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Trump is pushing to have Congress ‘expunge’ his impeachments - even without a law saying its possible

The president said Congress should pass the resolution to scrub his first-term impeachments, claiming he did ‘nothing wrong’

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Photos of the week | June 5-11, 2026

It was a week full of Capitol traditions, including the arrival of Marty the Moose, the Congressional Baseball Game for charity and Seersucker Thursday. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

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As senators depart, will their traditions endure?

A dozen of New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s staffers huddled around a loading dock in the basement of the Hart Building, eagerly awaiting a special delivery. When a U-Haul truck arrived, they began unloading coolers filled with food and drinks, clearing the way for the main event — an…

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Nancy Mace’s favorite congressional target Sarah McBride gloats over her 5th place finish in SC governor primary

Mace previously targeted McBride with a resolution seeking to bar transgender people from using bathrooms in the Capitol

The Independent UK

They want to rebuild Rayburn. First, they have to build enough support

Despite warnings from the architect of the Capitol about a dire need to renovate the Rayburn House Office Building, lawmakers say they still aren’t fully sold on the project, which could last until 2045 and cost $9 billion. Even as AOC Thomas Austin argues that delays would only come with…

Roll Call

Bill Gates arrives for testimony in a congressional panel's Jeffrey Epstein investigation

Bill Gates has arrived at the Capitol to speak before a congressional panel investigating the Jeffrey Epstein files, becoming the latest powerful figure linked to the disgraced financier to testify

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Trump Lashes Out at Thom Tillis, Labeling the Retiring Senator ‘A Loser’ After a Direct Challenge to His Top Pick for Attorney General

Tillis has demanded that Blanche condemn the January 6 Capitol rioters or risk losing his vote.

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Todd Blanche Hates 'Weaponization' of Government Unless It Benefits His Boss

Blanche is happy to pervert justice in service of the president's personal agenda. No wonder Trump wants to keep him as attorney general.

Reason

Trump Is Reportedly Reconsidering His Politically and Legally Contentious 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'

The Justice Department signals a retreat from defending the blatantly corrupt scheme, which provoked vigorous objections from Republican lawmakers.

Reason

“I was a child – he’d choose which records I would get royalties on and which I didn’t. He was stealing my money, and I didn’t realize it”: The untold story of “The Lost Beach Boy” David Marks

David Marks reflects on the surf-rock beginnings of one of the world's most beloved pop-rock institutions, recalling the good times, bad times, and his return to the fold

Guitar World

Trump drives Texas GOP transformation

Struggles between Bush Republicans and hardline conservatives predate Trump. But he has tried to tip the scales

Salon

From Cornyn to Paxton: How Trump helped accelerate the Texas GOP’s transformation

The power struggle between old-school Bush Republicans and hardline conservatives predates President Donald Trump. But he has used his clout to help tip the scales.

The Texas Tribune

Donald Trump’s disapproval rating hits its highest mark ever amid Iran war and rising prices, polling group says

Trump’s disapproval rating is now higher than it was after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, according to a polling group

The Independent UK

Donald Trump was supposed to address graduating Coast Guard cadets. Instead, he spent 5 minutes torching the one person nobody expected

That’s a wild detour!

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Defiant Capitol Heckler Targets Artemis Astronauts With Angry Outrage and Cries 'I Know You Never Went to Space'

A heckler disrupted NASA's Artemis II crew at the US Capitol, accusing them of faking their mission. The incident, captured on video, went viral

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Acting AG Todd Blanche defends Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ rioters may use for multi-million dollar taxpayer payouts

‘Just to be clear, people that hurt police get money all the time,’ Blanche said

The Independent UK

Trump administration official told GOP ally big payouts are coming for Jan 6 defendants: report

Ed Martin, who formerly led the Department of Justice’s ‘weaponization’ task force, allegedly predicted the controversial fund earlier this year but assumed it would be much smaller than the $1.7 billion pot announced this week

Guitar World

“We were getting gold records from countries around the world. I had a DJ tell me that when he put it on for the first time, the phones lit up after 20 seconds”:Berton Averre on writing My Sharona – and why the Knack were never the next Beatles

My Sharona was the perfect pop-rock anthem, and as Averre reflects on the life and times of the Knack he admits he knew he had something special back then

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“Everyone's using the same plugins – if your stuff sounds unique, it’s going to give you an edge”: Carlos de la Garza on the new Death Cab For Cutie project and why drummers make the best producers

From punk drummer to multi-talented studio supremo, Carlos de la Garza has worked with everyone from Paramore to Ziggy Marley. We sit down with the in-demand producer/songwriter to talk about his varied career

Latin Times

Pardoned Capitol Rioter's Church Parking Lot Arrest Raises New Questions

A Texas man pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack has been arrested again, this time after authorities said he allegedly threatened a man with a gun in a church parking lot.

Roll Call

Senators balk at Architect of the Capitol boost

The aging congressional campus urgently needs work, Architect of the Capitol Thomas Austin said Tuesday, warning of “system degradation and failure.” As the deferred maintenance piles up, so do the costs and the risk to lawmakers and staff, he said. But Senate appropriators had a warning of their own: They…

The Guardian - US

I thought Alito was history’s worst supreme court justice. But Thomas has outdone him

The supreme court justice recently condemned an entire philosophy of government. How can we believe in his impartiality?

The Independent UK

‘Useful idiot’: Knives out for Tony Dokoupil at CBS Evening News as report captures scathing comments from colleagues

‘He was very clearly reporting this through the lens of Israel,’ one correspondent said of the network’s Iran war coverage

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‘These are the REAL PATRIOTS!’: Military veterans arrested by Capitol police after taking a stand against Trump’s war on Iran

They took a stand against Trump's use of force in Iran.

International Business Times UK

Elizabeth Banks Blasts Trump's White Women Voters, Says They Should 'Become Revolutionaries' Like Effie

Elizabeth Banks has criticised the voting choices of white women in the 2024 US election and urged political awakening, referencing her Hunger Games character Effie Trinket during a podcast interview.

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