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The Supreme Court will be hearing another case related to abortion, this time over whether South Carolina can block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds because it provides abortion care.

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Supreme Court to hear case over Planned Parenthood Medicaid funding

The case tests rights Congress laid out in Medicaid law

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 18, 2024 at 5:13pm

Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, said Congress should not be “sneaking new member perks into must-pass legislation.”

Congress

Pay raise in stopgap funding bill a sticking point for some members

By Justin Papp
Posted December 18, 2024 at 4:19pm, Updated at 4:58pm
Former Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., served in the House for one term from 2011 to 2013. The Justice Department announced six federal charges against him Wednesday.

Congress

DOJ indicts former Florida Rep. David Rivera

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 18, 2024 at 4:22pm
From left, former Reps. Kai Kahele of Hawaii and Jerry McNerney and Laura Richardson of California were elected to state office this year.

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More former members of Congress win election for lower office this year

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted December 18, 2024 at 4:32pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who recently had a fall, leaves a Republican conference lunch meeting Tuesday with the help of an aide.

Congress

How McConnell could remain a thorn in Trump’s side next Congress

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 18, 2024 at 2:50pm

Capitol Lens | Elf awareness

By Tom Williams
Posted December 18, 2024 at 3:22pm
Robert Kennedy, Jr., nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives for his meeting with Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024.

Kennedy faces questions about food, vaccines in GOP meetings

By Ariel Cohen, Lia DeGroot, Jessie Hellmann and Sandhya Raman
Posted December 17, 2024 at 6:53pm, Updated December 18, 2024 at 3:11pm

2025 Global Policy Outlook: Your Blueprint for Navigating the Coming Year

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted December 11, 2024 at 7:10pm
For staffers on Capitol Hill, the usual post-election shuffle is in full swing. Meanwhile, the wider hiring landscape in official Washington is uncertain. Above, reporters and aides are seen at the Capitol in March.

Hanging over the usual post-election staff shuffle? Trump’s purge threat

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 18, 2024 at 1:34pm

Capitol Ink | Santa plays nice

By R.J. Matson
Posted December 18, 2024 at 12:54pm
Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok, leaves a meeting in Sen. John Fetterman’s office in March, one month before Congress enacted the sale or ban.

Supreme Court agrees to hear dispute over TikTok divestiture law

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 18, 2024 at 12:22pm

Experts Share Advice on Navigating 2025 State Sessions

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted December 11, 2024 at 7:12pm
Virginia Rep. Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., seen here at a news conference in Washington in 2020, is retiring after being diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy.

Wexton delivers historic final House speech with assistive device

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 18, 2024 at 8:58am
Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., leaves a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus about the candidacy of President Joe Biden at the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.

After briefing, Intelligence panelists confident skies are safe

By Mark Satter
Posted December 17, 2024 at 6:39pm
Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol on March 22, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump risks legal clashes in plans to not spend appropriations

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 12, 2024 at 5:15pm, Updated December 17, 2024 at 4:41pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., led a reinvestigation of the Capitol attack as chair of the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee. Above, he talks to reporters at the Capitol on Dec. 10.

Rep. Loudermilk targets Liz Cheney, calls for more probes of Jan. 6

By Justin Papp
Posted December 17, 2024 at 3:54pm

Capitol Lens | Motor-vation

By Bill Clark
Posted December 17, 2024 at 2:35pm
Rep. Brian Babin supports Americans’ returning to the moon because the country will benefit “geopolitically, scientifically, economically and from a national security perspective.”

At House Science, Babin aims to boost commercial spaceflight

By Hunter Savery
Posted December 17, 2024 at 7:00am, Updated at 11:41am
With the presidential primaries in full swing by February, Matson had fun skewering Republican priorities.

Capitol Ink: Putting the cap on 2024

By R.J. Matson and Chris Hale
Posted December 17, 2024 at 8:00am
Children sled on the West Front of the Capitol on Jan. 16 after 3-4 inches of snow fell across the Washington metro area.

The best photos of the year, Part 1

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 17, 2024 at 6:00am
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives for a meeting with Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., on Monday.

Trump defends polio vaccines, rejects school vaccine mandates

By Lia DeGroot
Posted December 16, 2024 at 7:38pm
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew prepares to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

TikTok asks justices to intervene in divestiture law fight

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 16, 2024 at 5:49pm, Updated at 6:05pm
An eagle emblem sits atop a flag pole in a Dirksen Senate Office Building hallway as workers renovate a nearby room. The bald eagle has held symbolic significance for centuries.

Bill naming bald eagle national bird on way to White House

By Mike Magner
Posted December 16, 2024 at 5:27pm
Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa, poses in front of Grant Wood's "American Gothic" at the Renwick Museum in Washington in 2006. Wood painted much in Leach's district. Leach, who died Dec. 11, went on to head the National Endowment for the Humanities after leaving Congress.

Former Rep. Jim Leach, Iowa iconoclast, dies at 82

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted December 16, 2024 at 5:02pm
President-elect Donald Trump arrives Monday for a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, alongside SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son.

Trump uses wide-ranging news conference to pin Syria rebellion on Turkish leader

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 16, 2024 at 3:56pm
Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., stepped down as Freedom Caucus chair in September after losing his primary in Virginia’s 5th District. “We’re pulling the conference to the right, no question,” he says.

Good says goodbye: ‘This Congress should have done even less’

By Jim Saksa
Posted December 16, 2024 at 3:21pm

Capitol Lens | Holiday grind

By Bill Clark
Posted December 16, 2024 at 12:21pm
Birds fly across the White House grounds on Dec. 10. Tipsters have reported drone sightings over New Jersey and other states recently. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

Mystery drones over NJ: Biden officials say ‘no evidence’ of ill intent despite few answers

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 16, 2024 at 12:21pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, I-W.Va., left, who retired this year, and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who lost reelection, have been among the senators offering farewell remarks in recent weeks.

So long, farewell: Departing senators say goodbye to speaking from the floor

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 16, 2024 at 10:30am
What might the Capitol campus look like with a bigger Congress? An elevated walkway is one vision for that hypothetical future, according to a report published by Protect Democracy and POPVOX.

A bigger House? First of all, where would everyone sit? 

By Justin Papp
Posted December 16, 2024 at 10:06am
Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member John Boozman, R-Ark., is among he key players in year-end talks.

Endgame not yet clear as lawmakers await CR

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 16, 2024 at 5:45am
Former South Carolina Democratic Rep. John M. Spratt Jr. died on Saturday.

Spratt, longtime top Budget panel Democrat, dies at 82

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted December 15, 2024 at 8:03pm
Heavy traffic on the 580 Freeway in Dublin, Calif., in the San Francisco Bay Area, Aug. 3, 2024. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Justices agree to hear dispute over California emissions rules

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 13, 2024 at 5:22pm
This week saw many departing lawmakers giving their final thoughts before heading for the exits.

Farewell tours — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted December 13, 2024 at 2:17pm
President-elect Donald Trump speaks Thursday at a reception at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City after being named Time magazine's "Person of the Year."

Trump signals foreign policy will run through him despite nominee noise

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 13, 2024 at 12:39pm
Former Democratic Rep. Andy Kim of New Jersey takes in John Trumbull’s “Declaration of Independence” painting in the Capitol Rotunda before his swearing-in to the Senate on Monday.

Photos of the week ending December 13, 2024

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 13, 2024 at 11:05am

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Andy Kim, D-N.J., takes in John Trumbull’s “Declaration of Independence” painting in the Capitol Rotunda before being sworn in to the Senate on Monday.
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