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The latest from Capitol Hill.

  • 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
  • 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.
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    Bill Gates says he didn’t witness crimes but may have been in presence of Epstein victims
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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
  • 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)
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    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.
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    Trump upends careful compromise on intel chief, plunging GOP into disarray
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    Video ‘This is a historic vote.’ Democratic Senator reacts after vote to limit Trump’s Iran war powers 1:16
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    Video Transcript reveals former Epstein assistant arranged multiple calls between Epstein & Trump before he was president 1:07

On the Hill

  • 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    War-wary Hill Republicans question Trump’s Iran strategy with control of Congress at stake
  • 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.
    Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
    Group of Epstein survivors announce opposition to Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination
  • In a sit-down interview with CNN, Rep. Max Miller responds to allegations of abuse from his ex-wife.
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    Video Hear police audio of GOP Rep. Max Miller’s ex-wife describing abuse claims, which he denies 5:05
  • 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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  • Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington, DC, on January 9.
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    Trump indicates to Speaker Johnson he won’t back down on Pulte despite fight over key surveillance authority
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    New police videos reveal Rep. Max Miller’s ex-wife detailing allegations of abuse, which he denies
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