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  • Rep. Tony Gonzales during a press conference in the US Capitol on March 25, 2025.
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    Embattled GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales announces he’s stepping down from Congress
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    Swalwell says he plans to resign from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations
  • WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 25: U.S. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) speaks at a press conference on committee assignments for the 118th U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 25, 2023 in Washington, DC. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) recently rejected the reappointments of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) to the House Intelligence Committee and has threatened to stop Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from serving on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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    Videoby Manu Raju Swalwell says he plans to resign from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations 2:29
  • The US Capitol on March 26, 2026.
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    US intel officials scramble to keep surveillance law running amid Iran war tensions
  • Rep. Eric Swalwell on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 17, 2025.
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    After dropping gubernatorial bid, Swalwell still faces calls to resign or face expulsion from US House
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  • Ranking Member Jamie Raskin speaks at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2026.
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    Raskin calls for Trump to take cognitive test in wake of Iran threats as Democrats question president’s fitness
  • Pam Bondi testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Oversight of the Department of Justice" on February 11, 2026.
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    Justice Department says Bondi won’t appear for Epstein deposition now that she’s no longer attorney general
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  • (L-R) NASA's Artemis II mission astronauts Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and commander Reid Wiseman react during a welcoming ceremony at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas, on April 11, 2026. An elated NASA late April 10 was celebrating its successful voyage around the Moon, after four astronauts safely returned to Earth having completed the first lunar flyby in more than 50 years. The NASA spacecraft carrying four astronauts -- three Americans and one Canadian -- splashed down without a hitch off the California coast, capping the US space agency's crewed test mission that returned with spectacular images of the Moon. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)
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On the Hill

  • Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on March 26, 2026.
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    Markwayne Mullin has started making policy changes at DHS. Some GOP lawmakers want him to do more
  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks with reporters at the US Capitol on Thursday.
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    Trump signs memo directing DHS to pay all workers amid shutdown
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    Video New CNN poll shows Democrats up big heading into midterm election season. Can Republicans claw back to avoid a blue wave? 7:13
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    Video Pope Leo pushes Trump to find an off-ramp for the war in Iran 4:29
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    Video ‘At some point, the adults in the room have to behave like adults’: Sen. Cramer calls on House GOP to pass DHS funding deal 8:29
  • Cherry blossoms near the US Capitol on March 26, 2026.
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    GOP leaders declare path to end DHS shutdown — but enormous hurdles remain
  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune, left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.
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    Shutdown infighting shatters GOP unity in critical stretch for Trump
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    Video Supreme Court justices sound skeptical of Trump Administration’s effort to end automatic birthright citizenship 6:47
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    Video ‘It’s not showing up at the ballot box’: Dem Rep. dismisses poll that just 25% of voters say Dems have the right priorities 4:10
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    Video Members of Congress get the TMZ treatment amid a partial government shutdown 7:09
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    Video ‘The face of the Pentagon’: CNN report details Hegseth’s role touting military power during war in Iran 5:06
  • The US Capitol on March 26, 2026.
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    GOP leaders plan to keep Congress out of session even as pressure to end DHS shutdown grows
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  • House Speaker Mike Johnson, on Thursday.
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    House GOP rejects Senate DHS deal, prolonging shutdown
  • President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Future Investment Initiative Institute's summit at the Faena Forum in Miami Beach, Florida, on Friday.
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    4 weeks in, Trump’s conflicting signals on Iran war frustrate GOP lawmakers and political allies
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