad Strokes in His Senate Confirmation Hearing

By Amelia Benavides-Colón

Louisiana Wants to Fend Off California’s Insurance Disaster — But It May Create Another Mess

By Helen Huiskes

New Jersey Democrats and New York Republicans Agree: Congestion Pricing Must End

By Shifra Dayak

Republicans Insist They’ll Work Out A Tax Deal by Johnson’s Reconciliation Deadline

By Emily Kennard

Senate Democrats Want to Amend the Laken Riley Act. Their First Try Failed.

By Casey Murray

‘RedNote’ Becomes a ‘Red Scare’: Republicans Already Want to Ban This TikTok Alternative

By Mark Alfred and Samuel Larreal

Republicans Jump to Give Trump Credit for the Ceasefire Deal

By John T. Seward

Marco Rubio Is a Shoo-In for Secretary of State. Now He Just Has to Stay on Trump’s Good Side.

By Haley Byrd Wilt

Lawmakers Think This Is the Year They Finally Ban Members of Congress From Trading Stocks

By Katherine Swartz

Jack Smith’s Final Trump Report Angers Democrats and Republicans — For Very Different Reasons

By Mark Alfred and Helen Huiskes

Trump Said He’d Solve Ukraine on Day One. Republicans Say He Didn’t Mean ‘Day One.’

By Riley Rogerson and John T. Seward

Hegseth’s Hearing Signals the End of Bipartisanship in Defense Secretary Confirmations

By John T. Seward and Shifra Dayak

A Pivotal Group of Republicans Say They Have a Plan on SALT

By Violet Jira

Republican Hard-Liners Already Have a Problem With the GOP’s Reconciliation Strategy

By Reese Gorman

‘Brother, I’m Pulling You Along’: Republicans Go All Out to Lift Pete Hegseth

By John T. Seward

Democrats Face Their First Postelection Test on Trans Rights

By Oriana González

Democrats Are the Opposition Party. Are They Going to Act Like It?

By Tinashe Chingarande and Evan McMorris-Santoro

Two of Florida’s Congressional Republicans Are Publicly Angling for a Senate Seat

By Claire Heddles

The Laken Riley Act Could Reshape Immigration. Advocates Say Democrats Don’t Get It.

By Casey Murray

Trump Floats California Aid-Debt Ceiling Gambit in Mar-a-Lago Meetings With House GOP Factions

By Reese Gorman

Elon Musk Has Already Directly Influenced Policy That Impacts His Businesses

By Haley Byrd Wilt

Democrats Question Whether Reflexive Opposition Is Best for Trump’s Confirmation Hearings

By Riley Rogerson, Ben T.N. Mause and Katherine Swartz

Will Republicans Learn to Love a Bigger, More Expensive Child Tax Credit?

By Emily Kennard

Trump’s Cabinet Picks Will Give Bill Cassidy an Early 2026 Test

By Helen Huiskes

Lawmakers Scoff at Surgeon General’s Call to Label Alcohol a Cancer Risk

By Torrence Banks and Mark Alfred

Divest or Let Trump Negotiate: TikTok Case Divides Republicans

By Nuha Dolby and Samuel Larreal

Republicans Attacked Sarah McBride Even Before She Got to Congress. Her First Bill Is Bipartisan.

By Oriana González

Pete Hegseth’s Fight Against ‘Wokeness’ Could Reshape Military Schools

By Torrence Banks and Shifra Dayak

Democrats Fought a Trump Policy on Transgender Homeless People. Will They Again?

By Oriana González

‘Intestinal Knots’: GOP Lawmakers Want Assurances Trump Isn’t Going to Throw Them Under the Bus This Time

By Reese Gorman

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Meets With Democrats, With Fingers Crossed

By Margaret Manto

Senate Democrats Get on Board With a Republican Immigration Bill — For Now

By Casey Murray

‘Mostly Trolling’: GOP Lawmakers Laugh Off Trump’s Calls to ‘Absorb’ Canada

By Mark Alfred and Haley Byrd Wilt

Trump Makes His ‘Big Pitch’ to GOP Senators for One Reconciliation Bill

By Ben T.N. Mause and Riley Rogerson

Trump’s Brief Visit Paying Homage to Jimmy Carter — And Congress’ Brief Partisan Standstill

By Katherine Swartz

California Democrats Worry Trump Will Block Fire Aid

By Samuel Larreal

Ron DeSantis Isn’t Asking Congress for Advice on His Senate Pick

By Claire Heddles

Marco Rubio Says He’s All In on Trump’s Foreign Policy Vision. Is There Room for His Own?

By Haley Byrd Wilt

One Bill or Two? Republicans Weigh the Wisdom of Trump’s Reconciliation Strategy.

