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“I really hope the judicial system will block Bibi [Netanyahu],” says Guy Nattiv, who sees connections between his movie “Golda” and the situation in Israel today.

‘Golda’ director revisits Yom Kippur War, 50 years later

By Jason Dick
Posted September 21, 2023 at 6:15am
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., conducts a news conference with members of the House Freedom Caucus on government funding outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, September 12, 2023.

If it’s September, it’s government meltdown time

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted September 14, 2023 at 12:13pm
Then-New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson speaking at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.

Bill Richardson, a public life in photos, 1947-2023

By Jason Dick
Posted September 5, 2023 at 3:29pm

Capitol Lens | Jimmy Buffett and his flip-flops

By Jason Dick and Tom Williams
Posted September 5, 2023 at 1:54pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks back to his office escorted by staff, security and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., after the Senate Republicans’ news conference in the Ohio Clock Corridor in the Capitol on July 26.

McConnell incident highlights seniority of Congress

By Jason Dick
Posted August 30, 2023 at 4:54pm
Guy Nattiv, director of the film "Golda," about former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, is interviewed for the Roll Call Political Theater podcast at the office of PR Collaborative in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 18.

The contemporary reach of ‘Golda’ during the ‘Yom Kippur of democracy’

By Jason Dick
Posted August 23, 2023 at 6:04pm
American film producer and director Steve James poses during the 79th Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 2, 2022, in Italy.

The ‘Oppenheimer’ expanded universe: Steve James’ tale of atomic espionage in ‘A Compassionate Spy’

By Jason Dick
Posted July 25, 2023 at 5:25pm
Would you want to compete with the fireworks? There is a reason so many candidates waited until July 10 to announce their races.

I know what you did this summer

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 13, 2023 at 2:56pm
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks with guests during a Pro-Choice Caucus event in the Cannon Building’s Speaker Nancy Pelosi Caucus Room marking one year since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision on Friday, June 23, 2023. The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs overturned the national right to abortion on June 24, 2022. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., appears at right.

Chronicling one year of the post-Dobbs world

By Jason Dick and Amanda Becker
Posted June 23, 2023 at 11:30am
Among the dozens of films at this year's DC/DOX films is "Time Bomb Y2K," an archival look at the hysteria amid speculation about how computers would react to the year 2000.

DC/DOX adds another diverse layer to Washington film community

By Jason Dick
Posted June 14, 2023 at 11:40am
Filmmaker Ondi Timoner speaks onstage during Variety's TV FYC Fest on June 07, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

Life in review: Ondi Timoner’s ‘Last Flight Home’

By Jason Dick
Posted June 8, 2023 at 12:15pm
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee hosts a screening of the Paramount+ show “1923” at the Capitol Visitor Center on May 17, 2023. Actors Mo Brings Plenty, left, and Michael Spears, right, as well as Cole Brings Plenty spoke on a panel moderated by Deborah Parker, CEO of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.

When ‘Yellowstone’ came to Capitol Hill

By Jason Dick
Posted May 25, 2023 at 12:32pm
Runners take off from the starting line during the ACLI Capital Challenge 3-mile race in Anacostia Park on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.

The Capital Challenge race, explained

By Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman
Posted May 19, 2023 at 9:30am
Rep. Mike Lawler is among a group of New York Republicans who won in 2022 in districts who voted for Joe Biden in 2020, a dynamic that has landed them on Roll Call's most vulnerable incumbents list.

The most vulnerable 2024 incumbents, so far

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson
Posted May 12, 2023 at 3:14pm
Stephen Colbert was the featured comedian at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner. He was in a difficult position with his Comedy Central alter ego, says WHCA historian George Condon.

The White House Correspondents Dinner, explained

By Jason Dick
Posted May 4, 2023 at 10:07am
Sen. Bob Casey D-Pa., is running for reelection in a state that will also be a presidential battleground in 2024.

You sunk my battleground! Campaign 2024 gets underway

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted April 27, 2023 at 10:51am
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., in the Capitol subway on Feb. 15.

