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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll appears before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on May 12.

Hawks lament Pentagon ‘churn’ after Army secretary’s resignation

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted September 1, 2026 at 6:01pm
Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Alex Padilla, D-Calif., left, joined House Democrats who represent the San Diego area in seeking an investigation into the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll file photo)

Democrats’ gripes with Iran war grow as conflict nears six months

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted August 19, 2026 at 6:00am
National Guard troops patrol the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 22.

Pentagon: National Guard in DC to cost another $1.43 billion

By John M. Donnelly
Posted August 4, 2026 at 3:44pm
President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs a Senate Republican caucus lunch meeting in the Capitol on June 24, flanked, from left, by Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.

Trump heads west as Senate eyes pre-midterm recess

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 3, 2026 at 4:10pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is greeted, from left, by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as he arrives to meet with senators in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Senate weighs next steps on Russia-Iran sanctions

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 29, 2026 at 7:20pm
A sign referencing high gas prices and Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., is seen at an event hosted by VoteVets calling for an end to the Iran war outside the Capitol on May 20. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

‘People just don’t see it’: Trump’s midterms messaging sounds a lot like Biden

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 29, 2026 at 2:24pm
The casket of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham sits inside the Washington National Cathedral as President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and members of the first family look on during a Tuesday funeral service. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

‘No one like Lindsey’: Washington, world leaders mourn Sen. Graham

By Savannah Behrmann and John T. Bennett
Posted July 28, 2026 at 5:15pm
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth conduct a news conference in the White House briefing room on April 6.

Bipartisan headwinds buffet $1B ‘anomaly’ for Trump battleship

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 27, 2026 at 8:22pm
Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I. and Angus King, I-Maine, chat at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on July 16.

Trump linked Iran’s Hormuz attacks, midterms. Senators have doubts

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 23, 2026 at 1:15pm
Fitzpatrick was one of four Republicans to vote in favor of the war powers resolution Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Congress splits on two war powers resolution votes

By Rebecca Kheel and John M. Donnelly
Posted July 23, 2026 at 11:37am