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The FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C.

White House

Judge tosses lawsuit regarding FBI agents’ identity

Cases filed in a ‘whirlwind of chaos and fear’

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 18, 2025 at 4:57pm

The Congressional Budget Office assessed scenarios of a permanent 10 percent budget cut to the National Institutes of Health and a nine-month drug review delay at the Food and Drug Administration due to staffing cuts.

Policy

CBO finds health agency cuts would result in fewer new drugs

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 18, 2025 at 5:42pm
Former Missouri Rep. William Lacy Clay Sr., left, seen here with West Virginia Rep. Nick Rahall at the 47th Annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park in 2008, died Wednesday at the age of 94.

Congress

Former Rep. William Lacy Clay Sr. dies at age 94

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 18, 2025 at 1:07pm
The House Appropriations Committee met on Thursday to mark up the Transportation-HUD appropriations bill.

Video

Summer cram session — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted July 18, 2025 at 2:48pm
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought talks with reporters after attending the Republican Senate luncheon in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Congress

House sends $9 billion rescissions package to president’s desk

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 18, 2025 at 12:24am
Michigan Democratic Sens. Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin talk with an aide dressed as a hot dog during a Wednesday reception they hosted in the Russell Building to celebrate National Hot Dog Day.

Photos of the week | July 11-17, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 18, 2025 at 12:29pm
From left, Reps. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., Bryan Steil, R-Wis., French Hill, R-Ark., House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., conduct a news conference in the Capitol on Thursday after House passage of a stablecoin bill.

House passes three crypto bills with varying Democratic support

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted July 17, 2025 at 7:45pm

Transcripts of presidential remarks and congressional hearings within 60 minutes

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted June 13, 2025 at 3:33pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, seen in the Capitol on July 9, filed cloture Thursday on a motion to proceed to the House-passed Military Construction-VA spending bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate GOP pushes spending bills as Democratic anger builds

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 17, 2025 at 7:26pm
President Donald Trump and military leaders watch a demonstration by special operations soldiers at Fort Bragg, N.C., on June 10.

Senate, House NDAAs address Confederate military names

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 17, 2025 at 6:25pm

At the Races: The Art of the Sale

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 17, 2025 at 3:40pm

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
Senate Judiciary Chairman, R-Iowa, left declined to schedule a new hearing on whistleblower allegations against Emil Bove, the nominee to be a U.S. Circuit Court judge, causing ranking member Richard J. Durbin and other Democrats to walk out of the vote.

Trump lawyer Bove gets 3rd Circuit backing as Democrats walk out

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 17, 2025 at 12:14pm
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., is a sponsor of legislation that would protect vaccine advisory board members from firing without cause.

Vaccine divide widens after CDC committee shake-up

By Ariel Cohen and Lia DeGroot
Posted July 17, 2025 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | Big Beautiful Bird

By R.J. Matson
Posted July 17, 2025 at 7:00am

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska were the lone Republicans to vote against bill.

Senate sends $9 billion rescissions package to the House

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 17, 2025 at 4:02am
"As long as we get it done, it doesn't matter to me how long votes are held open. We just got to get the votes," said Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., seen here on July 9.

House adopts rule for crypto, Defense bills

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 16, 2025 at 11:58pm
Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., bats during the Congressional Women’s Softball Game at Audi Field on Wednesday night.

Thunder halts softball game, but lawmakers make it rain

By Hunter Savery
Posted July 16, 2025 at 10:25pm
Former Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema left office earlier this year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Sinema left office but her campaign continues to spend lavishly

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 16, 2025 at 6:47pm
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy testifies during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday.

Duffy: Air traffic control overhaul to cost $31.5 billion

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 16, 2025 at 5:50pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, has denounced the White House budget office for not providing details on what specific foreign aid programs would see their funding taken away. Collins, seen here on June 30, voted "no" on a pair of procedural motions Tuesday.

Senate ‘vote-a-rama’ on rescissions bill begins

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 16, 2025 at 5:33pm
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., talks with reporters after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Lawmakers hope to modify crucial dates in reconciliation bill

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 16, 2025 at 5:33pm
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff had another strong fundraising quarter.

4 takeaways from second-quarter fundraising reports

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Ryan Kelly and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 16, 2025 at 4:52pm

Capitol Lens | Booker blocker

By Bill Clark
Posted July 16, 2025 at 4:48pm
When Congress works unpredictable hours, so do the officers who protect them. Overtime can be a key incentive to attract talent in a region saturated with law enforcement agencies, but some say the current pay cap system is overly complex.

Pay caps are a ‘slap in the face’ for some in Capitol Police

By Justin Papp
Posted July 16, 2025 at 4:38pm
President Donald Trump talks to reporters Wednesday during a meeting in the Oval Office with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s Epstein tirade, Fed chair threats drown out Vance’s ‘big’ bill sales pitch

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 16, 2025 at 3:55pm
Chairman Mike Rogers arrives for the House Armed Services Committee’s markup of the defense portion of the budget reconciliation process on April 29.

Armed Services panel approves defense bill after marathon markup

By Mark Satter
Posted July 16, 2025 at 3:09pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, seen here at a July 9 event in the Capitol, posted a record fundraising haul for the second quarter.

Breaking news: Speakers raise a lot of money

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 16, 2025 at 2:58pm
New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference at the United Federation of Teachers headquarters on July 9.

Does Mamdani represent a big tent or a big problem for Democrats?

By David Winston
Posted July 16, 2025 at 2:14pm
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans are on course to back Emil Bove Thursday for an appellate court seat, declining to hold further hearings.

Senate Judiciary expected to back Bove for seat on 3rd Circuit

By Michael Macagnone and Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 16, 2025 at 11:44am
Meredith Shiner, in a familiar spot in the Capitol when she worked at Roll Call.

Legacy in a time of chaos: How honoring Roll Call is living the values of journalism

By Meredith Shiner
Posted July 16, 2025 at 11:41am
A sign with the name of Republicans' new tax and spending measure is seen by a desk in the Capitol on July 3 after the House passed the bill. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)

DNC launches new website to highlight costs of GOP tax and spending package

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 16, 2025 at 5:00am
Adelita Grijalva will be the Democratic nominee in the special election to succeed her late father in Arizona's 7th District. (Screenshot/ ¡Adelante Con Adelita!/ YouTube)

Adelita Grijalva wins Democratic primary for late father’s seat in Arizona

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 15, 2025 at 11:29pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, seen at a June hearing, complained that the White House hasn't provided details needed to consider the administration's program reductions. She voted with Democrats against advancing the rescissions measure. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

GOP narrowly advances rescissions package to Senate floor

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 15, 2025 at 10:57pm
House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, R-Md., center, said he wanted to drive a "stake into the heart" of a possible central bank digital currency.

Crypto, Defense bills back on track after Oval Office talk

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted July 15, 2025 at 8:36pm, Updated at 9:36pm
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, pictured wielding his gavel in June, said the bills’ funding levels are below current spending but surpass the president’s request.

GOP spending bills run into intraparty friction in House

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 15, 2025 at 5:38pm, Updated at 8:26pm

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