Amid change, Roll Call endures
We were spending more time on MySpace than LinkedIn, and Season 1 of "The Apprentice" hadn’t aired yet. While my role at Roll Call has evolved over the years, there have been a few consistent themes.
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As MAGA base grows anxious, Trump warns Iran’s supreme leader is ‘easy target’
In response to a list of written questions sent to White House and national security officials, a senior administration official wrote in an email sent just before 1 p.m.
Trump mulls rare use of Insurrection Act over Los Angeles protests
"The No. 1 job of government is to protect the citizenry from foreign threats and domestic threats," Johnson said. Johnson said he would like to see California Gov.
Senators: It’s time to reclaim your relevance
And so it was last month with House passage, by a vote of 215-214, of HR 1, "The One Big Beautiful Bill Act," with all the usual self-congratulatory huzzahs without a hint of awareness of the historical
Nothing is certain except death and politicsÂ
Those seats were filled by special elections on April 1. The risk of a lawmaker dying is not just that the seat could fall into the hands of the opposite party in a special election.
Sweeping budget package passes House after weeks of arm-twisting
They forced a 20-hour session debating the bill and amendments in the House Rules Committee, in a meeting that started at 1 a.m. Wednesday.
Trump is running for reelection (right now)
He hosted or attended $1 million-a-head fundraisers for MAGA Inc., a super PAC that supports him, in March and April, as part of an effort to raise as much as $500 million this summer to "push his agenda
Challenge to Wisconsin map adds latest wrinkle to 2026 House fight
The state’s lieutenant governor has reportedly asked for the map to be finalized by Nov. 1 this year ahead of the 2026 elections. In March, the U.S.
Trump pushes back against the judges who rule against him
Levitt, the constitutional law scholar, pointed to an instance on the campaign trail in which Trump said he would not be a dictator "other than Day 1" of his new administration.
18 months out, these are the 10 most vulnerable House members of 2026
Miller-Meeks reported raising more than $1 million in the first quarter.
‘Skinny’ White House budget leaves some Senate Republicans hungry for more
President Donald Trump is proposing steep cuts to domestic and foreign aid spending for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 coupled with hefty increases for defense and border security, with the help of
DHS budget seeks significant boost for immigration approach
The "skinny" version of the White House’s budget blueprint released Friday would provide $107.4 billion for DHS in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, an increase of $42.3 billion, or 64.9 percent, above
Congress can do better than a ‘big, beautiful,’ hyper-partisan bill
Two bits of conventional wisdom are used to rationalize this stubborn refusal to even consider the possibility of bipartisan compromise: (1) that any members who vote for such a compromise will be challenged
Trump’s first 100 days offer blueprint for future presidents to evade Congress
"When you compare Trump 2 to Trump 1, this one has been much more aggressive and what they’re doing and trying to do has been much more thought out."
Former NFL player Jay Feely launches bid for Congress in ArizonaÂ
Registered Republican voters in the district, which encompasses the southeast suburbs of Phoenix, outnumber Democrats by nearly 2-to-1, according to the Arizona secretary of state’s office.Â
It’s time for age limits for members of Congress
Members of the House have to be 25 years old, (Article 1, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution). Members of the Senate have to be 30 years old (Article 1, Section 3, Clause 3).
Democrats eye 2026 as best chance to finally unseat Rep. Young Kim
Kim Varet, who is also Korean American, posted a first-quarter fundraising haul of more than $1 million, which included self-funding of $382,000.
For Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez, politics is about meeting voters where they are
Gluesenkamp Pérez jumped onto the political scene in 2022, when she won the district by fewer than 3,000 votes — less than 1 percentage point — in an upset against Trump-backed Republican Joe Kent.Â
5 takeaways from first-quarter fundraising reports
Bill Cassidy, who has drawn the ire of Trump allies over his vote to convict the president at his 2021 impeachment trial, raised $1 million in the first quarter and had $7.5 million on hand at the end
Hawley’s change of heart reflects evolving politics of Medicaid
Mike Kehoe, a Republican, told Hawley any "significant" changes to the federal match rate could blow a $1 billion dollar hole in the state’s budget.Â