Concern had increased over the mysterious absence of Representative Thomas Kean Jr. from Washington and from his New Jersey district, where he faces a competitive race for re-election.

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida proposed a redraw of the state’s congressional districts that could result in as many as four new Republican seats.

Representative Tony Gonzales during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing in Washington in February.

Olivia Troye served as a national security aide to former Vice President Mike Pence until the summer of 2020.

Representative Eric Swalwell of California had been in a crowded field vying to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom.

President Trump returning to the White House last month.

Kaela Berg, a Minnesota state representative who works as a flight attendant, is part of a new crop of working-class candidates with atypical backgrounds. Democrats hope they can help their party win back blue-collar voters.

Representative Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, center, with other members of the House Freedom Caucus at the Capitol on Friday.

“We do not have U.S. armed forces in Venezuela, and we are not occupying that country,” Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday.

President Trump’s two vetoes were the first of his second term.

Jack Smith, the former special counsel, during a break in a closed-door deposition with the House Judiciary Committee.

A Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago last week on the first day of the government shutdown.

“I don’t accept it, and I don’t think anyone else should accept it,” Marjorie Taylor Greene said of the decision not to release more information about Jeffrey Epstein.

The only hospital in Martin County, N.C., closed two years ago.