Nothing is simple in the Senate

By Jason Dick and Niels Lesniewski
Posted April 20, 2023 at 12:20pm
Actor George Clooney, center, appeared in April 2006 at the National Press Club for "SAVE DARFUR: Rally to Stop Genocide" with Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, and Sam Brownback, R-Kan. (CQ Roll Call file photo)

The National Press Club, explained

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson
Posted April 13, 2023 at 10:41am
Werner Herzog is seen during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2022 in Toronto.

Looking back: Werner Herzog on Putin and Russia

By Jason Dick
Posted April 7, 2023 at 6:00am
Mark Russell standing beside a piano.

Mark Russell, early part of Roll Call who went on to fame, dies at 90

By Jason Dick
Posted March 31, 2023 at 12:05pm
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, has requested documents from the executive branch and local prosecutors that have raised questions about the separation of powers.

Worlds collide: Separation-of-powers fights heat up

By Jason Dick and Todd Ruger
Posted March 31, 2023 at 9:09am
Former Rep. John A. Boehner holds up his congressional voting card back in 2009. CQ has tracked members’ votes and analyzed them for its annual vote studies for several decades.

Yes, they look at ALL the votes

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson and Ryan Kelly
Posted March 24, 2023 at 3:33pm
Then-Sen. Barack Obama, center, arrives at the 2006 Gridiron Dinner in Washington with David Axelrod, left, and Robert Gibbs.

The Gridiron Club, explained

By Jason Dick
Posted March 16, 2023 at 11:24am
Former Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., listens to former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speak during the Principles First 2023 Summit in Washington on March 5.

Hope and Despair on the Campaign Trail ‘24

By Jason Dick and Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted March 8, 2023 at 11:00am
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., introduces former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley at her event in Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday to announce she is running for president.

Early onset political prognostication

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted February 16, 2023 at 9:07am
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talk before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address in the House chamber Tuesday.

The State of the Union is … saucy!

By Jason Dick and Niels Lesniewski and Jim Saksa
Posted February 8, 2023 at 6:05pm
Maybe Denzel Washington would be interested in one of the scripts? Political Theater talks to Washington-based screenwriters.

Where do Hollywood screenplays come from? Sometimes Washington

By Jason Dick and Chris Wright
Posted January 30, 2023 at 4:43pm
American flags stand in the Capitol Rotunda in December ahead of a ceremony to recognize police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

They sew 5 million American flags a year. Then politics happens

By Jason Dick
Posted January 24, 2023 at 6:15am
Donald Trump, Stone Cold Steve Austin and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon on March 28, 2007 at Trump Tower.

Comeback angles: Trump, McMahon and the art of never quitting

By Jason Dick
Posted January 23, 2023 at 3:59pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy exchanges flags with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., at the end of his address to a joint meeting of Congress in the Capitol on Dec. 21, 2022.

‘The Flagmakers’ sews a portrait of an icon and the people who make it

By Jason Dick
Posted January 11, 2023 at 4:17pm
The relationship between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and President Joe Biden goes back decades. They are pictured here along with McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao, during a reenactment swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 6, 2015.

Bridge to Somewhere: Joe and Mitch on the Ohio River

By Jason Dick and Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 5, 2023 at 5:45pm
Samantha Power, currently head of the U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator, has long advocated for the United States to deal with genocide; she is a key figure in the documentary "The Corridors of Power."

The impossible debate in ‘The Corridors of Power’

By Jason Dick
Posted December 12, 2022 at 2:12pm
Matthew Heineman attends the Premiere Screening of his documentary film 'Retrograde', at Picturehouse Central on Nov. 2, 2022 in London.

‘Retrograde’ chronicles the human consequences of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Jason Dick
Posted December 7, 2022 at 12:46pm
Herschel Walker, left, and Sen. Raphael Warnock, right, are facing off in the Georgia runoff.

Race, football and religion: Sorting through the Georgia Senate runoff

By Jason Dick
Posted December 1, 2022 at 9:01pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces she is stepping down from her leadership position on the House floor of the Capitol on Nov. 17, 2022.

