Alaskalink.US - OnLine
Alaskalink.US LOGO     Jan. 26, 2026   News  |  Links  |  Photo  |  Alerts  |  Hosting  |  Home  |  Add to Favorites  |  Terms of Use  |   |  Contact US 
Like to Join Alaskalink.US? Use Contact US form
 
Roll Call - Covering Capitol Hill Since 1955
Skip to content
RollCall logo
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is holding out hope for saving the six-bill spending package.

Congress

Senate seeks escape from Homeland Security standoff

No obvious compromise in sight on DHS policies

By Jacob Fulton and Aris Folley
Posted January 26, 2026 at 6:13pm

Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., arrives in the Capitol for a vote on Nov. 4, 2025.

Policy

Minneapolis shooting galvanizes some Trump faithful in Senate GOP

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 26, 2026 at 5:44pm
A gun shot perforation in a window pane can be seen in front of a makeshift memorial for Alex Pretti on Monday in Minneapolis. Responses from lawmakers in Congress have ranged from calling for impeachment to citing the Insurrection Act.

Congress

Two i-words return to Capitol Hill after Minnesota shooting

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 26, 2026 at 5:29pm
A protester with an “Abolish ICE” shirt is seen as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, right, arrives for a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Dec. 11, 2025.

Congress

Spending bill would solidify Trump cuts in DHS oversight

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 26, 2026 at 8:16pm
Federal agents point weapons and fire tear gas at protesters in Minneapolis on Saturday after a man was shot dead by a federal immigration agent. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

White House

Deadly Minnesota shooting ramps up first period of pushback on Trump 2.0

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 26, 2026 at 4:26pm
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said more than 80 percent of the Homeland Security Department's funding bill is for "non-immigration and non-border security" functions.

Coast Guard budget boost hangs in limbo amid DHS debate

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 26, 2026 at 8:23pm
A U.S. military MQ-9 Reaper drone taxis on a tarmac at Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, on Dec. 29, 2025. Since September, U.S. forces have launched dozens of airstrikes on boats accused of trafficking drugs.

Spending bill would block DHS from arming long-range drones

By John M. Donnelly
Posted January 26, 2026 at 5:39pm

2026 State Legislative Sessions Calendar

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted October 3, 2025 at 10:26am

Capitol Lens | Well sled

By Bill Clark
Posted January 26, 2026 at 5:09pm
Architect of the Capitol grounds crews clear snow from the East Front of the Capitol as a winter storm dumped snow and sleet on the Washington area on Sunday.

This week: Senate returns, staring at possible partial government shutdown

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 26, 2026 at 6:30am
D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton attends a House Oversight and Government Reform markup in September. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Longtime D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton files to end reelection bid

By Andrew Menezes and Justin Papp
Posted January 25, 2026 at 2:03pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
People pay their respects near where a man was shot and killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 24.

New Minnesota shooting leaves spending package in peril

By Jacob Fulton
Posted January 24, 2026 at 8:59pm
Former special counsel John L. “Jack” Smith testifies during the House Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearing on Thursday.

Jack Smith on Trump accusations that Biden directed probes: ‘No’

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 23, 2026 at 5:19pm
An iceberg floats by residential houses in Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 23, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump walked back his most aggressive threats to acquire Greenland. In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump said he would not use military force to acquire Greenland. After a subsequent meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Trump also canceled his threat of punitive tariffs against several European countries. Instead, Trump said he saw a new “framework” on a deal as likely workable.

Trump’s claims about Greenland

By FactCheck.org
Posted January 23, 2026 at 4:56pm
Capitol workers clear snow last January. This year, the threat of snow has senators nervously checking the forecast, while House members got out of town after a busy week.

Wrap-up: One chamber down, one to go (plus snow)

By Valerie Yurk and Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 23, 2026 at 12:33pm, Updated at 4:45pm
Vice President JD Vance addresses the March for Life rally on Friday.

