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Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., conduct a news conference on Sept. 14 with student-athletes and coaches on a bill to address name, image and likeness in college sports. The Senate is aiming to pass the bill this week. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Congress

This week: Senate still at work on college sports bill

Hearings focus on health nominations, Flock cameras in the first of two weeks left until scheduled recess

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 21, 2026 at 5:59am

Maine Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, seen in the Capitol on July 17, 2025, is backing New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler for reelection. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Campaigns

Golden breaks Democratic ranks to support Lawler’s reelection bid

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 21, 2026 at 12:40pm, Updated at 2:55pm
Steam rises from a vent on the East Front of the Capitol.

White House

Interest groups say president should not pick next GAO chief

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted September 21, 2026 at 2:42pm
Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., who founded a community bank before being elected to Congress, is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Congress

Arkansas duo goes to bat for small investment brokers

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted September 21, 2026 at 6:09am
President Donald Trump shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026.

Opinion

Trump-Xi summit underscores risk of outright data center bans

By Saxby Chambliss and Kent Conrad
Posted September 21, 2026 at 5:00am

Capitol Lens | First Amendment grounds

By Tom Williams
Posted September 21, 2026 at 3:59pm
President Donald Trump speaks to the Republican Midterm Convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas on Sept. 9.

Trump pivots to foreign policy amid political, legal battles at home

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 21, 2026 at 12:54pm

2026 State Sessions Recap Report

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted September 10, 2026 at 12:07pm
An aerial view, a Flock camera is seen on Monday in Burbank, Calif.

Flock cameras controversy set for Senate hearing

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted September 18, 2026 at 5:22pm
A podium is pictured on the House steps of the Capitol on Wednesday before a news conference.

‘Some months, you don’t even have to come to work’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted September 18, 2026 at 4:30pm
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during the 2026 National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the Pentagon on Friday.

Pentagon’s latest Iran war cost estimate: $43.6 billion

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 18, 2026 at 3:30pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Reps. Becca Balint and Julie Fedorchak, center, talk during a congressional softball practice, alongside Rep. Hillary Scholten, left. This year’s game will be played at Audi Field on Sept. 23.

In a ‘very hard’ year for women in Congress, at least there’s still softball

By Nina Heller
Posted September 18, 2026 at 12:04pm
Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., prepares to film a video with a man in a Tyrannosaurus rex costume to mark to the passage of the National Fossil Act in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | September 12-18, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted September 18, 2026 at 10:22am
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., arrives for a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 19.

Before the final midterm whistle, Senate spends time on sports

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted September 18, 2026 at 5:00am

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Elbridge Colby, undersecretary of Defense for policy, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 3.

Pentagon official’s ‘contemptuous’ briefing sparks bipartisan ire

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 17, 2026 at 8:26pm
Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., made an appearance on Capitol Hill in October 2023 to testify at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. Kyl's family announced his death Thursday.

Former Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl dies at 84

By Nick Eskow
Posted September 17, 2026 at 4:22pm
Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, is seen in the Capitol on June 23, 2026. He sought quick passage of the data centers bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Ratepayer bill aimed at data center buildout blocked in Senate

By David Jordan
Posted September 17, 2026 at 3:42pm

At the Races: AI voted?

By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted September 17, 2026 at 3:05pm
Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., right, and Tim Kaine, D-Va., conduct a news conference in the Capitol on Jan. 8 (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

NIL bill foes likely out of timeouts as it clears second procedural hurdle

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 17, 2026 at 1:50pm
President Donald Trump greets supporters Wednesday at a rally in Gastonia, N.C., to drum up support for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley.

Trump slams Democrat Cooper as ‘weak’ on crime as he campaigns in North Carolina

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 16, 2026 at 9:56pm, Updated September 17, 2026 at 11:14am
Scenes around the Capital Jewish Museum on May 29, 2025, ahead of the reopening following the murder of Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, in Washington, D.C.

This year, holiest days in Jewish calendar marked by grief, security challenges

By Eric D. Fingerhut
Posted September 17, 2026 at 5:00am
Rep. Thomas Massie, seen here in May, vented his frustration at Speaker Mike Johnson in a floor speech Wednesday that also doubled as a swan song for the Kentucky Republican, who won’t be returning for the 120th Congress.

One Republican rages against House’s early exit

By Nina Heller
Posted September 16, 2026 at 3:48pm, Updated at 8:15pm
Colorado Republican Rep. Gabe Evans leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on June 4, 2025.

Bill aimed at voter anger over data centers passes House

By David Jordan
Posted September 16, 2026 at 8:10pm
Supporters of Ukraine hold a protest in Lafayette Square across from the White House in Washington on March 1, 2025.

Robust House majority backs sanctions on Russia and Iran

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 16, 2026 at 7:47pm
President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican midterm convention at the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas on Sept. 9.

Behind the Byline — Trump and the Republican midterm convention

By John T. Bennett and Chris Hale
Posted September 16, 2026 at 6:23pm
Nicole Saphier testifies before senators on Wednesday. (Screenshot/Courtesy Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee)

Surgeon general nominee won’t renounce RFK Jr. vaccine decisions

By Ariel Cohen
Posted September 16, 2026 at 5:03pm
Senate Commerce Chairman Cruz, R-Texas, is seen in the Capitol on Aug. 4. He sponsored the 'jawboning' bill advanced by the panel on Wednesday.

Push to restrict ‘jawboning’ advanced by Senate Commerce panel

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted September 16, 2026 at 1:58pm, Updated at 3:25pm
Sponsor Andy Harris, R-Md., showed in June, wanted a vote on his bill before the recess.

Gas tax holiday bill on ice despite House rule fracas

By Kelly Livingston
Posted September 16, 2026 at 2:59pm
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., provided the 218th signature for the discharge petition on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Veterans benefit bill gets 218 signatures on discharge petition

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted September 16, 2026 at 12:19pm
President Donald Trump dances after speaking to the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9. Part of his message? “Pretend that I’m on the ballot.”

Trump on the ballot: Will it help Republicans?

By David Winston
Posted September 16, 2026 at 12:12pm

Capitol Ink | Mitch McConnell returns

By R.J. Matson
Posted September 16, 2026 at 7:00am
Democrat Janelle Stelson's campaign for Pennsylvania's 10th District is getting some help from NRDC Action Fund. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Environmental groups launch new canvassing effort to boost Democrats

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 16, 2026 at 5:00am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday. Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., left, Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., also appear. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

AI threats confront a Congress far from erecting guardrails

By Allison Mollenkamp and Savannah Behrmann
Posted September 15, 2026 at 6:23pm, Updated at 9:36pm
House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James R. Comer, R-Ky., talks with reporters in the Rayburn House Office Building in June. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Oversight panel recommends holding billionaire Leon Black in contempt

By Lia Chien
Posted September 15, 2026 at 8:41pm
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., greets student-athletes during a news conference outside the Capitol on the college sports bill on Monday.

College NIL bill moves forward on Senate floor

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 15, 2026 at 8:16pm
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