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The two most vulnerable senators this year are Democrats Jon Tester of Montana, left, and Bob Menendez of New Jersey.

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The six most vulnerable senators this year are all Democrats

Republicans need a net of two seats for control in the next Congress

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 6, 2024 at 5:25pm, Updated at 9:11pm

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., are seen after a meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in the Capitol on Monday.

Congress

Greene won’t move against Johnson just yet

By David Lerman and Aidan Quigley
Posted May 6, 2024 at 7:23pm
Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz., introduced the energy efficiency standards measure to be considered by the House Tuesday.

Congress

House eyes energy standard limits as climate wars hit laundry

By David Jordan
Posted May 7, 2024 at 6:00am
Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Jim Risch of Idaho says he’s talked to allies and friends about the asset seizures. “Everybody wants to get this done. The devil’s always in the details,” he said.

Policy

Russian asset seizure to aid Ukraine may hinge on G7 meeting

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 6, 2024 at 5:19pm
Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing titled “Hacking America’s Health Care: Assessing the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack and What’s Next” on May 1.

Policy

Change Healthcare lacked safeguards even as it gave security advice

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted May 7, 2024 at 7:00am
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie sound off on Speaker Mike Johnson in a May 1 news conference. They got the attention they wanted, Shapiro writes.

Republicans can’t stop threatening their speaker? Take away their TV!

By Walter Shapiro
Posted May 6, 2024 at 6:54pm
Martin O’Malley, commissioner of the Social Security Administration, called on Congress to take action sooner than later to shore up the Social Security trust fund.

Stronger economy improves outlook for Medicare, Social Security

By Caitlin Reilly and Jessie Hellmann
Posted May 6, 2024 at 6:18pm

The Global Impacts of the US 2024 Election

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 2, 2024 at 11:09pm

Capitol Lens | Dragging rights

By Bill Clark
Posted May 6, 2024 at 3:16pm
Former President Donald Trump talks with race winner Lando Norris at the Formula One Grand Prix of Miami on Sunday. President Joe Biden’s campaign says Florida is in play.

Trump, Biden eye new swing states but analysts have doubts

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 6, 2024 at 2:35pm
Sen. Laphonza Butler, seen here in April, says she will continue to read passages from books targeted for bans around the country, saying she hopes to “bring a voice at the national level.”

Why Laphonza Butler is reading banned books out loud on the Senate floor

By Nina Heller
Posted May 6, 2024 at 2:19pm

The Complete AI and ChatGPT How-To Guide For Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 29, 2024 at 5:13pm
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said recent actions amounted to “sanctioning” Alaska.

Interior defends public land actions labeled as political moves

By David Jordan
Posted May 6, 2024 at 1:25pm
President Joe Biden pins a Presidential Medal of Freedom around the neck of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Friday at the White House.

‘Extraordinary honor’: Biden gives Presidential Medal of Freedom to Pelosi, Clyburn, Kerry and others

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 3, 2024 at 6:09pm
Indiana Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz had said she would not seek reelection, then got back into the race after others had begun running.

5 questions Indiana’s primaries will answer

By Daniela Altimari
Posted May 3, 2024 at 5:16pm

What Constituent Correspondence Reveals About Voter Sentiment

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 28, 2024 at 11:41am
Reps. Mark Takano, left, and Mike Bost donned Obama-era tan suits at a House hearing this week.

Tan suits are back! Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted May 3, 2024 at 3:55pm
Ranking member Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, speaks during a House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing last month.

Rep. Henry Cuellar and wife indicted on bribery schemes

By Michael Macagnone and Ryan Tarinelli
Posted May 3, 2024 at 3:50pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., attend a ceremony for Army Col. Ralph Puckett, Jr., the last Korean War Medal of Honor recipient to die, as his remains lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda on April 29.

Editor’s Note: Congress’ own river of life, in miniature

By Jason Dick
Posted May 3, 2024 at 3:46pm

2024 CQ Election Watch Briefing Series

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted April 22, 2024 at 12:11am
The remains of Army Col. Ralph Puckett Jr., who was the last surviving Korean War Medal of Honor recipient before his death, are carried into the Capitol rotunda to lie in honor on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week ending May 3, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted May 3, 2024 at 10:07am
Police clash with protesters after an order to disperse was given at UCLA Thursday morning.

Trump lurches into vacuum created by Biden’s days of silence on campus protests

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 3, 2024 at 9:58am
President Joe Biden arrives at the Wilmington Convention Center in North Carolina to speak about clean water projects on Thursday.

Biden visits key city in swing state as Trump rails against him at courthouse

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 2, 2024 at 6:25pm

At the Races: Divided attention

By Niels Lesniewski, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 2, 2024 at 2:30pm
President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrive for a joint press conference at the White House on April 10.

Biden calls allies India, Japan ‘xenophobic’ at fundraiser with Asian American donors

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 2, 2024 at 10:34am, Updated at 1:40pm

Capitol Ink | Donald Trump and the Cherry Tree

By R.J. Matson
Posted May 2, 2024 at 7:00am
A recount puts two Democrats on the November ballot to fill the seat of retiring California Democratic Rep. Anna G. Eshoo.

Third Democrat concedes in California primary to succeed Eshoo

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 2, 2024 at 6:30am
“There are a lot of unknowns, and I’ve taken the approach that it’s an after-action review,” says Rep. Brad Wenstrup of his work on the select subcommittee investigating the coronavirus pandemic.

Brad Wenstrup is leaving Congress. First, he’s probing the pandemic

By Justin Papp
Posted May 2, 2024 at 6:15am
Former President Donald Trump is seen here speaking to supporters from the Ellipse at the White House on Jan. 6, 2021.

Playing by the rules? What a concept

By Mary Curtis
Posted May 2, 2024 at 6:00am
Democratic Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks claps with Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen as local officials speak during her “All in for Angela” campaign event at McGinty’s Public House restaurant in Silver Spring, Md., on April 24.

Trone’s wealth looms over Maryland Senate primary

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted May 1, 2024 at 7:00pm
A Palestinian flag is wrapped around a statue of George Washington amid a George Washington University encampment protest on April 25. As campus protests unfold around the country, lawmakers in Congress are weighing in.

Fallout from campus protests felt on Capitol Hill

By Justin Papp
Posted May 1, 2024 at 6:51pm

Capitol Lens | Visual aides

By Bill Clark
Posted May 1, 2024 at 6:25pm
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday.

UnitedHealth Group CEO blames hack on aged technology systems

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted May 1, 2024 at 5:52pm
Dave McCormick, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Pennsylvania, reaches out to shake hands with a voter after a campaign rally at Beerded Goat Brewery in Harrisburg, Pa., on April 25.

Republicans banking on the road less traveled to Senate majority

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted May 1, 2024 at 2:50pm
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., speaks during a news conference after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.

House, Senate farm bill summaries show SNAP, climate division

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted May 1, 2024 at 1:41pm
Fuel pumps are seen at the Red Hill underground fuel storage facility in Honolulu.

Navy in court over Pearl Harbor water contamination

By Mike Magner
Posted May 1, 2024 at 11:09am
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., hold a press conference Wednesday on their push to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

Greene says she’ll trigger motion to vacate next week

By David Lerman
Posted May 1, 2024 at 11:00am
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., leaves a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on April 16.

Cole extends earmark request deadlines after pushback

By Aidan Quigley
Posted May 1, 2024 at 11:00am

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