By Riley Rogerson and Reese Gorman

Kay Granger’s Disappearance Went Unnoticed. Republicans Say That Can’t Happen This Year.

By Emily Kennard and Nuha Dolby

Republicans Aren’t Actually Sure Mass Deportations Are a Political Winner

By Casey Murray

Jan. 6 Is Just Another Day Now — Except for the Lawmakers Who Refuse to Forget

By Katherine Swartz, Mark Alfred, Reese Gorman, Samuel Larreal and Helen Huiskes

Lawmakers Don’t Want to Think About the Insurrection as They Certify the 2024 Election

By Shifra Dayak, Torrence Banks and John T. Seward

Kamala Harris Oversaw the Certification of Her Own Defeat

By Jasmine Wright

Trump Wants One Big Reconciliation Bill With All His Priorities — Not Two

By Reese Gorman

Trump Shows House Republicans the New Template for Governing

By Riley Rogerson, Reese Gorman, Katherine Swartz and Oriana González

House Republicans Are Divided. Democrats Want to Take Advantage.

By Tinashe Chingarande and Calen Razor

Mike Johnson Wins Back the Speakership After Freedom Caucus Holdouts Flip

By Haley Byrd Wilt, Oriana González, Riley Rogerson and Reese Gorman

Mike Johnson Only Has Hours to Convince ‘Undecided’ Republicans

By Ben T.N. Mause, Riley Rogerson, Katherine Swartz and Reese Gorman

How the GOP’s Microscopic House Majority Will Shrink Trump’s Big Ambitions

By Riley Rogerson

Trump Is Coming to Mike Johnson’s Aid. It Might Not Matter.

By Reese Gorman

‘The Feistiest I’ve Ever Seen Him’: Inside Bob Casey’s Final Days in the Senate

By Katherine Swartz

Desperate Democrats See Reason for Optimism in the 2025 Special Elections

By Shifra Dayak

How the Matt Gaetz Investigation Timeline Intersected With Kevin McCarthy’s Ouster

By Reese Gorman and Violet Jira

Ethics Committee: There’s ‘Substantial Evidence’ Matt Gaetz Had Sex With a 17-Year-Old

By Reese Gorman and Jose Pagliery

Republicans Are Skeptical of Trump’s Idea to Privatize the Postal Service

By Emily Kennard

Congress Passes a Stopgap Spending Deal Averting a Government Shutdown

By Riley Rogerson and Reese Gorman

RFK Jr. Says His Meetings With Senators Are Going Well. But He’s Missing Some Crucial Support.

By Margaret Manto

Democrats Signal They’re Ready to Deal on Avoiding a Government Shutdown

By Riley Rogerson, Violet Jira, Casey Murray and Katherine Swartz

Republicans Think They Have a Winning Gambit to Avoid a Shutdown

By Reese Gorman and Em Luetkemeyer

Congress Veers Toward a Shutdown After Mike Johnson’s New Spending Bill Goes Down in Flames

By Riley Rogerson and Reese Gorman

House Republicans Have a New Spending Plan. The Top House Democrat Says It’s ‘Laughable.’

By Riley Rogerson, Reese Gorman and Tinashe Chingarande

Some Republicans Want Elon Musk to Literally Run the House

By Haley Byrd Wilt

Democrats Quietly Signal Openness to a Narrower Spending Deal

By Casey Murray, Violet Jira and Riley Rogerson

Trump Is Souring on Mike Johnson and May Not Back Him in January

By Reese Gorman

Senate Republicans Suggest Trump’s Call to Renegotiate the Government Funding Deal Is Unrealistic

By Katherine Swartz, Ben T.N. Mause and Oriana González

Inside Mike Johnson’s Dilemma: Spending Deal Breaks Down as Republicans Revolt

By Riley Rogerson and Reese Gorman

Elon Musk Is Trying to Bully Congress Into Doing What He Wants

By Haley Byrd Wilt and Violet Jira

Josh Hawley Says RFK Jr. Is ‘Open’ to Restricting Abortion Pill Access

By Oriana González

Foes Join Forces to Pass ‘No-Brainer’ Anti-Hazing Bill

By Helen Huiskes

RFK Jr. Wants to Shake Up Agriculture. Republican Senators Say They’re Not Too Concerned.

By Nuha Dolby and Margaret Manto

House Republicans Are Seething Over Mike Johnson’s Government Funding Plan

By Reese Gorman, Katherine Swartz and Helen Huiskes

How Democrats’ Old Guard Beat Out AOC

By Riley Rogerson and Violet Jira

The Long-Awaited House AI Report Has Lots of Recommendations, but Quick Action Is Unlikely

By Samuel Larreal

Lawmakers Are Flocking to Join the DOGE Caucus but No One Knows What They’ll Do There

By Mark Alfred

Senate Democrats Vote Away Concerns With NDAA’s Trans Youth Health Care Ban

By John T. Seward

Is the Gang Era of Immigration Negotiations Over?

