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UNITED STATES – MAY 14: Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters as he arrives for the meeting in Speaker Johnson’s office with Republican House members on the reconciliation package on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

New York Republican floats higher tax rate to pay for SALT

By Steven T. Dennis and Bloomberg

U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) speaks on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.

Black Women break a barrier in U.S. Senate, winning two seats

By Steven T. Dennis, Jarrell Dillard, and others

BRECKSVILLE, OHIO – NOVEMBER 04: Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Bernie Moreno listens as Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) addresses supporters at Brecksville Community Center on November 4, 2024 in Brecksville, Ohio. Moreno is making the final stops of his campaign before Election Day tomorrow. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Sherrod Brown ousted in Ohio as Republicans flip Senate seat

By Steven T. Dennis and Bloomberg

Donald Trump

Anti-tax group that spent millions to oppose Trump before deciding he was unstoppable just issued a wish list of second-term tax cuts

By Steven T. Dennis and Bloomberg

TikTok CEO Shou Chew prepares to testify

Congress puts TikTok divest-or-ban bill on fast track, could become law in days

By Steven T. Dennis, Alex Barinka, and others

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 11: CEO of Tesla Elon Musk looks on in the first half during Super Bowl LVIII between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

Musk says U.S. shouldn’t give Ukraine more money—‘there is no way in hell’ Putin could lose because ‘he would be assassinated’

By Steven T. Dennis, John Harney, and others

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla, arrives for a Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. The gathering is part of the Senate majority leader’s strategy to give Congress more influence over the future of artificial intelligence as it takes on a growing role in the professional and personal lives of Americans. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Elon Musk’s Starlink service denial in Ukraine war operation prompts Senate scrutiny over his ‘outsized role’

By Steven T. Dennis, Roxana Tiron, and others

UNITED STATES – MAY 17: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., conducts a news conference with house and senate Republicans on the “debt crisis,” on the west terrace of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Debt limit talks stalled as McCarthy says White House has ‘moved backwards’ since Republican walk-out

By Steven T. Dennis, Billy House, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) attends a House Republican Conference news conference as members pack the stage on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Kevin McCarthy is elected House speaker after a historic 4 days of Republican infighting

By Billy House, Erik Wasson, and others

Donald Trump

I’m the ‘effing president’: former White House aide says an enraged Trump lunged at Secret Service detail who refused to drive him to the Capitol on Jan. 6

By Steven T. Dennis and Bloomberg

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 14: U.S. President Joe Biden (L) and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with a bipartisan group of city and state political leaders about his proposed infrastructure plan in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on July 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Labor Secretary Martin Walsh also attended the meeting. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden faces these big hurdles to get his $4 trillion spending plan over the finish line

By Erik Wasson, Steven T. Dennis, and others

U.S. Capitol Building

Senate Democrats introduce $3.5 trillion plan to expand Medicare

By Erik Wasson, Steven T. Dennis, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 13: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news briefing after a Senate Democratic Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol July 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. Senate Democrats gathered for the weekly policy luncheon to discuss the Democratic agenda. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Senate marijuana bill would allow cannabis firms to hold bank accounts and list on stock exchanges

By Tiffany Kary, Steven T. Dennis, and others

UNITED STATES – FEBRUARY 18: A truck with a sign paid for by Really American PAC to encourage Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to resign, is seen on P Street NE, in the NoMa neighborhood as a winter storm moved though the Washington, D.C., area on Thursday, February 18, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Ted Cruz returns to Texas after fleeing to Cancun amid crippling winter storm

By Billy House, Steven T. Dennis, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 12: President Donald J. Trump returns home after disembarking Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House on Tuesday, Jan 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

What you should know about Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial

By Mike Dorning, Steven T. Dennis, and others