Congress · 118th Congress
Why Washington is crazy for Chinese balloons and UFOs
For days, Congress has been gripped by balloon fever, with symptoms including hot takes, gaseous emissions and alien hallucinations.
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Campaigns · 118th Congress
Conservatives use abortion strategies in fight over trans care
As the fight over transgender health care heats up, conservatives are drawing from the same playbook they used to fight access to abortion.
Opinion · 118th Congress
When tuneful nostalgia turns toxic: The old days weren’t good for everyone
From child labor to Jim Crow, states are reaching back to a time when inequality was the point. Those weren’t exactly the good old days.
White House · 118th Congress
Biden pledges more clarity on approach to unidentified aerial objects
President Biden pledged Thursday to develop new parameters for the government's response to unidentified aerial objects.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
Amid 2024 speculation, Scott speaks of racial and partisan splits
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott weighs a 2024 presidential bid after avoiding most culture war themes to focus on economic empowerment.
Congress · 118th Congress
Texas challenges federal spending law over proxy voting rule
Texas filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to wipe out the $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 spending package over former House rules for proxy voting.
Podcasts · 118th Congress
The past and future Silicon Valley - Roll Call
Historian Margaret O’Mara discusses how Silicon Valley has reinvented itself for nearly a century, and the forces shaping it now.
Podcasts · 118th Congress
Early onset political prognostication - Roll Call
It’s something of a mantra around the Political Theater podcast crew: Politics never sleeps. The 2024 election season has been taking shape for a while now. Candidates are starting to announce they are running, people are retiring and strategists are test-driving issues they hope will click with voters. Still. It is early. And there is […]
Campaigns · 118th Congress
Manchin war chest could help, and hurt, if he runs in 2024
Sen. Joe Manchin has a $9 million campaign account but could face heat for raising less than 2 percent in his home state of West Virginia.
Congress · 118th Congress
Fetterman hospitalized for treatment of depression
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s office said the Pennsylvania Democrat was hospitalized Wednesday night for treatment of depression.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Price hike pols like
The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.
Congress · 118th Congress
Renewed push is on to help hungry military families
Congress is seeking legislative fixes to the scourge of military hunger, which is a persistent problem for the Pentagon.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
Beware of overanalyzing what 2023 elections mean for 2024
Even if a Democrat upsets the Mississippi governor's race, that may not mean much about next year's presidential and congressional races.
Congress · 118th Congress
Senate pressure mounts on Biden to nominate first Latino to Fed
Several Senate Banking Committee Democrats are pushing President Joe Biden to nominate a Latino for the Federal Reserve Board.
Opinion · 118th Congress
On your mark. Get set. Yawn.
Some of the people being mentioned as potential GOP presidential candidates have little real chance of being nominated.
Policy · 118th Congress
As Willow project decision nears, Alaska ponders ties to oil
The administration may soon allow a new oil and gas drilling project in Alaska, even as it aims to halve U.S. carbon emissions by 2030.
Congress · 118th Congress
DHS chief Mayorkas talks immigration with Latino Senate Democrats
Senators express concerns about expulsion policy and forthcoming proposal to limit asylum eligibility for certain migrants.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
Haley treads carefully seeking nomination in Trump’s GOP
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is seeking to break barriers in a party where some are hostile to appeals for diversity.
Congress · 118th Congress
Justice Department reportedly won’t charge Rep. Matt Gaetz
The office of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., confirmed media reports Wednesday that the Justice Department does not plan to charge him.
Congress · 118th Congress
CBO: Debt limit to hit as soon as July, budget picture worsens
The federal government could run out of cash to pay all its bills sometime between July and September unless the debt limit is lifted.