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Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., arrive for Senate Democrats’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on Thursday.

Congress

Senate Democrats relent on six-month stopgap funding bill

Schumer says as bad as Trump-endorsed funding bill is, a shutdown would be worse

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted March 13, 2025 at 7:01pm, Updated at 8:02pm

Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., in 2022.

Congress

Progressive leader Grijalva dies while in cancer treatment

By David Jordan
Posted March 13, 2025 at 6:49pm
Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks during a meeting with business leaders at Washington Crossing Inn in Washington Crossing, Pa., on Nov. 6, 2022. Oz ran against Sen. John Fetterman for a Pennsylvania Senate seat.

Congress

Oz’s ties to insurers may loom over his CMS confirmation hearing

By Nina Heller
Posted March 13, 2025 at 3:29pm
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the top Appropriations Democrat, said the continuing resolution would create "an utterly massive hole" in the budget for the National Institutes of Health. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Congress

Fears grow about plan to cut Pentagon medical research fund

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 13, 2025 at 6:05pm
The Supreme Court building is seen at sunset in Washington.

Policy

Trump administration takes birthright citizenship to Supreme Court

By Michael Macagnone
Posted March 13, 2025 at 4:46pm
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Trans-Atlantic differences remain as Trump huddles with NATO boss

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 13, 2025 at 4:29pm

At the Races: We don’t need no Education (Department)

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 13, 2025 at 2:30pm

PolicyNote’s AI-powered platform helps you track, analyze, and report on policy changes—all in one place.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
People protesting personnel cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hold signs outside the organization's main headquarters on Wednesday in Atlanta. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

Weldon nomination yanked amid vaccine concerns

By Lia DeGroot and Jessie Hellmann
Posted March 13, 2025 at 11:17am, Updated at 1:58pm
Aerial view of the Pentagon building.

Pentagon to unveil cuts alongside fiscal 2026 budget request

By Briana Reilly
Posted March 13, 2025 at 12:32pm
A health care worker conducts a COVID-19 test at a drive-thru testing facility at George Washington University on May 5, 2020.

On COVID-19 anniversary, concerns about the lessons unlearned

By Lia DeGroot
Posted March 13, 2025 at 7:00am

How to Track and Monitor Executive Orders

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 5, 2025 at 11:43pm

Capitol Ink | Department of Education seal

By R.J. Matson
Posted March 13, 2025 at 7:00am
Healthcare workers wait between appointments at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing facility at George Washington University on May 5, 2020.

A look back at the coronavirus lockdown

By Jessica Wehrman and Bill Clark
Posted March 13, 2025 at 6:00am
A photo taken on January 2, 2025 shows the letters AI for Artificial Intelligence on a laptop screen (R) next to the logo of the Chat AI application on a smartphone screen in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany.

Overregulation is undermining Europe in the global tech race and empowering China

By Sen. Kent Conrad and Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Posted March 13, 2025 at 6:00am

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By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
The model of a Lockheed Martin F-35A stands at Rheinmetall's corporate headquarters before the start of the annual press conference on Wednesday. Rheinmetall supplies the center fuselage section in cooperation with Northrop Grumman.

Rebuilding Europe’s defense capacity will take ingenuity, time

By Bruce Stokes
Posted March 13, 2025 at 5:30am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Democrats play hardball, won’t advance House stopgap

By David Lerman
Posted March 12, 2025 at 5:20pm, Updated at 8:21pm
House Democratic leaders — including, from left, Ted Lieu, Pete Aguilar, Katherine M. Clark, Hakeem Jeffries and Suzan DelBene — hold a news conference at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va., on Wednesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House Democrats decamp to Virginia for annual retreat as stopgap fight plays out

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 12, 2025 at 7:34pm
Reps. Jasmine Crockett and Robert Garcia, right, pictured here with Rep. Jamie Raskin in 2024, could get more face time in Republican attack ads.

As Democrats face leadership vacuum, Republicans look for new boogeymen

By Daniela Altimari
Posted March 12, 2025 at 4:20pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, President Donald Trump and Taoiseach Micheál Martin walk down the House steps following the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Trump, Johnson praise Irish immigrants amid mass deportation push

By Jim Saksa and John T. Bennett
Posted March 12, 2025 at 4:15pm
Matthew Whitaker, a former acting attorney general, received Senate Foreign Relations Committee support Wednesday to become ambassador to NATO.

Senate panel backs diplomatic nominees after Democratic delay

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 12, 2025 at 3:27pm
President Donald Trump touted the gold card plan during an address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, but didn't ask Congress to take action to implement it. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump’s $5 million ‘gold card’ visa plan likely needs Congress

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 12, 2025 at 2:02pm
Flags fly outside of the Department of Education building in Washington last week.

With mass layoffs, McMahon and Trump begin mission to end Education Department

By Niels Lesniewski and John T. Bennett
Posted March 12, 2025 at 8:16am, Updated at 12:01pm
Some lawmakers took notice when the General Services Administration posted, and then deleted, a list of buildings flagged for possible disposal last week. Many in Congress rent local office space around the country from the federal government.

Tentative plan to dump federal office buildings leaves lawmakers in limbo

By Justin Papp
Posted March 12, 2025 at 11:41am
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., will not seek a fourth term next year.

Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen announces retirement in New Hampshire

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 12, 2025 at 10:41am
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said the Navy should buy the extra Arleigh Burke destroyer because the destroyer fleet needs to grow to deter China's burgeoning armada.

CR would provide $1.5 billion for extra, unrequested warship

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 11, 2025 at 9:15pm
Rep. Andy Ogles has filed articles of impeachment against two federal judges following rulings that slowed or stopped Trump administration actions.

Judges warn against impeachments for rulings against Trump

By Ryan Tarinelli and Michael Macagnone
Posted March 11, 2025 at 8:47pm
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, seen here with her child in the House chamber on Jan. 3, is working to bypass leadership and bring to the floor a resolution that would allow proxy voting for new parents in the House.

‘Supporter of mamas’: Momentum builds for proxy voting for House parents

By Justin Papp
Posted March 11, 2025 at 4:58pm, Updated at 6:21pm
Speaker Mike Johnson conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center after a House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., left, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise also appear.

House passes wrapup spending package ahead of Friday deadline

By David Lerman
Posted March 11, 2025 at 5:50pm
A plane takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near the wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 in the Potomac River on Feb. 3, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

NTSB calls for ending risky helicopter route near Reagan National

By Valerie Yurk
Posted March 11, 2025 at 4:35pm
The United States on Tuesday escalated its trade war with Canada.

As Trump ups trade war, Canada tariffs could hit consumers in unexpected ways

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 11, 2025 at 4:31pm
Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger arrives to testify at a House hearing on March 21, 2024. The chief has announced that he will retire this spring.

Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger announces retirement

By Jim Saksa
Posted March 11, 2025 at 2:48pm
Eric Ueland is seen while escorting Pete Hegseth, then Trump's nominee-designate for Defense secretary, to meetings with senators on Dec. 3, 2024.

Veteran GOP aide gets nod for a top slot in Trump’s budget office

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 11, 2025 at 12:45pm
Vice President JD Vance arrives to attend the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Vance pitches separate cuts package as House GOP preps CR vote

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted March 11, 2025 at 12:23pm
Former Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., seen here at a forum in Los Angeles in October 2023, is running for governor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Former California Rep. Katie Porter announces run for governor

By Daniela Altimari
Posted March 11, 2025 at 10:57am

Capitol Ink | Dystopian Congress

By R.J. Matson
Posted March 11, 2025 at 7:00am

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