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The J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington, D.C.

Policy

FBI headquarters fight stymies spending bill in Senate

After amendment splits parties on bill, no clear path forward for overall spending measure

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 10, 2025 at 5:43pm

Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Chair Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., seen here June 30, called the measure "a strategic investment" to improve security of Congress. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress

Appropriators advance Legislative Branch bill without GAO cuts

By Justin Papp
Posted July 10, 2025 at 6:14pm
The Las Vegas Strip lights up after sunset in Las Vegas, Nev., on Aug. 23, 2020.

Congress

Gambling tax repeal bill blocked in Senate

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 10, 2025 at 4:07pm
Activists gathered with signs at the U.S. Supreme Court before the court heard oral arguments regarding President Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship executive order on May 15.

White House

Federal judge again blocks end to birthright citizenship

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 10, 2025 at 1:46pm
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives to a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health budget hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 24.

Policy

HHS policy bars undocumented immigrants from some health programs

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 10, 2025 at 4:24pm

At the races: Summertime madness

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 10, 2025 at 3:26pm
Father and son Bengt Wiberg, left, and Daniel Wiberg are pictured in their office. The father and son run Stingfree AB, which sells nicotine pouches. Both are former smokers who say this has helped them.

In Sweden, smokeless products drive tobacco harm reduction push

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 10, 2025 at 7:01am

Transcripts of presidential remarks and congressional hearings within 60 minutes

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted June 13, 2025 at 3:33pm

Capitol Ink | On Course

By R.J. Matson
Posted July 10, 2025 at 7:00am
Former Roll Call reporter Norah O'Donnell, now at CBS News, is pictured here with Donald Trump Jr., on the floor of the Quicken Loans Arena at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Monday, July 19, 2016.

CBS News reporter learned the joy of shoe-leather reporting at Roll Call

By Norah O'Donnell
Posted July 10, 2025 at 6:00am
People embrace during a vigil in San Antonio on Monday, after the deadly floods in Texas’ Hill Country.

What is America without shared ideals?

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted July 10, 2025 at 6:00am

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants state legislators to redraw the state's congressional map, a move that could help Republicans pick up House seats next year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Texas Gov. Abbott calls for redrawing congressional map ahead of midterms

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 10, 2025 at 5:09am
Unite Here Local 23 members attend a rally at Spirit of Justice Park in D.C. on Wednesday. As the House switches from Sodexo to a lineup of new food vendors, many workers say they’ve been left in the dark.

The House is revamping its dining options. Will workers keep their jobs?

By Justin Papp
Posted July 9, 2025 at 1:59pm, Updated at 5:48pm
President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson head to a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol on May 20. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

With ‘big’ bill in rearview, Trump doesn’t have a new to-do list for Congress

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 9, 2025 at 4:20pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Bryan Bedford, confirmed Wednesday to lead the Federal Aviation Administration, is shown here at his Senate Commerce Committee confirmation hearing in June.

Senate confirms Bedford to head FAA

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 9, 2025 at 4:04pm
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Forrestal Building in Washington is pictured on March 6.

Senate confirms Griffith as Energy undersecretary

By David Jordan
Posted July 9, 2025 at 3:47pm
Attorney General Pamela Bondi testifies during a Senate Appropriations panel hearing on the department's budget request on June 25.

Senate appropriators to weigh in on Justice Department revamp

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 9, 2025 at 3:32pm
Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon, pictured here at a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at the Capitol Visitor Center on June 26, is not seeking reelection next year.

House retirements so far are at a historical low

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 9, 2025 at 3:19pm
Former Rep. Stephanie Murphy is running for mayor of Orange County, Fla. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Former Rep. Stephanie Murphy announces bid for local office in Florida

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 9, 2025 at 3:13pm

Capitol Lens | Tour de force

By Tom Williams
Posted July 9, 2025 at 3:04pm
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on May 20 on his plans for the "Golden Dome," a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Draft House NDAA demands details on Trump’s Golden Dome

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 9, 2025 at 2:36pm
Susan Monarez, nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during her confirmation hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

Senate HELP panel advances Monarez for CDC director

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 9, 2025 at 2:08pm
A soldier holds a drone in the Pentagon parking lot on June 14.

House panel wants anti-drone systems at US defense facilities

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 9, 2025 at 11:27am
Democratic talking points about Republicans’ reconciliation win are all too familiar, Winston writes. Above, Speaker Mike Johnson shakes hands with House colleagues during the bill’s enrollment ceremony on July 3.

Straight talk about the ‘big, beautiful bill’

By David Winston
Posted July 9, 2025 at 6:00am
Congress faces a deadline next week for the rescissions package.

UN agencies in dire straits amid threatened US funding cuts

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 8, 2025 at 5:56pm
President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Feb. 28.

Lawmakers applaud resumption of US military aid to Ukraine

By Briana Reilly
Posted July 8, 2025 at 5:48pm
A sign for the Social Security Administration is seen outside its headquarters in Woodlawn, Md., on March 20.

Supreme Court allows Trump mass layoffs to move forward

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 8, 2025 at 5:21pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks as President Donald Trump hosts a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday.

Trump slams Putin, touts self-made tariff deals and muses on gold leaf

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 8, 2025 at 4:12pm
Nebraska independent Dan Osborn is challenging GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts in 2026.

Nebraska independent Dan Osborn makes another bid for Senate

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 8, 2025 at 2:03pm
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., voted for the legislation but said he would work to head off future cuts to Medicaid after saying he was deeply opposed to such cuts.

Reconciliation law offers radiation compensation to more people

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 8, 2025 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | Gilding the Congress

By R.J. Matson
Posted July 8, 2025 at 7:00am
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., voted for the legislation but said he would work to head off future cuts to Medicaid after saying he was deeply opposed to such cuts. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Serious legislating hits a low point

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted July 8, 2025 at 6:30am
Chris Cillizza, left, talks about his time at Roll Call and working with fellow reporter Damon Chappie, who died in 2004 at age 40. Dates of both photos are unknown

‘The best investigative reporter I ever had a chance to work with’

By Chris Cillizza
Posted July 8, 2025 at 6:00am
Bryan Bedford is President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Aviation Administration. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

FAA administrator nomination headlines a respite week for senators

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 8, 2025 at 5:00am
From left, Deja Foxx, Adelita Grijalva and Daniel Hernandez are seeking the Democratic nomination in the special election for Arizona’s 7th District.

Democratic divisions in Arizona special election don’t fall along conventional lines

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 7, 2025 at 5:58pm

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