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From left, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., leave the Senate Democrats’ lunch in the U.S. Capitol on July 15. Welch has introduced a bill that would carve out small businesses from tariffs imposed under President Donald Trump.

White House

Appeals court hears tariff challenge

Judges question whether Trump exceeded his authority by trying to impose tariffs, citing a 1977 law

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 31, 2025 at 2:36pm

Alina Habba speaks in the Fiserv Forum on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., on Thursday July 18, 2024.

Policy

Once-routine US attorney nominations become embroiled in politics

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 30, 2025 at 7:00am
Emil Bove, nominee to be United States circuit judge for the 3rd Circuit, is sworn in before testifying during his confirmation hearing at the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on June 25.

Congress

Senate confirms former Trump personal attorney for lifetime post

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 29, 2025 at 9:35pm
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.,sparred with fellow Democrats over a package of seven law enforcement-related bills on the Senate floor.

Policy

Package of law enforcement bills spurs intraparty fight among Democrats

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 29, 2025 at 7:22pm
President Donald Trump on Thursday presents Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell with what he called a list of cost overruns for the Fed's $2.5 billion headquarters renovation project in Washington.

Trump keeps up push for Powell, Fed to lower rates despite ‘no pressure’ pledge

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 28, 2025 at 4:27pm
Planned Parenthood supporters demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court on April 2.

Judge shields all Planned Parenthood clinics from defunding

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 28, 2025 at 12:28pm
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is seen in the U.S. Capitol on July 22, 2025.

Republicans brush aside Trump plan to slash NIH funding

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 28, 2025 at 12:27pm
Chairman Mark Amodei, R-Nev., looks on at a House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on May 6.

Some Republicans push more visas despite hard line on immigration

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 28, 2025 at 12:18pm
The space shuttle Discovery atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified Boeing 747, makes one of several passes by the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, on its way to to be delivered to the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

Shuttle Discovery’s Texas transfer launches cost concerns

By Valerie Yurk and David Jordan
Posted July 28, 2025 at 11:31am
The March for Life proceeds down Constitution Avenue after a rally on the National Mall in Washington on Jan. 24.

Planned Parenthood clinics reel from Republicans’ budget law

By Jessie Hellmann and Sandhya Raman
Posted July 25, 2025 at 4:07pm
Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., conduct a news conference during the House Democrats 2025 Issues Conference in Leesburg, Va., on March 13, 2025.

House, Senate panels differ on future of hate crime grants

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 25, 2025 at 10:55am
The Modern Military Association of America, an LBGTQ military and veterans group, marches down Pennsylvania Avenue NW during the WorldPride Parade in Washington on June 7, 2025. Washington was the host city for the annual WorldPride this year.

Battle over transgender troops reignites on Capitol Hill

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 24, 2025 at 5:10pm
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins conducts a news conference to announce the National Farm Security Action Plan and “discuss actions being taken to protect American agriculture from foreign threats,” outside the USDA Whitten Building on July 8.

Agriculture Department to shift more than half of DC workforce to field

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted July 24, 2025 at 4:12pm
The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen at dawn on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024.

Supreme Court permits firings at consumer product safety agency

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 23, 2025 at 5:46pm
A Texas flag hangs from a storm-damaged tree on the banks of the Guadalupe River on July 13 in Center Point, Texas.

At House hearing, scrutiny of FEMA handling of Texas floods

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 23, 2025 at 4:42pm
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins argues that California’s law has led to a “partial segmentation in the national pork market” resulting in higher consumer prices.

Republicans ready assault on California animal welfare law

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted July 23, 2025 at 3:53pm
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made eliminating autism a main focus of his tenure at HHS and has promised to eliminate "environmental causes" of the disease.

Kennedy adopts panel’s advice to remove flu shot ingredient

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 23, 2025 at 2:59pm
Wreckage from American Airlines flight 5342 is pulled from the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan National Airport on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. The plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday, January 29, killing 67 people.

Hill looks to boost safety of military flights near airports

By John Donnelly and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 23, 2025 at 1:10pm
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., arrives at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing on June 24.

Kennedy’s mental health drug skepticism lands at FDA panel

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 23, 2025 at 12:47pm
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho.

Republicans plan bipartisan health package as Democrats demur

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted July 23, 2025 at 10:28am
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday during a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Feisty Trump deflects, but cannot shake boiling Epstein documents scandal

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 22, 2025 at 2:49pm
Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., pictured here on June 5, fears the Trump administration is out to "eliminate the appropriations process."

Democrats confront appropriations trust deficit with White House

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 22, 2025 at 5:30am
Attorney General Pamela Bondi testifies during a Senate Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

Spending bills reject Trump plans for DOJ overhaul

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 21, 2025 at 5:41pm
Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., questions Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on June 3, 2024.

In the spotlight: Morgan Griffith

By Nick Eskow
Posted July 21, 2025 at 2:35pm
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., attends a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on June 25.

Murphy, Tillis gain support for bill on Camp Lejeune litigation

By Mike Magner
Posted July 21, 2025 at 12:20pm
A firefighter stands near smoldering debris and active flames amid the charred remains of burned structures near the Grand Canyon Lodge at Grand Canyon National Park on July 13.

Grand Canyon fire is new blow to Park Service hit by staff cuts

By Mike Magner
Posted July 21, 2025 at 11:41am
The Congressional Budget Office assessed scenarios of a permanent 10 percent budget cut to the National Institutes of Health and a nine-month drug review delay at the Food and Drug Administration due to staffing cuts.

CBO finds health agency cuts would result in fewer new drugs

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 18, 2025 at 5:42pm
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., is a sponsor of legislation that would protect vaccine advisory board members from firing without cause.

Vaccine divide widens after CDC committee shake-up

By Ariel Cohen and Lia DeGroot
Posted July 17, 2025 at 7:00am
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy testifies during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday.

Duffy: Air traffic control overhaul to cost $31.5 billion

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 16, 2025 at 5:50pm
Chairman Mike Rogers arrives for the House Armed Services Committee’s markup of the defense portion of the budget reconciliation process on April 29.

Armed Services panel approves defense bill after marathon markup

By Mark Satter
Posted July 16, 2025 at 3:09pm
From left, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Pennsylvania Sen. Dave McCormick, President Donald Trump, Blackstone Group CEO Jon Gray and Google executive Ruth Porat are seen at an AI and energy summit in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump touts billions for Pennsylvania energy, AI sectors while jabbing at Biden

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 15, 2025 at 5:48pm
Rep. Lori Trahan, pictured here in March, says the bill “would grant sweeping power to the NCAA and athletic conferences” at the expense of student-athletes. Trahan is a former Division I volleyball player at Georgetown University.

House subcommittee advances NIL framework for college sports

By Justin Papp
Posted July 15, 2025 at 4:37pm
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, shown here at Senate testimony in June, said the high court established that President Donald Trump is the 'ultimate authority' on executive branch staffing.

Justices allow mass layoffs at Education Department

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 14, 2025 at 4:38pm
President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday evening.

Trump agrees to help NATO arm Ukraine amid frustrations with Putin

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 14, 2025 at 12:54pm