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Tina Smith on how Minnesota is still scarred by Metro Surge

Trump is in a mess of his own making

Republicans implode over Trump’s reconciliation demands

Democrats smell victory on Iran vote

Senate GOP backs away from Trump ballroom funding

Massie falls, Ossoff waits and Senate Republicans scramble

Democrats, NAACP escalate pressure campaign after SCORE Act collapse

Inside the most expensive House primary in U.S. history

Thune cools expectations for House housing bill redo

Steve Cohen on retirement, Trump and the breakup of Memphis

Democrats eye a new “Freedom Summer” after Alabama protests

How Kennedy finally got his no-shutdown salary bill passed

Inside Democrats’ growing election protection strategy

Democrats skeptical Trump’s China trip will help Americans

Black senators show solidarity with CBC amid remap fights

Louisiana redistricting fight threatens Carter’s CBC leadership path

Democrats sharpen affordability attacks as inflation climbs

Trump reshuffles GOP priorities with gas-tax push and housing demands

Democrats seize on Trump ballroom funding in GOP immigration bill fight

Congress is back: Police Week, spending fights and Trump abroad

How 10 days scrambled Democrats’ path to the majority

CBC ramps up organizing after voting rights ruling

Republicans race to entrench power across the South

Dems see medication abortion fight reshaping the midterms

White House stops short of backing full prediction market ban

Republicans limp into recess after deadline scramble

Dems eye state capitals after voting rights ruling

After Callais, Jeffries bets on candidate quality for the midterms

CBC grapples with sweeping SCOTUS voting rights decision

Hegseth, Caine to sell $1.5T Pentagon budget to Dem skeptics

House Dems wait as GOP struggles to move FISA

Graham says he’s open to ballroom hearing

Jeffries says DeSantis map may cost GOP seats

Johnson’s jam-packed week

Trump allies seize on shooting to push ballroom

Jeffries targets Patel as 702 vote nears

AOC heads to Boston with Pressley

Jeffries projects confidence as SCOTUS decision looms

Scott’s death reignites Hill age debate

Dems to center cost-of-living in vote-a-rama

Cherfilus-McCormick resigns before likely expulsion vote

Virginia voters weigh redraw with House control at stake

CHC targets ICE boost as GOP moves solo on reconciliation

Peace talks in doubt as Iran tensions spike

Durbin escalates pressure on Patel after bombshell report

Johnson suffers remarkable overnight FISA collapse

Meeks promises to keep up his Iran war powers fight

RFK Jr. heads to Capitol Hill for high-stakes hearings

GOP pulls FISA vote amid internal clash

Underwood isn’t waiting for a Democratic majority on Momnibus

Jeffries calls for expedited Mills ethics case

How Epstein survivors fueled Leger Fernández’s fight against Swalwell, Gonzales

Thune and Johnson to meet amid GOP DHS stalemate

House floor braces for expulsion votes

Dems to force Iran war votes amid failed peace talks

Did Democrats win the shutdown fight?

Senate moves to revive DHS deal

Supreme Court to weigh birthright citizenship limits

Trump dangles dinner as DHS shutdown drags on

Johnson extends DHS shutdown fight into recess

House fate uncertain for DHS deal

Inside House Oversight’s shift from hearings to roundtables

Cherfilus-McCormick faces rare public ethics hearing

DHS shutdown clash meets GOP megabill push

Dems target Noem after DHS shakeup

ICE fight threatens DHS shutdown breakthrough

Mullin’s DHS is here

Waters pushes conference on housing bill

SCOTUS to weigh election day ballot deadline

Congress eyes key NBA expansion vote

House Dems tee up new war powers vote

Trump’s looming Iran funding ask sets up Hill fight

Fetterman emerges as Mullin swing vote

CBC rallies behind Stratton amid Pritzker questions

DHS shutdown fight spills into Mullin hearing

Trump anti-fraud push sparks Dem backlash

Illinois Dems to settle Durbin seat, key House fights

Jeffries moves to force DHS funding vote

Schumer says Dems ready for SAVE fight

Inside Democrats’ plan to tackle the caregiving crisis

Senate heads toward SAVE America Act showdown

Senate sends housing bill back to House

Democrats await Clyburn’s next move

Dems renew opposition to Trump education attacks

Mark Kelly’s big AI moment

Padilla leads push against SAVE America Act

Senate Democrats threaten war powers showdown over Iran

DHS shutdown blame game intensifies

Democrats seize on rising gas prices

Selma’s legacy looms over voting battle

DWC seeks changes to Mace harassment resolution

DHS fight continues after Noem firing

Democrats target Big Ag over groceries

Senate blocks effort to limit Iran war

Senate to vote on Iran war powers resolution

Iran war scrutiny intensifies on Capitol Hill

GOP farm bill faces showdown

Trump vows quick Iran campaign

America mourns as Iran war widens

Iran responds after Trump strikes

The next front in election wars

CBC-aligned ad jolts NC-04 primary

Clinton up next in Oversight’s Epstein probe

Dems pivot from SOTU to midterms

Dems head to NOVA following Trump SOTU

Trump’s “golden age” meets reality

Four years later in Ukraine

Dems draw line on Trump’s tariff back-up plan

Hill votes scrapped amid nor’easter

DHS shutdown sparks airport confusion

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs

The quiet DHS shutdown

Dems push back as Trump touts economy

Trump heads to Georgia as special voting opens

Trump defends record at Black History event

Wexner deposition deepens Epstein probe

How Jesse Jackson reshaped the modern Democratic Party

Allred to vote early in tense North Texas primary

Gen Z’s LGBTQ+ surge holds

Shutdown shadow over recess

Congress departs without DHS agreement

Dems turn up heat on ICE

GOP-backed proof-of-citizenship bill clears House

Bondi time

Dems double down in DHS standoff

House GOP escalates election fight

House fast-tracks bipartisan housing bill

No apology

NFL hiring cycle raises Hill concerns

NJ-11 goes down to the wire

Democrats insist they won’t take the GOP’s sanctuary city bait

Bessent’s back

Scoop: Dems sideline Noem impeachment to press ICE reforms

A very Washington long weekend

House reopens government as ICE fight enters next phase

Another Trump judicial rebuke

GOP races to prep funding bill for floor

Johnson’s next test

Jeffries forces Johnson to fund the government the hard way

WH agrees to strip DHS bill as shutdown looms

Schumer’s ICE strategy comes into focus

Trump backs Noem as House Democrats escalate impeachment threat

Schumer starts shutdown blame game

Senate Democrats gear up for an ICE shutdown fight

House clears final funding bills after GOP peels off DHS

“It’s that simple”: What House Democrats spoke about behind closed doors on the DHS funding bill

Jayapal returns from Minnesota with stark warning on ICE

House Republicans push anti-abortion bills as floor math tightens

Ex-Division I athlete presses fellow lawmakers to rethink college sports rules

Democrats say GOP stock trading bill doesn’t actually ban trading

AOC eyes House path as Senate clears deepfake bill

ICE fallout tests Democrats’ hard-won message discipline

Don’t look now, but housing policy is having a moment

GOP cries fraud as ACA subsidies head to Senate

Democrats brush off Trump impeachment warning to House GOP

How Congress marked five years since Jan. 6

Why Democrats distrust Trump’s Venezuela briefers

Trump’s Venezuela strike upends a packed January agenda