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Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, attends a rally with the Communications Workers of America Local 4370 in Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, on Oct. 26, 2024.

Opinion

Ohio Senate: Brown decision shifts race out of Solid Republican

Brown's reported entry into race will mean Republicans have to spend time, money and energy defending the seat

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted August 12, 2025 at 3:11pm

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, left, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, right and President Donald Trump shake hands during a pathway-to-peace pact signing ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House on Aug. 8.

White House

‘Not politicking for it’: Trump goes all in on Nobel push with risky Putin summit

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 12, 2025 at 1:49pm
Republican Rep. Barry Moore, who first came to the House in 2021, is throwing his hat in the ring for Alabama’s open Senate seat.

Campaigns

Rep. Barry Moore enters race for open Alabama Senate seat

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 12, 2025 at 10:05am
President Donald Trump is seen on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One on May 12.

White House

Trump picks Heritage economist Antoni to head BLS

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted August 11, 2025 at 8:38pm
Attorney General Pamela Bondi, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth conduct a news conference in the White House briefing room on Monday.

Policy

Judge blocks Trump conditions on Violence Against Women funding

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted August 11, 2025 at 3:57pm
People protest the president’s federal crackdown at a Free DC rally near the White House on Monday morning.

Statehood advocates look to Congress after Trump’s DC police takeover

By Justin Papp
Posted August 11, 2025 at 5:55pm
Protesters on Monday in downtown Washington, D.C., object to President Trump's move to exert more federal control over the city.

Trump takes over MPD, claiming crime in District of Columbia is ‘out of control’

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 11, 2025 at 12:06pm

Transcripts of presidential remarks and congressional hearings within 60 minutes

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted June 13, 2025 at 3:33pm
Former Missouri Republican Rep. Billy Long testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on May 20 during his confirmation hearing to be commissioner of the IRS.

Long removed as IRS commissioner two months after confirmation

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 8, 2025 at 5:19pm, Updated at 5:55pm

At the Races: Have we heard this song before?

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 7, 2025 at 2:34pm
Cassidy leaves the Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on June 3.

Cassidy says canceled vaccine research needed to fight pandemics

By Ariel Cohen
Posted August 7, 2025 at 11:37am

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
President Donald Trump speaks Tuesday from the South Court Auditorium of the White House complex after signing an executive order.

‘A gift’: How Trump builds power for himself with ‘no details’ trade deals

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 6, 2025 at 3:16pm
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on stage at the inaugural Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall on Monday.

HHS phases out mRNA vaccine trials for COVID-19, bird flu

By Ariel Cohen and Lia DeGroot
Posted August 6, 2025 at 1:42pm
Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn is running for governor.

Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn is running for governor

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 6, 2025 at 1:13pm

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By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Smoke billows from the World Trade Center in Manhattan after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

For this reporter, 9/11 was an unforgettable second day on the job at Roll Call

By Erin Billings
Posted August 6, 2025 at 6:00am
Swedish tobacco shops offer a larger variety of smokeless products than their U.S. counterparts, like these pouches on display in March. But experts say their popularity has actually disguised a rise in nicotine and tobacco use.

Sweden’s push for smokeless products leads some to wonder about risks

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 6, 2025 at 6:00am
A Stockholm tobacco shop displays a selection of Zyn brand nicotine pouches.

Navigating the unknown

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 6, 2025 at 6:00am
Economic advisers like Kevin Hassett have defended Donald Trump after he summarily fired the leader of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Above, Hassett and Trump are seen in the Oval Office in March.

Trump’s missed opportunity: BLS wage growth numbers

By David Winston
Posted August 6, 2025 at 6:00am

Capitol Ink | Redistricting rodeo

By R.J. Matson
Posted August 6, 2025 at 6:00am
From left, Daniel Cameron, Andy Barr and Nate Morris are running to succeed Mitch McConnell in the Senate.

In Kentucky, Trump and McConnell cast shadow over Senate race

By Daniela Altimari
Posted August 5, 2025 at 4:50pm
The Texas State Capitol building is seen in Austin in 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

These states could redraw their House maps before the 2026 elections

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Niels Lesniewski and Andrew Menezes
Posted August 1, 2025 at 3:59pm, Updated August 5, 2025 at 4:44pm
"Biomedical research leads to longer, healthier lives," Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, said.

Budget maneuvers expected to reduce NIH funding opportunities

By Ariel Cohen
Posted August 5, 2025 at 4:19pm

Capitol Lens | Sunflower power

By Tom Williams
Posted August 5, 2025 at 3:51pm
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., leaves the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

House panel seeks Epstein documents from Justice Department

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted August 5, 2025 at 12:58pm
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters Sunday near Air Force One at the Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump signals higher tariffs, defends firing of BLS chief in combative CNBC interview

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 5, 2025 at 12:04pm
Spend what’s left of summer with some new and recent books.

August is here. What will you read?

By Lindsey Gilbert
Posted August 5, 2025 at 11:48am
A participant is seen at the New York State Capitol at an overdose prevention event in 2023 urging lawmakers to implement harm reduction strategies.

Harm reduction techniques being phased out under Trump

By Sandhya Raman and Jessie Hellmann
Posted August 5, 2025 at 7:00am
Jackie Norris, chair of the Des Moines school board and former chief of staff to Michelle Obama, is running for Senate in Iowa.

Des Moines school board chair Norris enters Iowa Senate race

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 5, 2025 at 7:00am
Sprinklers water the lawn in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on the morning of April 29, 2024.

Louisiana redistricting case could change the rules nationwide

By Michael Macagnone
Posted August 4, 2025 at 3:23pm
President Donald Trump walks toward reporters from Marine One on Sunday at the Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pa.

After Trump sacks BLS boss, Democrats fear these seven words the most

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 4, 2025 at 2:30pm
South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace is running for governor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Rep. Nancy Mace is latest Republican to announce bid for South Carolina governor

By Daniela Altimari
Posted August 4, 2025 at 10:29am
Republican Derek Dooley, seen here in his campaign announcement video, is running for Senate in Georgia. (Screenshot/Dooley campaign video)

Former football coach Derek Dooley steps onto Georgia Senate field

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 4, 2025 at 8:11am
Texas Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, center, and Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu, right, listen as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters during a press conference Sunday in Carol Stream, Ill. Wu was with a group of Democratic Texas lawmakers who left the state so a quorum could not be reached during a special session called to redraw the state's congressional districts.

Texas Democrats leave state in bid to stop new congressional map

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 4, 2025 at 5:50am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, seen here Thursday, says President Donald Trump "pulled the rug out from under" his own party.

Senators begin recess after giving up on nominations deal

By Allison Mollenkamp, Isha Raj-Silverman and Daniel Hillburn
Posted August 2, 2025 at 10:46pm
From left, ranking member Patty Murray, D-Wash., Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., attend Thursday's Senate Appropriations Committee markup in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

First three fiscal 2026 appropriations bills pass Senate

By David Lerman and Olivia M. Bridges
Posted August 1, 2025 at 8:16pm

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