By Casey Murray

Republicans Who Shot Down Biden’s Cabinet Wish Democrats Would Support Trump’s

By Ben T.N. Mause

Maternal Health Advocates Strategize to Get Republican Support

By Helen Huiskes

Congress is Rattled by a Surge in Safety Threats Aimed at Lawmakers

By Torrence Banks and Emily Kennard

Major Cyberattacks Are Threatening the U.S., but Republicans Are Wary of the Agency That Defends Against Them

By Samuel Larreal

No Labels Supporters Believe This Is Their Moment. They Just Can’t Say Exactly What That Means.

By Shifra Dayak

Oversight Chair James Comer Won’t Commit to Pushing Presidential Ethics Bill After Trump’s Win

By Mark Alfred

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants to Be the Democratic Party’s Top Attack Dog

By Riley Rogerson and Violet Jira

Lawmakers Aren’t Getting Answers About the Mysterious Drones Flying Over the U.S.

By Emily Kennard

Even Some CBC Members Are Starting to Question the Seniority System in Congress

By Tinashe Chingarande and Nuha Dolby

House Passes Defense Bill With a Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth

By John T. Seward

Democratic Senators Are Hungry for Food Reform. Can They Stomach RFK Jr.?

By Margaret Manto and Shifra Dayak

Mike Johnson Says His Funding Plan Is Smart. Many Republicans Say It’s Only Smart for Mike Johnson.

By Reese Gorman

California Republicans Want to Claw Back Funding for Their Own State on High-Speed Rail

By Mark Alfred

House Task Force Wants to Look at Removing the Secret Service From the Department of Homeland Security

By Katherine Swartz

Senators Say There’s Urgency to Find Missing American Journalist Austin Tice in Syria

By John T. Seward

Democrats Wonder Whether the Lesson of 2024 Is to Shift Further to the Right on Border Security

By Samuel Larreal

The NDAA Will Test Democrats on Transgender Kids’ Rights to Gender-Affirming Care

By John T. Seward

The Bulk of Biden’s Infrastructure Spending Will Likely Stay Put Under Trump

By Helen Huiskes and Mark Alfred

Frontline Democrats Urge Support for Jared Huffman in Natural Resources Race

By Mark Alfred

‘New Leaf’: Republican Moderates Know They Can’t Be Irrelevant Next Congress

By Riley Rogerson

‘Who the Hell Knows’ — The Trump-Adams Bond Has New York Democrats Antsy

By Violet Jira

DOGE’s Big Dreams Meet Congressional Reality

By Haley Byrd Wilt

Assassination Attempt Task Force Concludes With a Fiery Exchange and a Disagreement on the Path Forward

By Katherine Swartz

Trump May Blow Up His Trade Deal, but Even Some Democrats Think the Pact’s Labor Protections Will Survive

By Shifra Dayak

Republicans Are Back to Taking Trump Seriously, Not Literally, on Tariffs

By Casey Murray

Mike Johnson’s Forever Freedom Caucus Problem

By Haley Byrd Wilt

‘Postal-Naming Destruction’: The Least Controversial Thing Congress Does Is Becoming Controversial

By Katherine Swartz

‘A Lot of Ball Game to Play’: Republicans Have a Plan to Pass Trump’s Agenda. It’s No Sure Thing.

By Riley Rogerson and Reese Gorman

‘Charlie Brown Is Not Going After the Football Again’: One Dem’s Quest to Release the Gaetz Ethics Report

By Katherine Swartz

Why Some Senate Republicans Don’t Want to Punt a Spending Fight

By Haley Byrd Wilt and Emily Kennard

Senate Republicans Acknowledge Pete Hegseth Has a Lot to Explain

By John T. Seward

All Senate Republicans Sound Open to Kash Patel. Many Are Enthusiastic About Him.

By Mark Alfred and Helen Huiskes

CBC Members See Trump’s Mass Deportation Promises as an Affront to Black Americans

By Tinashe Chingarande

Republicans and Democrats Hope for a Crumb of AI Legislation Before Trump Takes Office

By Helen Huiskes and Samuel Larreal

Republicans Hope Elon Musk’s Trumpworld Influence Can Boost America’s Space Ambitions

By Mark Alfred

Republicans Are All In on Trump’s New Trade War

By Haley Byrd Wilt and Reese Gorman

Republicans’ First Anti-Abortion Agenda Item: Defunding Planned Parenthood

By Oriana González

Welcome to Crypto’s ‘Special Interest Congress’

By Claire Heddles

Congress Is Behind on the Bird Flu Outbreak

By Emily Kennard

Freedom Caucus Looks to Chart a New, Even Trumpier Path

By Riley Rogerson

‘What Comes Around, Goes Around’: Dems Promise Retribution for the Senate GOP’s New Delay Tactics

By Ben T.N. Mause

Obamacare Gave HHS a Lot of Power. Democrats Say They Never Expected RFK Jr.

