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The latest from Capitol Hill.

  • A single flag is planted in memory of Charlie Kirk, according of organizers at the Young America's Foundation, alongside a field of flags marking the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC on September 11, 2025.
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    House Republicans eye $30 million for lawmaker security in stopgap government funding bill
  • Trump pick Stephen Miran confirmed as Federal Reserve governor
  • White House requests $58 million in security funding from Congress following Kirk assassination
  • Fetterman says Democrats have ‘forgotten why we lost’ and Trump is ‘not an autocrat’
  • House Republicans will take up DC crime bills to bolster Trump’s federal crackdown
  • Treasury Department says it will ‘fully cooperate’ with House Oversight panel’s Epstein probe
  • Johnson names Republican members to GOP-led Jan. 6 committee
  • GOP goes nuclear in Senate, changing rules to speed confirmation of Trump nominees after negotiations with Democrats collapse
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    Video Dem Rep: Trump, Stephen Miller are using Kirk killing to target free speech 7:02
  • <p>Rep. Mike Lawler joins The Lead</p>
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On the Hill

  • Well-wishers pay their respects at a makeshift memorial for Charlie Kirk at the national headquarters of Turning Point USA in Phoenix, Arizona, after Kirk was killed on Wednesday.
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    ‘We need to do better’: A shaken Washington struggles to come together after Kirk’s death
  • Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, during a news conference at the US Capitol, on Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
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    Republicans block Schumer’s push to force Epstein files vote after Democrat’s brazen breach of Senate protocol
  • Sen. Thom Tillis, pictured on July 30, 2025.
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    GOP senators ratchet up demands for Trump to push new sanctions on Russia
  • House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries departs a news conference on Capitol Hill on September 10, 2025.
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    As tensions mount, top Democrats seek to avoid another ugly clash over government funding
  • Senator Ruben Gallego (Democrat of Arizona) at a Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing in the Dirksen Senate office building in Washington, DC on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon/Sipa USA).(Sipa via AP Images)
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    Gallego seeks to block military funeral honors for pro-Trump rioter killed on January 6
  • GOP senator rails on Trump’s DHS over slow pace of hurricane relief and vows to stall nominees
  • Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on September 8, 2004.
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    House committee releases ‘birthday book,’ other records from Epstein estate
  • Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas and Jared Moskowitz of Florida.
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    Jeffries says Republicans will ‘regret’ GOP-led Jan. 6 investigation as Democrats agree to participate
  • From left: Sen. John Barrasso, Sen. James Lankford, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Senate Majority Leader John Thune talk to reporters following the weekly Republican Senate policy luncheon at the US Capitol on July 29, 2025. During the conference, Thune blamed Senate Democrats for a slowdown in the legislative process, accusing them of holding up President Donald Trump's judicial nominees.
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    GOP to go ‘nuclear’ to push through backlog of Trump’s nominees
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill on Monday, in Washington, DC.
    Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA/AP
    Speaker Johnson walks backs comment that Trump was an ‘FBI informant’ in Epstein case
  • Homeland Security police officer stands behind a press conference called by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to respond to a letter from US Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding that Boston change its immigration policies, in Boston, Massachusetts on August 19, 2025.
    Brian Snyder/Reuters
    Trump administration launches immigration enforcement surge in Massachusetts
  • US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's 2026 health care agenda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on September 4, 2025.
    Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
    RFK Jr. says he sees no successes in the agency he leads
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  • Rep. Thomas Massie stands outside the US Capitol Wednesday prior a news conference with Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivors.
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    GOP leaders won’t help Massie’s bid for reelection as Trump plots his ouster
  • Demonstrators attend the "We Are All DC" march to protest against National Guard troops in Washington, DC, on Saturday.
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    Protesters call for end of federal law enforcement takeover of DC
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