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At a July hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., leans over the shoulder of Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who is now running for speaker.

Congress

Scalise, Jordan running for speaker, but may get company

Changes to rules, leadership shuffles may also be ahead

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 4, 2023 at 3:32pm

Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz talks with reporters Tuesday morning in the Capitol.

Congress

How the vote to boot Speaker McCarthy played out inside the chamber

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 3, 2023 at 6:38pm
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks to the media on the House steps of the Capitol after his motion to vacate the office of the speaker was adopted Tuesday.

Congress

House Republican infighting turns raw during McCarthy floor debate

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted October 3, 2023 at 10:01pm
House Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson says removal of the House speaker would slow work on the farm bill: “Without a speaker, you can’t do anything.”

Congress

House removal of speaker adds hurdle for new farm bill

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted October 4, 2023 at 12:51pm
Protesters hold signs at a Catholics for Catholics event in response to the Dodgers' Pride Night event including the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence prior to the game between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on June 16 in Los Angeles.

Opinion

Baseball broke Republicans’ ‘go woke, go broke’ slogan

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 4, 2023 at 3:14pm

Capitol Lens | Office space

By Chris Hale
Posted October 4, 2023 at 3:58pm
At a July hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., leans over the shoulder of Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who is now running for speaker.

Scalise, Jordan running for speaker, but may get company

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 4, 2023 at 3:32pm

Share Your Opinion: State of Government Affairs 2024

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted September 12, 2023 at 4:13pm
Rep. Nancy Pelosi enjoyed a hideaway in the Capitol as speaker emerita, but that perk has been revoked, her office said.

House Republicans kick Pelosi out of hideaway after McCarthy ouster

By Justin Papp
Posted October 3, 2023 at 10:19pm
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks through the Capitol after the House voted to remove him as speaker.

McCarthy announces he won’t run again for speaker

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Laura Weiss and John T. Bennett
Posted October 3, 2023 at 7:41pm, Updated at 9:06pm
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is seen in the Capitol after the House voted to remove him as speaker on Tuesday.

McCarthy becomes first speaker in history ousted

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 3, 2023 at 4:44pm, Updated at 5:33pm

Webinar: Fall 2023 Legislative Preview: Appropriations, Farm Bill, NDAA, and Beyond

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted September 12, 2023 at 4:14pm
Laphonza Butler poses with Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer at the Capitol before her swearing-in on Tuesday.

Laphonza Butler sworn in to succeed Sen. Dianne Feinstein 

By Justin Papp
Posted October 3, 2023 at 3:56pm
Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar leaves the House Democrats’ caucus meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Carjackers who took Cuellar’s Toyota also got away with his sushi dinner

By Chris Marquette
Posted October 3, 2023 at 3:02pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday ahead of votes on a motion by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to vacate the speaker's office.

McCarthy forces unable to halt vote on his ouster

By John T. Bennett and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 3, 2023 at 2:34pm, Updated at 2:54pm

Webinar: Gen Z to Boomers: Strategies for Effective Advocacy Communications Across Generations

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted September 12, 2023 at 4:14pm
At the Supreme Court on Tuesday, most of the justices, including several conservatives, repeatedly asked the challengers to more sharply define how Congress violated the Constitution.

Supreme Court sounds skeptical that Congress overstepped spending power

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 3, 2023 at 2:34pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., heads to a news conference in the Capitol on Sept. 29.

House set to vote on challenge to McCarthy

By John T. Bennett and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 3, 2023 at 10:07am, Updated at 12:05pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a strong advocate for continued U.S. aid to Ukraine, foresees a Ukraine aid package coming up for a vote within the next month.

Analysis: Fight over Ukraine in CR was undercard

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 3, 2023 at 10:00am
Group of business people covering their faces with question mark

Fireside Chat: How to Build Your Personal Brand as an Elected Official

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted August 22, 2023 at 11:34am
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was uninjured.

Rep. Henry Cuellar carjacked in Navy Yard neighborhood

By Chris Marquette
Posted October 3, 2023 at 7:28am
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, have introduced legislation to prevent online platforms from giving their own products preferential treatment.

FTC, Justice take on digital giants as Congress dawdles

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted October 3, 2023 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | Unsafe at any speed

By R.J. Matson
Posted October 3, 2023 at 7:00am
In this handout photo from the National Park Service, Yellowstone National Park employee housing falls into Yellowstone River on June 13, 2022, during heavy flooding.

Maintenance backlog grows at national parks as funding tightens

By Mike Magner
Posted October 3, 2023 at 6:30am
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, is escorted by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., to the Old Senate Chamber for a meeting with U.S. senators in the Capitol on Sept. 21.

Forget the high-fives — Congress just sold out Ukraine

By Walter Shapiro
Posted October 3, 2023 at 6:00am
Rep. Mark Amodei chairs the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee.

Rule for Legislative Branch bill would reinstate member COLA ban

By Justin Papp
Posted October 2, 2023 at 10:04pm
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, seen here in July, set off another controversy on Monday over the use of the word “Nazi.”

Fire alarm fracas gets noisier around Rep. Jamaal Bowman

By Justin Papp
Posted October 2, 2023 at 9:04pm
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is seen on a monitor in the Capitol while criticizing Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Sept. 12 for allegedly breaking promises he made to get votes to become speaker in January.

What to watch in Gaetz vs. McCarthy speaker fight

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 2, 2023 at 6:32pm, Updated at 8:30pm
The Supreme Court building at sunset.

Congressional conjunction turns Supreme Court argument into grammar class

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 2, 2023 at 6:38pm
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, seen here in May, will be mourned this week in California, as Senate colleagues plan to make the trip.

Senators will cut the week short to travel to Dianne Feinstein’s funeral

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 2, 2023 at 4:35pm
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, seen here with Sen. Lindsey Graham in July, hopes there will be continued Republican cooperation on judicial nominations. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Judiciary nominations on track despite loss of Feinstein

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted October 2, 2023 at 4:35pm
Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’s List, has been named to fill the remainder of the late California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s term in the Senate.

Butler, the newest senator, worked to elect and defeat many colleagues

By Herb Jackson and Daniela Altimari
Posted October 2, 2023 at 7:50am, Updated at 4:17pm
Capitol Police assistant chiefs Jason Bell, left, and Sean Gallagher.

Two veteran Capitol Police officers promoted to assistant chief roles

By Chris Marquette
Posted October 2, 2023 at 4:13pm

Capitol Lens | Center court

By Bill Clark
Posted October 2, 2023 at 3:54pm
Visitors walk across the Supreme Court plaza to enter the building for the first day of the court’s new session on Monday.

Clarence Thomas recuses from Supreme Court case on House Jan. 6 panel

By Michael Macagnone
Posted October 2, 2023 at 3:29pm
Republican presidential candidates (L-R), North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott and former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence walk on the stage at the FOX Business Republican Primary Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on September 27, 2023 in Simi Valley, California.

For some presidential hopefuls, hope fades fast

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted October 2, 2023 at 1:58pm
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said he would seek to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his position this week after McCarthy posted a short-term spending bill that passed with bipartisan support Saturday.

Gaetz plans move to oust McCarthy, says GOP needs new leader

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 1, 2023 at 10:25am
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is seen in the Capitol Friday.

Shutdown averted as Biden signs seven-week spending bill

By Laura Weiss and David Lerman
Posted September 30, 2023 at 2:03pm, Updated at 9:02pm