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Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson will resign at the end of the year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Watch: Retiring Sen. Johnny Isakson reflects on 11 years of Senate BBQ

By Hope Howard
Posted August 28, 2019 at 12:56pm
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at the construction site for the Trump International Hotel, at the Old Post Office Pavilion in downtown Washington, D.C., Monday, March 21, 2016. Photo By Al Drago/CQ Roll Call

Trump straddles the line on gun control

By Hope Howard
Posted August 21, 2019 at 3:21pm
Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib was denied entry into Israel over her support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Watch: Tlaib and Omar speak after scrapped Israel trip

By Hope Howard
Posted August 19, 2019 at 7:00pm
Ashley Hinson works the grill at the Iowa State Fair. (Thomas McKinless/CQ Roll Call).

Hinson on Republican Party and suburban women: ‘Words matter’

By Hope Howard and Thomas McKinless
Posted August 16, 2019 at 1:47pm
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, shown in 2017, has dropped his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Hickenlooper ends presidential campaign, but doesn’t rule out Senate

By Hope Howard
Posted August 15, 2019 at 2:48pm
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, attends a rally with Angel Families on the East Front of the Capitol, to highlight crimes committed by illegal immigrants in the U.S., on September 7, 2018. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Watch: King calls principles ‘timeless’

By Hope Howard and Jason Dick and Thomas McKinless
Posted August 14, 2019 at 4:19pm
An attendee holds up a sign participating in a rally to denounce hate and demand action after recent mass shootings at a shopping center in El Paso, Texas, and in a nightlife district in Dayton, Ohio, outside of the White House on Tuesday August 6, 2019. Photo by (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Watch: Gun reform rally at Lafayette Square

By Hope Howard
Posted August 6, 2019 at 9:02pm
A baseball signed by President Barack Obama is just one of the many baseballs displayed in Sen. Doug Jones's office. (Hope Howard/CQ Roll Call)

Baseballs, Yoda, guitars and more: Here’s what’s in Doug Jones’ office

By Hope Howard
Posted August 6, 2019 at 12:49pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., holds a news conference in the Capitol on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Watch: McConnell defends blocking election security bills

By Hope Howard
Posted July 29, 2019 at 6:11pm
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, right, speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday July 12, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Watch: Trump signs 9/11 victims compensation bill

By Hope Howard
Posted July 29, 2019 at 2:47pm
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., arrive for the closed briefing on election security in the Capitol on Wednesday, July 10, 2019.  Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call

Veteran resources dominates Sinema’s maiden floor speech

By Hope Howard
Posted July 23, 2019 at 4:34pm
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, talks with reporters after a meeting of House Democrats in the Capitol on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call

Resolution to impeach brought to House floor

By Hope Howard
Posted July 17, 2019 at 4:11pm
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver III abandoned the House floor Tuesday after a parliamentary skirmish (Screenshot, C-SPAN)

House floor erupts into chaos after Nancy Pelosi remarks criticizing Trump

By Hope Howard and Thomas McKinless
Posted July 16, 2019 at 8:22pm
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Democrats' year end priorities including "reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program, funding community health centers, and passing the Dream Act," on December 14, 2017. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call

Hirono gives emotional plea for migrant children and families

By Hope Howard
Posted July 11, 2019 at 3:04pm
Alex Acosta, nominee for Secretary of Labor, testifies during his Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing in Dirksen Building, March 22, 2017. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call

Watch: Labor Secretary Acosta defends role in Epstein case

By Hope Howard
Posted July 10, 2019 at 6:57pm
Thousands of tourists and spectators use their smart phones and cameras to document fireworks as they explode over the National Mall for Fourth of July celebrations in Washington, photographed from Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, July 4, 2015. Al Drago/CQ Roll Call

From fishing to fanfare, what presidents do on the Fourth explained

By Nathan Ouellette and Hope Howard
Posted July 2, 2019 at 10:20am
Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, speaks at a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after their ruling on the census was handed down on Thursday, June 27, 2019. 

Escobar pleads for empathy for migrants

By Hope Howard
Posted June 27, 2019 at 7:04pm
Virginia Rep. Denver Riggleman rolls over on his head as he field a ground ball during the 58th annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

These members can play baseball, but do you want them on your trivia team?

By Nathan Ouellette and Hope Howard and Clyde McGrady
Posted June 27, 2019 at 5:00am
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., holds a news conference to discuss major college affordability legislation in Washington on Monday June 24, 2019. Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call

Sen. Bernie Sanders would cancel all student debt

By Hope Howard
Posted June 24, 2019 at 5:40pm
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., throws the ball to first base in the Congressional Women's Softball Game at Watkins Elementary in Washington on Wednesday June 19, 2019.  Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call

Bad news Congress, Bad News Babes continue win streak

By Nathan Ouellette and Hope Howard
Posted June 20, 2019 at 4:27pm
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, speaks during a press conference on the situation at the southern border in Washington on Tuesday June 18, 2019. Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call

Roy argues for wall funding

By Hope Howard
Posted June 18, 2019 at 8:16pm