Measure for measure: Drama of 2022 midterms starts to conclude

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted November 17, 2022 at 2:45pm
Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., speaks during the Asian American Pacific Islander Democratic Caucus event at Shanghai Plaza in Las Vegas on October 22, the first day of early voting in Nevada. In the background are Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolack and Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev. The results of the House Democrats' races and Cortez Masto's Senate campaign might presage what kind of nationwide results we can expect in the 2022 midterm elections.

The known knowns of the 2022 midterm election

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted November 3, 2022 at 4:58pm
“When election officials in other states see this film, they say it was PTSD,” says Margo Guernsey, co-director of “No Time to Fail.” Above, voting stations at the University of Virginia in 2020.

Election workers can seem ‘invisible.’ This movie shines a light on them

By Jason Dick
Posted November 1, 2022 at 6:15am
The Lincoln Project formed to peel away GOP voters from President Donald Trump in his 2020 reelection bid. Filmmakers Karim Amer and Fisher Stevens have a new documentary series that chronicles the campaign from the perspective of the Lincoln Project.

Up close and super PAC: Karim Amer and Fisher Stevens discuss their docuseries ‘The Lincoln Project’

By Jason Dick
Posted October 25, 2022 at 12:10pm
A poll worker places social distancing markers outside of a voting center in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 27, 2020. The new film "No Time to Fail" chronicles the work of Rhode Island election workers during 2020, and its directors joined the Political Theater podcast to discuss their documentary.

‘No Time to Fail’ — An empathetic look at the people who make elections work

By Jason Dick
Posted October 19, 2022 at 1:10pm
Jaime Sigaran of American Rivers and his sister Bethsaida attend a rally to call for protection of the Clean Water Act outside the Supreme Court as it began its new term on Oct. 3.

Supreme Court keeps on truckin’

By Jason Dick and Todd Ruger
Posted October 12, 2022 at 1:18pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., right, have different approaches to political strategy.

Mitch and Rick: The GOP’s ‘Odd Couple’

By Jason Dick and John T. Bennett
Posted September 28, 2022 at 11:54am
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., participates in a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Sept. 21. Johnson has been on Roll Call's list of 10 most vulnerable senators for the 2022 midterm cycle.

We love it when you’re vulnerable: Swing districts, members vs. members and more

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson and Kate Ackley and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 21, 2022 at 3:24pm
Milk is poured into a demonstrator's eyes to neutralize the effect of pepper spray as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd near the White House on May 31, 2020. Protests over civil rights and countermeasures against them are the focus on the documentary "Riotsville, USA."

Law and order, via ‘Riotsville, USA’

By Jason Dick
Posted September 15, 2022 at 9:23am
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus have the barest majority.

Weird times, weird poll numbers

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted September 8, 2022 at 6:36pm
August in Washington can be a strange time. Enjoy it.

Strange days are here: August in Washington

By Jason Dick
Posted August 17, 2022 at 7:51pm
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton celebrates at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, July 28, 2016. The 2016 election marked a turning point for politics, as well as a personal one, Amanda Becker of The 19th News, tells the Political Theater podcast.

Moving right along: A political reporter’s turning point

By Jason Dick
Posted August 12, 2022 at 6:03pm
A “Deep Summer” treat: ice cream on the National Mall.

‘Deep summer’ fever in the Capitol

By Jason Dick
Posted July 28, 2022 at 5:28pm
Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock is seen at the Senate steps of the Capitol on June 9. Warnock, in a competitive race for reelection, has raised a prodigious amount of money for his campaign.

Previously on the 2022 primary show: Crazy cash, ISIS brides and representatives prohibited from representing

By Jason Dick and Herb Jackson
Posted July 21, 2022 at 12:29pm
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., attends a memorial on the National Mall in June to remember victims of gun violence. She’s the subject of a new documentary in theaters this week.

‘Thor’ isn’t the superhero movie of the summer. It’s Gabby Giffords

By Jason Dick
Posted July 13, 2022 at 2:53pm
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., waves to the crowd during the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce Fourth of July Parade in Flagstaff, Ariz., on July 4, 2022.

‘Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down’ has impeccable timing

By Jason Dick
Posted July 13, 2022 at 11:11am