George Conway, a conservative lawyer turned vocal critic of President Trump, has filed paperwork for a bid to represent New York City in the House.

In a vote Wednesday, a broad bipartisan coalition of senators approved the bill in a 77-20 vote, following a 312-112 vote in the House last Wednesday. The bill now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk, where he can now deliver on a pledge for recognition that he made during his campaign stops in North Carolina in both 2020 and 2024.

NPR is tracking the record number of congressional lawmakers — now more than 1 in 10 current members — who have announced plans to retire or run for a different office in 2026.

Members of both parties want government officials to stop putting pressure on social media platforms to censor speech, but turning that stance into law would require getting specific about what kind of pressure is inappropriate,

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Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s Microsoft trades and Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s Broadcom options exercise were among the notable trades, as bipartisan momentum grows to ban lawmakers from trading individual stocks.

WASHINGTON—When the news broke that the Kennedy Center would be renamed to include President Trump, it came as a surprise to the Senate’s Republican leader, John Thune of South Dakota—even though Thune is an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board.

Republican lawmakers reflect on a year without much productivity and greater ceding of powers to the White House.