Vance pledges anti-abortion policies after White House deemed soft

By Sandhya Raman
Posted January 23, 2026 at 4:10pm
Former New York Rep. Chris Collins is now running for Florida's 19th District. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Former New York Rep. Chris Collins, pardoned by Trump, seeks comeback in Florida

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 23, 2026 at 10:21am
A National Park Service ranger salutes at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial after the annual MLK Day observance ceremony on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | January 16-22, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted January 23, 2026 at 9:50am
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on Jan. 16 at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump signals busy midterm campaign schedule, will target Iowa farmers

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 22, 2026 at 6:59pm
House Rules Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., pushed for the repeal of Senate payouts.

Final fiscal 2026 spending bills pass House; Senate up next

By Jacob Fulton and Aris Folley
Posted January 22, 2026 at 6:35pm
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., right, backed by other lawmakers, speaks with Paris Hilton at her side outside the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Paris Hilton joins House advocates behind deepfakes bill

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted January 22, 2026 at 6:31pm
Angie Katsanevas arrives to testify in front of the House Small Business Committee on Thursday.

‘You do french fries, I do franchise’: Angie K. has some fans in Congress

By Nina Heller
Posted January 22, 2026 at 5:56pm
The U.S. Capitol building reflected in a pool of water from the melting snow in Upper Senate Park following a 2016 winter storm that dumped nearly two feet of snow in Washington.

Snow way: Senators warily eye weekend snowstorm

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted January 22, 2026 at 5:38pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters earlier in January. He has seen a familiar scene unfold time and time again lately — holdouts threatening to tank procedural votes on the House floor.

These House votes were once routine. Now they’re nail-biters

By Valerie Yurk
Posted January 22, 2026 at 4:34pm
Former special counsel Jack Smith arrives in the Rayburn House Office Building for the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the investigations he led into Donald Trump.

At House hearing, Jack Smith defends decisions to charge Trump

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 22, 2026 at 12:02pm, Updated at 3:55pm

At the Races: Ready for Madam President?

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted January 22, 2026 at 3:15pm
The facade of the Supreme Court building.

Challengers ask Supreme Court to halt California redistricting

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 22, 2026 at 1:52pm
President Donald Trump, along with Bahrain's Sheikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, left, and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, hold signed founding charter documents for Trump's Board of Peace in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

For Trump and European leaders, Davos was a ‘Dear John’ summit

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 22, 2026 at 11:03am
The March for Life in January 2025.

Sidelined last election, abortion returns to policy limelight

By Sandhya Raman
Posted January 22, 2026 at 10:57am
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist testifies during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on May 10, 2023.

Reforming the reconciliation process

By Bill Frist and G. William Hoagland
Posted January 22, 2026 at 6:00am
New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis speaks during a news conference last year.

New York judge orders new Staten Island congressional district

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 21, 2026 at 7:43pm
Chairman James R. Comer, R-Ky., speaks during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee markup Wednesday on contempt of Congress measures for Bill and Hillary Clinton for failing to comply with committee subpoenas. Ranking member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., appears at left.

House committee recommends contempt of Congress for Clintons

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted January 21, 2026 at 5:55pm
Reps. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., and Al Green, D-Texas, speak to reporters as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Supreme Court airs doubts over Trump’s power to fire Fed member

By Michael Macagnone
Posted January 21, 2026 at 2:03pm, Updated at 5:22pm
A flag with the national colors of Greenland is seen Wednesday in Nuuk, the Arctic territory's capital and largest city.

Trump announces ‘framework’ with NATO to start Greenland talks

By John T. Bennett and Valerie Yurk
Posted January 21, 2026 at 5:04pm
Rep. Brian Mast speaks to reporters in the Capitol on Wednesday. He chaired a committee meeting in which his AI chip exports bill was approved.

Chip export bill advances in House Foreign Affairs

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted January 21, 2026 at 5:00pm

VIDEOS

SEE ALL

PODCASTS

SEE ALL

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., kept the GOP conference united to pass all spending bills.
Close to the finish line

CQ Budget Podcast

click to view or download the Congressional Calendar

click to view or download the Casualty List