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Virginia Supreme Court allows redistricting special election to proceed

Republicans are challenging Democratic push to create 10-1 congressional map

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 13, 2026 at 1:18pm

National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday.

Policy

NTSB chair says Senate bill could have prevented DC air crash

By Kelly Livingston
Posted February 12, 2026 at 5:10pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., walks from his office to the Senate floor on Thursday.

Congress

With no agreement on DHS funding, Congress leaves town

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 12, 2026 at 4:56pm
Outgoing National Press Club President Mike Balsamo of the Associated Press toasts newly inaugurated NPC President Mark Schoeff Jr. of CQ Roll Call on Feb. 6.

Podcasts

Spotlight on the National Press Club, and its new president

By Jason Dick and Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted February 13, 2026 at 9:57am
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick arrives for a Senate Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Heard on the Hill

Photos of the week | February 6-12, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted February 13, 2026 at 10:53am
Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing in June.

After stalled health deal, voters want Congress to deliver

By Sandhya Raman and Lia DeGroot
Posted February 13, 2026 at 9:43am
Ranking member Maria Cantwell speaks during the Senate Commerce Committee business meeting and hearing on Thursday, next to Chairman Ted Cruz. The committee also heard testimony on the January 2025 crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Satellite licensing bill advances after Cruz, Cantwell deal

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted February 12, 2026 at 5:00pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Byron Donalds unveil the Frederick Douglass Press Gallery sign in the Capitol on Thursday.

Among the Capitol press corps, look for Frederick Douglass

By Valerie Yurk
Posted February 12, 2026 at 4:13pm

At the Races: Let the market decide

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 12, 2026 at 4:04pm
An activist waves a “Don’t Tread On D.C.” flag outside Union Station in Washington on Sept. 2.

Senate votes to overturn DC tax decoupling, as locals push back

By Nina Heller
Posted February 12, 2026 at 2:40pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks alongside President Donald at the White House on Thursday. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

EPA repeals endangerment finding, tailpipe emissions standards

By Kelly Livingston and David Jordan
Posted February 12, 2026 at 2:38pm
Democratic Senate hopefuls in Michigan include, from left, Rep. Haley Stevens, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow and former Wayne County public health official Abdul El-Sayed. (Courtesy Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call; Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images; Monica Morgan/Getty Images)

Michigan Democratic Senate hopefuls tout their union bona fides

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 11, 2026 at 5:25pm, Updated at 8:44pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during Senate Republicans’ news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., stands to his right.

Time for ‘Plan B’ as DHS talks drag ahead of funding deadline

By Aidan Quigley and Savannah Behrmann
Posted February 11, 2026 at 8:33pm
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, talks with reporters in the Capitol on Jan. 7.

House passes revamped citizenship and voter ID bill

By Nina Heller
Posted February 11, 2026 at 7:20pm
Attorney General Pamela Bondi watches a video of President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, while she testified during the House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.

Bondi deflects criticism at hearing dominated by Epstein file release

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted February 11, 2026 at 6:24pm
Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speak at a news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday about the Justice Department’s failed grand jury indictment against them.

Dems in illegal orders video defiant after DOJ’s failed indictment attempt

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted February 11, 2026 at 6:03pm
House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Morgan Griffith, R-Va., conducts a hearing on Jan. 22.

House members push for PBM changes, question Trump drug plan

By Lia DeGroot
Posted February 11, 2026 at 5:20pm
President Donald Trump meets with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday.

Trump, Netanyahu keep Iran meeting behind closed doors — continuing trend

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 11, 2026 at 4:28pm
Passenger planes wait in line at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Oct. 1, 2025.

House lawmakers spar over harms of potential DHS shutdown

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 11, 2026 at 3:22pm

Capitol Lens | A ‘Walk for Peace’

By Bill Clark
Posted February 11, 2026 at 1:27pm
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 27.

It’s time for Republicans to ‘up their game’

By David Winston
Posted February 11, 2026 at 10:48am
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., talks with reporters in the Capitol Visitor Center on Dec. 16, 2025.

DOJ tried to indict Democrats who taped military video message

By Michael Macagnone and Ryan Tarinelli
Posted February 10, 2026 at 11:16pm
Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., seen here at a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Jan. 22, was among the GOP lawmakers who voted against the rule.

House rejects rule that would block floor votes to end tariffs

By Olivia M. Bridges and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 10, 2026 at 10:11pm, Updated at 10:19pm

Capitol Ink | Secure locations

By R.J. Matson
Posted February 10, 2026 at 10:17pm
Protesters confront federal agents last month outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, part of nationwide demonstrations sparked by outrage over the recent deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good at the hands of federal immigration agents.

Lawmakers stress need for immigration site visits without delays

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 10, 2026 at 5:35pm, Updated at 9:53pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during the Senate Republicans’ news conference in the Ohio Clock Corridor in the Capitol on Tuesday. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., stands to the left.

Despite impasse on CR, Thune pushes forward on DHS spending bill

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted February 10, 2026 at 7:48pm
A voter fills out a ballot in Virginia on Nov. 5, 2024.

Voter ID bill up next in the House, with Senate future uncertain

By Nina Heller
Posted February 10, 2026 at 6:40pm
Maine Sen. Susan Collins leaves the Republican Senate luncheon in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Maine Sen. Susan Collins makes reelection bid official

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted February 10, 2026 at 6:02pm
Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro is seeking a 19th term this year.

As colleagues wind down their careers, Rosa DeLauro is staying put

By Daniela Altimari
Posted February 10, 2026 at 5:17pm
Running back Kenneth Walker III, right, and quarterback Sam Darnold celebrate after the Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl over the New England Patriots in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday.

How the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks explain the 2026 midterms

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted February 10, 2026 at 4:48pm
Attorney General Pamela Bondi conducts a news conference in December 2025 at the Department of Justice announcing the arrest of a person suspected of placing pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic national committee offices on Jan. 6, 2021.

Bondi to face criticism over Epstein disclosure law at House hearing

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted February 10, 2026 at 4:13pm
From left, Rodney Scott, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, Joseph Edlow, director of Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Todd Lyons, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, testify Tuesday during the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on immigration enforcement.

Immigration officials defend approach at House hearing

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 10, 2026 at 3:46pm

Capitol Lens | Comforting hand

By Bill Clark
Posted February 10, 2026 at 3:26pm
House and Senate Democrats, pictured in a TV monitor, hold a joint news conference on Department of Homeland Security funding negotiations on Capitol Hill on Feb. 4.

Trump’s jabs at top Democrat could complicate immigration enforcement deal

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 10, 2026 at 3:09pm

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