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Vulnerable candidates get creative as they vie for climate votes

A majority of voters, regardless of party affiliation, endorse government action to address climate change

By David Jordan and Valerie Yurk
Posted October 28, 2024 at 5:00pm

Rep. Marcy Kaptur shares a laugh with Pastor Charles E. Jones during the NAACP’s 109th Freedom Fund Celebration at the Stranahan Theater & Great Hall in Toledo, Ohio, on Saturday. Kaptur, who has served in Congress since 1983, is in the midst of her most competitive reelection campaign in more than a decade.

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In northern Ohio, a veteran lawmaker faces a more skeptical landscape

By Jacob Fulton
Posted October 28, 2024 at 4:20pm
Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

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Closing arguments keep leading back to Trump

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 28, 2024 at 5:26pm
Election night watch parties are back this year in D.C., after the pandemic derailed most in 2020. Above, workers are seen in 2021 at Boundary Stone in the Bloomingdale neighborhood.

Heard on the Hill

Bars in DC brace for election night

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 28, 2024 at 5:23pm
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe speaks at a rally for former president Donald Trump on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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Republicans disavow comedian who called Puerto Rico ‘island of garbage’ at Trump rally

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 28, 2024 at 5:51am
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., left, introduced the bill on Chinese garlic, and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., right, offered the bill on seafood.

Chinese garlic and seafood at US military bases? Republicans think that stinks

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted October 28, 2024 at 10:56am
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who announced the review of voter rolls in August, said Friday that the state would appeal the federal judge's decision.

Federal judge orders Virginia to reinstate names purged from voting rolls, including noncitizens

By Chris Johnson
Posted October 25, 2024 at 3:27pm, Updated October 26, 2024 at 7:00pm

The Complete AI and ChatGPT How-To Guide For Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 29, 2024 at 5:13pm
Laura Gillen, Democratic candidate for New York's 4th District, greets a guest during a campaign rally with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in Hempstead, N.Y., on Oct. 17. Gillen is challenging Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, R-N.Y., and has made reproductive rights a part of her campaign.

Abortion rights at forefront of Democrats’ closing arguments

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Sandhya Raman
Posted October 25, 2024 at 3:26pm
Bruce Springsteen performs during a Kamala Harris campaign rally in Atlanta. (Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images)

Call it The Boss battleground ‘insurance policy’

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 25, 2024 at 12:32pm
Longtime appropriator Mitch McConnell, who is stepping down from his role as Senate minority leader, could become the top Republican on the Defense Appropriators Subcommittee in the next Congress.

Spending panel shake-up likely in Senate post-elections

By Aidan Quigley
Posted October 24, 2024 at 6:25pm

What Constituent Correspondence Reveals About Voter Sentiment

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 28, 2024 at 11:41am
House Energy-Water Appropriations Subcommittee ranking member Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in congressional history, is in a tough reelection race.

Elections poised to scramble House Appropriations lineup

By Aidan Quigley
Posted October 24, 2024 at 6:03pm
Passersby stop to take photos of a “memorial” to Jan. 6, 2021, on the National Mall. The temporary installation, which depicts an emoji-style poop on then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk, has a permit through Oct. 30.

Scatological ‘memorial’ to Jan. 6 turns heads on the National Mall

By Justin Papp
Posted October 24, 2024 at 5:18pm

At the Races: And then there were two

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 24, 2024 at 3:45pm

2024 CQ Election Watch Briefing Series

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted April 22, 2024 at 12:11am

Capitol Ink | The art and séance of polling

By R.J. Matson
Posted October 24, 2024 at 7:00am
Buprenorphine is used as an alternative to methadone to help treat opioid use disorder.

Medicaid limits access to life-saving doses of addiction care

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted October 24, 2024 at 6:30am
Vice President Kamala Harris energizes supporters at a rally in Chandler, Arizona, Oct. 10.

Grand Canyon-sized politics

By USC Annenberg Media
Posted October 24, 2024 at 6:00am

FiscalNote Copilot for Policy

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted July 15, 2024 at 8:45pm
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, participates in a CNN town hall near Philadelphia on Wednesday night.

Harris vague on legislative plan, clear on Trump critique at Pennsylvania town hall

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 24, 2024 at 5:57am
Lanon Baccam, a Democrat running for Iowa’s 3rd District House seat, takes a selfie with supporters at the West Des Moines Democrats’ monthly meeting on Oct. 16. Baccam is running against Republican Rep. Zach Nunn.

Democratic House hopes hinge on heartland

By Daniela Altimari
Posted October 24, 2024 at 5:00am
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., gets beer and hot dog from Kevin Clark, a retired police officer, during a “Back the Blue,” campaign rally in Congers, N.Y., on Friday.

Not shying from the red label in a blue district

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 23, 2024 at 5:12pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said Ukraine would receive the aid by the end of the year.

G7 agrees to use interest on Russian assets for Ukraine loan; Biden eyes an arms component

By Rachel Oswald
Posted October 23, 2024 at 5:02pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center in June.

Judge pauses court fight over House committee subpoenas

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted October 23, 2024 at 4:48pm
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., left, speaks with ranking member Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., before a committee markup on Sept. 11.

Tax lobbying ramps up in third quarter ahead of elections

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted October 23, 2024 at 4:41pm
Rep. Mike Johnson is pictured on the House floor before his election as speaker on Oct. 25, 2023. House Republicans spent weeks searching for a new speaker that month, losing valuable legislating time.

Lawmaking lows? Congress heads into lame duck with slow pace

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 23, 2024 at 4:06pm

Capitol Lens | Lunar landing

By Bill Clark
Posted October 23, 2024 at 1:55pm
Former President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally for Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh on Oct. 10.

This is the Obama-Biden-Harris economic legacy

By David Winston
Posted October 23, 2024 at 6:00am
Anti-scalable metal fencing has been erected around the construction site for the 2025 inauguration platform on the West Front of the Capitol. For previous inaugurations, plastic mesh fencing was used to block off the area.

Domestic terrorism, some committed by veterans, rising

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 22, 2024 at 7:33pm
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, led by Avril Haines, publicly released the Oct. 8 memorandum with some redactions on Tuesday.

US details how foreign powers could try to sow discord after voting

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted October 22, 2024 at 5:37pm
Rep. John Duarte, R-Calif., seen here last month at the Capitol, is now an underdog in his reelection race.

Rating Changes: House almost as close as presidential race

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 22, 2024 at 4:30pm
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump prays during a roundtable discussion with Latino community leaders and voters at Trump National Doral Miami resort on Tuesday.

Rabbits among solar panels: Trump’s Latino roundtable

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 22, 2024 at 4:03pm
Sen. Ted Cruz's opposition to the bipartisan federal data privacy standard aligns with the situation in the House.

Analysts see tech policy changes in potential GOP-led Senate

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted October 22, 2024 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | Donald McDonald

By R.J. Matson
Posted October 22, 2024 at 7:00am
Former Montana Gov. Steve Bullock plays a president facing an insurrection in “War Game,” which documents a tense, unscripted tabletop exercise held last year.

In swing states and beyond, ‘War Game’ sounds a warning

By Jason Dick
Posted October 22, 2024 at 6:30am
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.

Energy grants aim to harden grid against events like Helene, Milton

By David Jordan
Posted October 21, 2024 at 6:11pm
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks to reporters after handing out food while standing at a drive-thru window during a campaign stop at a McDonald's in Feasterville-Trevose, Pa., on Sunday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump and Harris dig in, especially in Pennsylvania

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 21, 2024 at 5:00pm

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