Skip to content

Flashback: Roll Call’s April Fools’ front page in 2002

By Thomas McKinless

[jwp-video n=”1″]

In an era of actual fake news, a serious political newspaper running joke stories on April 1 may not be the best idea. But in the simpler days of 2002, then-Roll Call editor Tim Curran joined C-SPAN’s Peter Slen on the air to discuss Betty Ford running for Senate, oil being discovered under the Capitol and a government conspiracy against former Rep. James A. Traficant Jr.: three things that never actually happened but appeared on Roll Call’s front page for April Fools’.

Recent Stories

Capitol Ink | War powers crypt

‘Sold!’ There was no way to say no to Roll Call

House subcommittee advances Legislative Branch spending bill

Bondi defends Justice Department proposal to end standalone ATF

Longest-serving woman in Congress says she’s not stopping anytime soon

Major insurers pledge to improve preauthorization