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Chris Cillizza, left, joins the Political Theater podcast this week.

‘We had time back then’

By Jason Dick
Posted July 8, 2025 at 5:31pm
Hunter S Thompson at his ranch, sitting in his kitchen, which he also used as an office on Oct. 12, 1990 in Woody Creek, Aspen, Colo. Playwright Joe Iconis visited the late journalist's home while working on "The Untitled, Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical."

The ‘rock and roll poetry’ of Joe Iconis’ Hunter S. Thompson musical

By Jason Dick
Posted July 3, 2025 at 9:09am
U.S. Capitol Police arrest protesting members of American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday. The protesters chanted “no cuts to Medicaid” while being arrested.

A short history of hoping people will change their minds

By Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman
Posted June 25, 2025 at 4:16pm
An activist with Save Our Care brings tombstone cutouts to the office of Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst to highlight her comments at a recent town hall on the Republican budget proposal.

It’s déjà tea party all over again

By Jason Dick and Jim Saksa
Posted June 10, 2025 at 3:28pm
The closing of E Street Cinema in Washington, D.C., a hub of documentary and art-house movies, is among the challenges facing the genre and its champions.

The ‘predicament and necessity’ of documentary movies

By Jason Dick
Posted June 4, 2025 at 11:53am
Former Roll Callers Christina Bellantoni and Neda Semnani have been leading their students on a tour of Washington during a time when Congress has been debating significant changes to tax and entitlement laws, such as at the House Rules Committee, shown here last week.

Taking the grand tour of Washington

By Jason Dick, Christina Bellantoni and Neda Toloui-Semnani
Posted May 27, 2025 at 6:16pm
Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Elena Kagan greet President Donald Trump after his address to Congress on March 4. The court has found itself in an increasingly prominent space in a series of cases concerning Trump's administration.

That’s a lot of Supreme Court there

By Jason Dick and Todd Ruger
Posted May 20, 2025 at 4:21pm
Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., seen here last month in Washington, is one of the members of Congress who is not considered vulnerable in the 2026 election cycle, but could find himself in a tough race depending on circumstances.

Call it the Most Not Invulnerable List

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted May 13, 2025 at 5:13pm
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., seen here at the 2022 Congressional Baseball Game, is a prodigious fundraiser and dodged a strong opponent when Gov. Brian Kemp said he would not run for Senate against him, but he still tops Roll Call's Most Vulnerable senator list.

Still vulnerable, even while batting .400

By Jason Dick, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted May 8, 2025 at 11:33am
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump listen to Master Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Bennear of the U.S. Marine Band sing the national anthem during the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 21.

Six degrees of 100 days

By Jason Dick and John T. Bennett
Posted April 30, 2025 at 8:20pm