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August 3, 2026

President

Donald Trump

Republican · 2025present

Vice President

JD Vance

Republican · 2025present

Cabinet

Secretary of State

Marco Rubio

Republican · 2025present

Secretary of the Treasury

Scott Bessent

Unknown · 2025present

Secretary of War / Defense

Pete Hegseth

Republican · 2025present

Attorney General

Todd Blanche (acting)

Republican · 2026present

Supreme Court

9 justices

John RobertsChief

2005present · appointed by George W. Bush

Clarence Thomas

1991present · appointed by George H. W. Bush

Samuel Alito

2006present · appointed by George W. Bush

Sonia Sotomayor

2009present · appointed by Barack Obama

Elena Kagan

2010present · appointed by Barack Obama

Neil Gorsuch

2017present · appointed by Donald Trump

Brett Kavanaugh

2018present · appointed by Donald Trump

Amy Coney Barrett

2020present · appointed by Donald Trump

Ketanji Brown Jackson

2022present · appointed by Joe Biden

119th Congress · House (2025–2027)

435 seats

218Republican212Democratic1Independent4Vacant

U.S. Senate

100 seated

53Republican45Democratic2Independent

Alabama

Tommy Tuberville

Katie Boyd Britt

Alaska

Dan Sullivan

Lisa Murkowski

Arizona

Ruben Gallego

Mark Kelly

Arkansas

Tom Cotton

John Boozman

California

Adam B. Schiff

Alex Padilla

Colorado

John W. Hickenlooper

Michael F. Bennet

Connecticut

Christopher Murphy

Richard Blumenthal

Delaware

Lisa Blunt Rochester

Christopher A. Coons

Florida

Rick Scott

Ashley Moody

Georgia

Jon Ossoff

Raphael G. Warnock

Hawaii

Mazie K. Hirono

Brian Schatz

Idaho

James E. Risch

Mike Crapo

Illinois

Richard J. Durbin

Tammy Duckworth

Indiana

Jim Banks

Todd Young

Iowa

Joni Ernst

Chuck Grassley

Kansas

Roger Marshall

Jerry Moran

Kentucky

Mitch McConnell

Rand Paul

Louisiana

Bill Cassidy

John Kennedy

Maine

Angus S. King, Jr.

Susan M. Collins

Maryland

Angela D. Alsobrooks

Chris Van Hollen

Massachusetts

Elizabeth Warren

Edward J. Markey

Michigan

Elissa Slotkin

Gary C. Peters

Minnesota

Amy Klobuchar

Tina Smith

Mississippi

Roger F. Wicker

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Missouri

Josh Hawley

Eric Schmitt

Montana

Tim Sheehy

Steve Daines

Nebraska

Deb Fischer

Pete Ricketts

Nevada

Jacky Rosen

Catherine Cortez Masto

New Hampshire

Jeanne Shaheen

Margaret Wood Hassan

New Jersey

Andy Kim

Cory A. Booker

New Mexico

Martin Heinrich

Ben Ray Luján

New York

Kirsten E. Gillibrand

Charles E. Schumer

North Carolina

Thom Tillis

Ted Budd

North Dakota

Kevin Cramer

John Hoeven

Ohio

Bernie Moreno

Jon Husted

Oklahoma

Alan Armstrong

James Lankford

Oregon

Jeff Merkley

Ron Wyden

Pennsylvania

David McCormick

John Fetterman

Rhode Island

Sheldon Whitehouse

Jack Reed

South Carolina

Darline Graham

Tim Scott

South Dakota

Mike Rounds

John Thune

Tennessee

Marsha Blackburn

Bill Hagerty

Texas

Ted Cruz

John Cornyn

Utah

John R. Curtis

Mike Lee

Vermont

Bernard Sanders

Peter Welch

Virginia

Tim Kaine

Mark R. Warner

Washington

Maria Cantwell

Patty Murray

West Virginia

James C. Justice

Shelley Moore Capito

Wisconsin

Tammy Baldwin

Ron Johnson

Wyoming

John Barrasso

Cynthia M. Lummis

State Governors

50 states

26Republican23Democratic1Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Alabama:Kay Ivey
Alaska:Mike Dunleavy
Arizona:Katie Hobbs
Arkansas:Sarah Huckabee Sanders
California:Gavin Newsom
Colorado:Jared Polis
Connecticut:Ned Lamont
Delaware:Matt Meyer
Florida:Ron DeSantis
Georgia:Brian Kemp
Hawaii:Josh Green
Idaho:Brad Little
Illinois:JB Pritzker
Indiana:Mike Braun
Iowa:Kim Reynolds
Kansas:Laura Kelly
Kentucky:Andy Beshear
Louisiana:Jeff Landry
Maine:Janet Mills
Maryland:Wes Moore
Massachusetts:Maura Healey
Michigan:Gretchen Whitmer
Minnesota:Tim Walz
Mississippi:Tate Reeves
Missouri:Mike Kehoe
Montana:Greg Gianforte
Nebraska:Jim Pillen
Nevada:Joe Lombardo
New Hampshire:Kelly Ayotte
New Jersey:Mikie Sherrill
New Mexico:Michelle Lujan Grisham
New York:Kathy Hochul
North Carolina:Josh Stein
North Dakota:Kelly Armstrong
Ohio:Mike DeWine
Oklahoma:Kevin Stitt
Oregon:Tina Kotek
Pennsylvania:Josh Shapiro
Rhode Island:Dan McKee
South Carolina:Henry McMaster
South Dakota:Larry Rhoden
Tennessee:Bill Lee
Texas:Greg Abbott
Utah:Spencer Cox
Vermont:Phil Scott
Virginia:Abigail Spanberger
Washington:Bob Ferguson
West Virginia:Patrick Morrisey
Wisconsin:Tony Evers
Wyoming:Mark Gordon

President, Vice President, the big-four Cabinet, the Supreme Court bench, House balance, Senate membership and state governors are shown for the selected date. Cabinet counts include acting secretaries. Governors appear from statehood onward. The Court's size has ranged from five sitting justices to ten; the judiciary carries no party labels.

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