Stephen Groves

A U.S. Capitol Police officer walks in front of the U.S. Capitol, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Government shutdown, CDC fight, Epstein probe, stock trading ban dominate agenda as Congress returns from recess

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Kevin Freking, and others

James Comer

Epstein’s estate subpoenaed by House Oversight Committee

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at an event to promote his proposal to improve Americans’ access to their medical records, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington, as Health and Human Service Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., left, and Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Mehmet Oz, right, look on. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Trump’s tax cut could mean a nearly half-trillion-dollar cut to Medicare starting in 2027, CBO warns

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press

Donald Trump

CBO: The poor get a $1,200 income cut and the rich get a $13,600 boost from Trump’s tax law

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press

Mike Johnson

House Dems dare GOP on Epstein files with bid to subpoena Justice Department

By Stephen Groves, Matt Brown, and others

Thom Tillis

Thom Tillis rips Trump’s flirtation with firing Powell, and some other Senate Republicans agree

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., listens as U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer as he testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

GOP lawmakers lash out at Trump officials—but not the president—over tariff hits to the economy

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press

Cory Booker stands on the Senate floor

Cory Booker just pulled an all-nighter on the Senate floor, protesting Trump’s agenda for more than 14 hours straight: ‘These are not normal times’

By Mike Catalini, Stephen Groves, and others

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., confer as the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee meets to consider President Donald Trump’s nominations for the director of the National Institutes of Health, and the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Democrats force vote on nullifying Canada tariffs to test GOP support

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., listens as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

Democratic Party fractures in government shutdown fight as activists back primary challenges to supporters of GOP bill

By Stephen Groves, Matt Brown, and others

The outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs

Trump and Musk are reportedly planning an ‘aggressive’ shake-up at the Department of Veterans Affairs, which would slash 80,000 jobs

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press

Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s choice for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, attends a Senate Budget Committee hearing on his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Project 2025 architect Russell Vought gets Senate confirmation to be White House budget director

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., center, joined from left by Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House approves Laken Riley Act immigrant detention bill that would be Trump’s first law to sign

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press

Migrants who were deported from the U.S. to Mexico are transported to a shelter, as they cross the El Chaparral bridge in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Trump move to deport ‘millions and millions’ of immigrants could quickly max out ICE’s detention center beds

By Morgan Lee, Stephen Groves, and others

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., center, is joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, and Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., as they talk to reporters about the Laken Riley Act, a bill to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of certain crimes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was killed last year by a Venezuelan man who entered the U.S. illegally and was allowed to stay to pursue his immigration case. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

First measure Trump signs into law will likely be bill requiring detention of migrants accused of theft and violent crimes

By Stephen Groves and The Associated Press