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Britain's King Charles III addresses a joint meeting of Congress while Vice President JD Vance, back left, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., back right, applaud and Queen Camilla, right, looks on, in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Kylie Cooper/Pool via AP)

King Charles highlights US-UK bond in speech to Congress before state dinner

April 28, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

President Donald Trump and King Charles III greeted each other warmly on Tuesday as the monarch began a day of diplomacy in Washington designed to emphasize a bond between the United Kingdom and the...

FILE – The moon emerges from the clouds over the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Congress keeps holding all-nighters, creating dysfunction after dark

April 24, 2026 at 8:38 a.m.

Just as the Senate prepared to launch into a late-night vote series, Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana went to the floor to vent.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., flanked by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., left, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters following a closed-door party meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate passes budget plan for ICE and Border Patrol in bid to reopen Homeland Security Department

April 23, 2026 at 6:19 a.m.

The Senate took the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security early Thursday, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., listens during a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill,Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate Republicans reject effort to halt Iran war, but some eye future war powers votes

April 15, 2026 at 4:53 p.m.

The Republican-led Senate on Wednesday rejected the latest Democratic attempt to halt President Donald Trump’s war in Iran.

Travelers line up at a TSA checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)

Trump signs executive action to pay TSA employees after Congress fails to agree on DHS funding

March 27, 2026 at 4:29 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Friday signed a promised executive action that will pay Transportation Security Administration employees, after a deal that sought to do the same stalled in Congress.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters after a weekly Republican luncheon, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Republicans are launching a voting bill debate that could last days or even weeks

March 17, 2026 at 9:41 p.m.

Republicans have launched an unprecedented effort to hold the Senate floor and talk for days about a bill that they know won’t pass.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters after a weekly Republican policy luncheon, at the Capitol in Washington on March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

What’s in the voting bill that Republicans are pushing to the Senate floor

March 17, 2026 at 6:16 a.m.

Legislation that would require proof of U.S. citizenship for new voters has become a rallying cry for Donald Trump, who claims that passage of the bill will “guarantee the midterms”...

The U.S. Capitol photographed Wednesday, March 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to improve access and affordability

March 12, 2026 at 4:17 p.m.

In a rare bipartisan effort for a deeply divided Congress, the Senate has passed a broad bill to make U.S. housing more accessible and affordable.

A plaque honoring police service on Jan. 6, 2021 at the Capitol, Saturday, March 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Jan. 6 plaque honoring police officers is installed at the Capitol after a 3-year delay

March 7, 2026 at 1:26 p.m.

Visitors to the Capitol will now have a visible reminder of the violent attack against the building on Jan. 6, 2021, and the officers who fought and were injured that...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., gestures as he and the GOP leadership talk about the war against Iran, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House narrowly rejects Iran war powers resolution in early test of President Trump’s strategy

March 5, 2026 at 3:57 p.m.

The House is preparing to vote Thursday on a war powers resolution to halt President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, a sign of unease in Congress over the rapidly widening...

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