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The latest from Capitol Hill.

  • President Donald Trump addresses the media, accompanied by Sens. Mike Lee, Rick Scott, John Barrasso and Majority Leader John Thune, following a luncheon with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill on June 24, 2026.
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    Senate walks back rebuke of Trump over Iran war
  • President Donald Trump (center) speaks to the media as he departs with (left to right) US Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), US Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), US Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY), and US Sen. Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) after meeting with Republican senators at the US Capitol on Wednesday in Washington, DC.
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    Trump’s Capitol visit devolves into shouting match with GOP senator he helped oust in primary fight
  • New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrates with Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier and organizer Carmen Rojas, during an election night watch party in New York, on Tuesday.
    Seth Wenig/AP
    House Democrats’ anxiety rises after wins by Mamdani-backed candidates: ‘Are we going to let them take over the party?’
  • Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates departs after a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2026.
    Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images
    Bill Gates says he didn’t witness crimes but may have been in presence of Epstein victims
  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters at the US Capitol on June 23 in Washington, DC.
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    Trump is growing tired of hearing ‘no’ from Thune. GOP senators are lining up behind the majority leader
  • The US Capitol building in Washington, DC, on June 18, 2026.
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    Senate votes to limit Trump’s Iran war powers in rare rebuke
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    Video Senate votes to limit Trump’s Iran war powers in rare rebuke 2:40
  • Sen. Brian Schatz arrives in the Capitol for a vote on May 20.
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    Senate’s likely next No. 2 warns Trump if Democrats take the majority: ‘It’s going to be a fight’ on key values
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    Video Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on redistricting: ‘Doing nothing is not an option’ 1:10
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    Video US General in Europe set to retire amid Hegseth’s review of US support for NATO allies 0:52
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    Video Inside Trump’s expletive-laden call with Netanyahu: ‘All the Jews are sick of you’ 2:06

On the Hill

  • Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte speaks with reporters at the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
    Evan Vucci/AP/FILE
    Trump’s new acting intel chief Bill Pulte arrives early, eyes firing hundreds
  • Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Bill Cassidy and Sen. Roger Wicker
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    Trump’s Iran agreement draws rare reproach from powerful Republicans
  • Jay Clayton, US attorney for the Southern District of New York, attends the Bloomberg Global Credit Forum in New York, US, on June 3.
    Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty Images
    Trump upends careful compromise on intel chief, plunging GOP into disarray
  • Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche listens to a reporter's question during a press conference at the Department of Justice June 11, in Washington, DC.
    Win McNamee/Getty Images/File
    In private speech, Blanche tried to mend fences with critical conservative activist
  • House Oversight Chairman James Comer speaks to reporters in Washington June 10, 2026.
    J. Scott Applewhite/AP
    Epstein survivors push Comer to investigate potential leads from DOJ’s files in private meeting
  • U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) holds a press conference following the Senate Republicans weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 19, 2024.
    Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters/File
    Mitch McConnell ‘wants to be back’ on Capitol Hill after hospitalization, GOP leader says
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    Video President Trump says Iran deal is ‘all signed’ and the Strait of Hormuz is ‘partially opened.’ 3:28
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    Video President Trump stated four objectives at the beginning of the war in Iran. How many have been accomplished so far? 3:01
  • Sen. Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, in November 2024.
    Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images
    McConnell hospitalized and ‘receiving excellent care,’ spokesperson says
  • Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, during an interview at the Pivotal Ventures office in Kirkland, Washington, on March 11, 2025.
    Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg/Getty Images/File
    Melinda French Gates has ‘visceral reaction’ recalling ‘abhorrent’ Epstein in new interview
  • A visitor captures a cell phone image of the Washington Monument, near the US Capitol on September 29, 2021.
    Tom Brenner/Reuters/File
    FISA: What to know about the government’s expiring spy powers
  • President Donald Trump speaks to with members of the press in New York, on June 9, 2026.
    Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
    War-wary Hill Republicans question Trump’s Iran strategy with control of Congress at stake
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  • Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche looks on as he testifies before a Senate subcommittee on the Justice Department's proposed 2027 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2026.
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    Group of Epstein survivors announce opposition to Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination
  • Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, center, arrives for a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 10.
    Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images
    Bill Gates tells Congress Jeffrey Epstein tried to use information about his infidelities to get close to him
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