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President Donald Trump receives a flight jacket from NASA officials during a bill signing ceremony last year. (Alex Wong/Getty Images file photo)

The President’s Mission to Mars Is a Real Long Shot

By Shawn Zeller
Posted July 13, 2018 at 5:05am
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is interviewed for the “CQ on Congress” podcast on June 28. (Thomas McKinless/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Q&A: NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine

By Shawn Zeller
Posted July 13, 2018 at 5:00am
Deputy Senate Sergeant at Arms James W. Morhard is interviewed by Roll Call in the Capitol, January 9, 2015. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump Taps Senate’s Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms for NASA Post

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 12, 2018 at 5:43pm
As support for our educational system becomes increasingly politicized, a significant number of people are now questioning the very worth of a higher education, Augustine writes. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images file photo)

Opinion: Higher Education in America Finds Itself on a Slippery Slope

By Norman Augustine
Posted June 18, 2018 at 5:02am
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, speaks as Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., listens during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee’s Space, Science and Competitiveness Subcommittee hearing on “Examining the Future of the International Space Station: Stakeholder Perspectives” on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

U.S. May Fall Behind on Space Research, Lawmakers Warn

By Morgan Phillips
Posted June 7, 2018 at 11:56am
The Pontifical Council for Culture and the Cura Foundation hosted the “Unite to Cure” conference at the Vatican last month. (Courtesy the Cura Foundation/Unite To Cure: Fourth International Vatican Conference)

Opinion: From the Vatican, a Challenge to Bring Promise to Patients

By Janet Marchibroda and Andrew von Eschenbach
Posted May 14, 2018 at 5:01am
A research technician at the New York Genome Center in 2013. Reviving federal investment in scientific research is crucial given the high costs associated with new technologies, Stockwell writes. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images file photo)

Opinion: America Needs to Recommit to Investing in Science

By Michele Stockwell
Posted May 7, 2018 at 5:01am
Last week Congress passed, and the president signed, a 12-bill omnibus spending package that funds the government through September. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Overview: Where the Omnibus Money Is Going

By Randy Leonard
Posted March 28, 2018 at 1:25pm

Capitol Ink | The Birds

By Robert Matson
Posted March 20, 2018 at 5:00am
Rep. Donald S. Beyer Jr., D-Va., speaks with D.C.-area students and supporters as they hold a protest against gun violence with a lie-in outside of the White House on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Pence: Give Police, Families Tools for Mentally Disturbed

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 21, 2018 at 11:04am