Trump is looking to buy more time to reach a deal, and most Republicans are glad to give it.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, left, and Senator John Barrasso, a Republican from Wyoming, during a news conference following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. President Donald Trump’s attempts to strong-arm Republicans into gutting Senate rules to pass voter ID legislation will spill out onto the Senate floor this week, focusing political time and attention on a MAGA priority that appears certain to fail. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg
Unusual bets and outright cheating are drawing scrutiny from firms and regulators
A Kalshi advertisement at a bus stop in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 19, 2026. The rapid expansion of prediction markets is facing increasingly aggressive pushback from state officials pursuing a sprawling patchwork of lawsuits and cease-and-desist orders. Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg
Hearing will be first public questioning by Congress
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - APRIL 08: U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on April 08, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. It was announced that a temporary ceasefire has been reached between the U.S., Iran, and Israel, pausing attacks for about two weeks while Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz and negotiations continue toward a longer-term agreement. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Photographer: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images North America
In response to Saturday’s attack, more funding is the solution
Construction work continues on President Trump's White House Ballroom on the site of the former East Wing of the White House, seen from the Washington Monument on March 8, 2026 in Washington, DC. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images
Secret service agents respond during the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner) Photographer: Tom Brenner/FR117851 AP
Members of the People's Armed Police walk through Tiananmen Square after the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, on Thursday, March 12, 2026. China adopted a law cementing President Xi Jinping's push to assimilate the country's ethnic minorities, another shift away from Beijing's long-held policy of giving such groups at least symbolic autonomy. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
A 3 a.m. vote is a small sign of progress in Congress
United States Capitol building, in Washington, DC. Taken at night, the building is lit. Black and white image. Photographer: Trevor Carpenter/Moment RF
Election today and special session next week mark end of back-and-forth
An election official checks in a voter on the last day of early voting at a polling location inside Burke Centre Library in Burke, Virginia, US, on Saturday, April 18, 2026. Virginia lawmakers are looking to redraw the state's congressional maps, the latest push by Democrats as the party seeks to counter similar moves by Republicans in the race to win a House majority in the 2026 midterms. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg
US President Donald Trump speaks during a "No Tax on Tips" roundtable in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Trump sought to assuage voters’ fears about the cost of living despite higher energy prices stemming from his war in Iran at a rally to build support for his economic record ahead of November’s midterm elections. Photographer: Ian Maule/Bloomberg
Few briefings on the war have some in Congress agitated
Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), during a House Budget Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. Vought will argue on Capitol Hill Wednesday that a "sizable increase" in Defense Department spending is needed to make massive investments in weapons to allow the US military to remain dominant. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
Even by Donald Trump’s own standards, the past few days have been something else
US President Donald Trump receives a McDonald's food order from Sharon Simmons, a DoorDash worker, outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 13, 2026. Trump is highlighting the "No Tax on Tips" policy, which allows eligible workers to deduct qualified tips from their federal income taxes as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Photographer: Salwan Georges/Bloomberg
Spending bills with longer timelines offer tempting ways around blockages, but also put changes out of reach
The US Capitol behind a cyclist in a bike lane in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, newly minted as the nation's top law enforcement officer, said he doesn't feel pressure to carry out retribution against Donald Trump's political enemies even as he pledged fidelity to the president's agenda. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg
Israeli leader wants to keep going as Trump seeks off-ramp to war
A civil defense worker looks on as an excavator clears the rubble of a building destroyed in an airstrike in Beirut on April 9. Photographer: Hussein Malla/AP Photo
The vice president is being sent in to end a war he reportedly didn’t support
US Vice President JD Vance speaks at a pre-election rally for Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, in Budapest, Hungary, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. With five days until elections in Hungary, Orban is hoping that the visit of US Vice President JD Vance to Budapest can turn things around. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
Markets rallied, but it’s unclear what the US won from the bombardment
TEHRAN, IRAN - APRIL 6: A general view of buildings destroyed in a joint attack by Israel and the United States on April 6, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel continue their joint attack on Iran that began on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
The president has given Iran until 8 pm Eastern to make a peace deal
TOPSHOT - A woman walks past the residential buildings that were damaged by recent strikes at Vahdat town in Karaj, southwest of Tehran on April 3, 2026. Iran and its allies traded fire with Israel and the United States, as Washington-linked assets across the Middle East were targeted alongside civilian infrastructure -- with the month-long war on April 3 showing little sign of easing. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) / Photographer: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images
People caught up in the process lose access to their own money
Capital One signage in front of a bank branch on Park Avenue in the Plaza District of New York, US, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. The world’s largest alternative asset managers, which for years have fueled the private credit boom, are suddenly grappling with investors skittish about the industry’s lending practices and exposure to businesses vulnerable to artificial intelligence. Photographer: John Taggart/Bloomberg
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