By Oriana González

Inside One Lawmaker’s Quest to Beat the Freshman Room Lottery

By Katherine Swartz

Matt Gaetz Might Not Be Allowed to Come Back to Congress Without Another Election, Even If He Wanted To

By Claire Heddles and Reese Gorman

‘She’s Gone Away’ — Tulsi Gabbard’s Old Friends in the House Are Baffled by Her Nomination

By Shifra Dayak

House Republicans Are Calling For Big Changes at FEMA

By Calen Razor

House Ethics Committee Deadlocked on Releasing the Matt Gaetz Report

By Violet Jira and Reese Gorman

Republicans Are Leaning Toward a Shutdown Fight in Trump’s First 100 Days

By Katherine Swartz

‘Tremendous Staying Power’: Inside Collins and Murkowski’s Battle to Remain Relevant

By Riley Rogerson

Steven Horsford Privately Weighed Another Bid for CBC Chair

By Tinashe Chingarande and Violet Jira

The House Republicans Who Would Rather Just Bury the Gaetz Report

By Reese Gorman and Mark Alfred

John Fetterman Is Open to Supporting Dr. Oz to Oversee Medicare and Medicaid

By Katherine Swartz

Democrats Shift Their Response to Republicans’ Anti-Trans Effort After Talking to Sarah McBride

By Oriana González

Trump Actually Has a Lot of Allies in the Coming Trade War

By Haley Byrd Wilt

‘The Most Powerful Minority’: Democrats See Some Upside to Their Election Misfortunes

By Tinashe Chingarande

Blue Dogs Propose New Task Force to Look at ‘Winner-Take-All’ Election System

By Katherine Swartz

Sen. Thom Tillis Faces an Early Trump Loyalty Test

By Calen Razor and Alex Roarty

Republican Bill Targets Sarah McBride From Using Women’s Restrooms in the Capitol

By Oriana González

Lawmakers Are Trying to Take the Culture Wars Out of Defense Budget Negotiations

By John T. Seward

‘I’m Thrilled’: Some Congressional Republicans Are All In on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Nomination

By Mark Alfred and Helen Huiskes

Mike Johnson Doesn’t Want the Gaetz Ethics Report Released

By Helen Huiskes and Reese Gorman

‘We Can’t Pigeonhole Communities’: Hispanics in Congress Say They Have Work to Do to Win Back Latino Voters

By Samuel Larreal

Farm-Friendly Republicans Insist Trump’s Tariff Agenda Will Be Just Fine

By Nuha Dolby

Republicans Are Starting to Ask a New Question: Do They Need to Be More Like Trump to Win?

By Alex Roarty

The Senate Tried to Trump-Proof NATO. Now They Hope Their Effort Worked.

By Helen Huiskes

GOP Senators Don’t Expect John Thune to Be a Check on Donald Trump

By Riley Rogerson and Nuha Dolby

‘Karma Comes Around’: Lawmakers Want the Matt Gaetz Ethics Report Released

By Reese Gorman

CBC Members Want Democrats to Talk About ‘Everything’ to Build Back Their Voting Coalition

By Tinashe Chingarande and Torrence Banks

Matt Gaetz Will Test the Limits of Senate Republicans’ Fealty to Trump

By Casey Murray and Evan McMorris-Santoro

Matt Gaetz Resigns From His House Seat After Trump Attorney General Nomination

By Reese Gorman

The Chaotic Scene When Senators Learned Trump Nominated Matt Gaetz for Attorney General

By Riley Rogerson, Ben T.N. Mause, Katherine Swartz and Nuha Dolby

Gavin Newsom Has a Mission Before Trump Takes Office

By Samuel Larreal

Trump’s Pete Hegseth Nomination Has Left Republicans Confused On and Off the Hill

By John T. Seward

John Thune Picked to Lead Senate Republicans Over Trumpworld Objections

By Katherine Swartz, Casey Murray, Riley Rogerson and Claire Heddles

Trump Uses Meeting With House Republicans to Lock Down Support for Mike Johnson

By Reese Gorman

GOP Senators Think They Know Who Trump Wants as Majority Leader. That May Backfire.

By Riley Rogerson, Katherine Swartz, Claire Heddles and Casey Murray

Republicans Ran on Anti-Trans Issues. They Say They Haven’t Discussed Sarah McBride.

By Oriana González

John Cornyn Is Fighting to Be GOP Leader. He May Also Be Fighting for His Political Life.