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Rep. Marcy Kaptur shares a laugh with Pastor Charles E. Jones during the NAACP’s 109th Freedom Fund Celebration at the Stranahan Theater & Great Hall in Toledo, Ohio, on Saturday. Kaptur, who has served in Congress since 1983, is in the midst of her most competitive reelection campaign in more than a decade.

Campaigns

In northern Ohio, a veteran lawmaker faces a more skeptical landscape

Republicans hope Trump, redrawn district help end the 41-year House career of Ohio’s Kaptur

By Jacob Fulton
Posted October 28, 2024 at 4:20pm

A fourth grader works on an election-themed art project at Heather Hills Elementary School in Bowie, Md., on Oct. 22.

Opinion

Trump and Harris: A referendum or a choice

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted October 28, 2024 at 12:37pm
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., left, introduced the bill on Chinese garlic, and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., right, offered the bill on seafood.

Congress

Chinese garlic and seafood at US military bases? Republicans think that stinks

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted October 28, 2024 at 10:56am
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe speaks at a rally for former president Donald Trump on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Campaigns

Republicans disavow comedian who called Puerto Rico ‘island of garbage’ at Trump rally

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 28, 2024 at 5:51am
Laura Gillen, Democratic candidate for New York's 4th District, greets a guest during a campaign rally with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in Hempstead, N.Y., on Oct. 17. Gillen is challenging Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, R-N.Y., and has made reproductive rights a part of her campaign.

Abortion rights at forefront of Democrats’ closing arguments

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Sandhya Raman
Posted October 25, 2024 at 3:26pm
Longtime appropriator Mitch McConnell, who is stepping down from his role as Senate minority leader, could become the top Republican on the Defense Appropriators Subcommittee in the next Congress.

Spending panel shake-up likely in Senate post-elections

By Aidan Quigley
Posted October 24, 2024 at 6:25pm
House Energy-Water Appropriations Subcommittee ranking member Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in congressional history, is in a tough reelection race.

Elections poised to scramble House Appropriations lineup

By Aidan Quigley
Posted October 24, 2024 at 6:03pm
Vice President Kamala Harris energizes supporters at a rally in Chandler, Arizona, Oct. 10.

Grand Canyon-sized politics

By USC Annenberg Media
Posted October 24, 2024 at 6:00am
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., gets beer and hot dog from Kevin Clark, a retired police officer, during a “Back the Blue,” campaign rally in Congers, N.Y., on Friday.

Not shying from the red label in a blue district

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 23, 2024 at 5:12pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center in June.

Judge pauses court fight over House committee subpoenas

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted October 23, 2024 at 4:48pm
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., left, speaks with ranking member Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., before a committee markup on Sept. 11.

Tax lobbying ramps up in third quarter ahead of elections

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted October 23, 2024 at 4:41pm
Rep. Mike Johnson is pictured on the House floor before his election as speaker on Oct. 25, 2023. House Republicans spent weeks searching for a new speaker that month, losing valuable legislating time.

Lawmaking lows? Congress heads into lame duck with slow pace

By Jim Saksa
Posted October 23, 2024 at 4:06pm
Rep. John Duarte, R-Calif., seen here last month at the Capitol, is now an underdog in his reelection race.

Rating Changes: House almost as close as presidential race

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 22, 2024 at 4:30pm
Sen. Ted Cruz's opposition to the bipartisan federal data privacy standard aligns with the situation in the House.

Analysts see tech policy changes in potential GOP-led Senate

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted October 22, 2024 at 7:00am
Bacon-themed products are on display in Rep. Don Bacon’s campaign office in Omaha, Neb., on Oct. 16, 2024.

Nebraska’s blue dot: Honestly, it’s for everyone

By Daniela Altimari
Posted October 21, 2024 at 3:15pm
Chairman Mike Kelly, R-Pa., speaks during a September hearing of the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump.

Task force on Trump shooting faults Secret Service communication

By Chris Johnson
Posted October 21, 2024 at 12:09pm
Elon Musk attended Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress in July.

Elon Musk sweeps members of Congress into his social media sway

By Chris Johnson
Posted October 21, 2024 at 10:46am
Reps. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., and Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., are seen in the Capitol after last votes of the week on June 28, 2024.

House reaches legislative milestone not seen since late 1970s

By Lia Chien
Posted October 19, 2024 at 10:00am, Updated October 21, 2024 at 8:59am
Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn speaks during his campaign stop at Sly’s Family Bar and Grill in Neligh, Neb., on Monday. Osborn is running against Republican Sen. Deb Fischer, and the two parties differ on the status of the race.

Let’s get (electorally) unstable!

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 18, 2024 at 12:55pm
Palestinians walk on a dirt road lined with buildings turned to rubble in the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City on Oct. 7.

Why Trump’s vision of post-war Gaza has gained little traction

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 17, 2024 at 4:48pm
Republicans like congressional candidate Derrick Anderson, seen here on the first day of early voting in Virginia, hope to appeal to Hispanic voters.

Republican operatives sense opening with key Democratic bloc

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 16, 2024 at 6:30am
Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn takes a selfie with a supporter after speaking during his campaign stop at the Handlebend coffee shop in O'Neill, Neb., on Monday. Osborn is running against Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.

Happening in Plains sight: A competitive Nebraska Senate race

By Daniela Altimari
Posted October 16, 2024 at 5:30am
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, pictured speaking at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 15, could be the next chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Tim Scott in line to chair Senate campaign arm for 2026 cycle

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 15, 2024 at 2:59pm
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., right, and his Democratic challenger Tony Vargas hold their debate at the KETV studios in Omaha, Neb., on Oct. 13. Inside Elections is changing the rating for their contest from Toss-up to Tilt Democratic.

Rating Changes: 8 in the House, 2 in the Senate

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 15, 2024 at 2:43pm
If Congress doesn’t act by the end of next year to replace or extend expiring tax provisions, households of all incomes would see their taxes increase. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Tax veterans see protracted standoff over expiring breaks

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted October 15, 2024 at 7:00am
“Maybe with all the devastation that we’re experiencing, my colleagues and I will come to the conclusion that it may be now or never,” Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II said.

Cleaver calls for ‘bold’ congressional response to hurricanes

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted October 15, 2024 at 7:00am
The crowd holds a “vote” sign during a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Gov. Tim Walz in the Fitzgerald Field House at the University of Pittsburgh on Oct. 10, 2024. As cliched as it sounds, the election will all come down to turnout, Stu Rothenberg writes.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Turnout will …

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted October 15, 2024 at 5:00am
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday.

Trump pitches tax write-off for auto loans in Detroit speech

By David Lerman
Posted October 10, 2024 at 5:38pm
Chairman Tim Johnson, D-S.D., oversees a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on July 8, 2014.

Tim Johnson, former Senate Banking chair, dies at age 77

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted October 9, 2024 at 11:47am
The Jan. 6, 2021, attempted insurrection helped inspire the simulation role-playing exercise that is the subject of the documentary “War Game.”

‘War Game’: Rehearsing the uncomfortably plausible

By Jason Dick
Posted October 9, 2024 at 10:24am
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (right) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (center) sat together at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. A few days earlier, Lofgren had written to Newsom that a state AI bill had "very little public safety benefit" and should be vetoed.

Members of Congress pushed back on California’s AI bill

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted October 8, 2024 at 7:00am, Updated at 4:46pm
CBO Director Phillip L. Swagel testifies during a House Budget Committee hearing on Sept. 11.

CBO: Fiscal 2024 budget deficit was $1.8 trillion

By David Lerman
Posted October 8, 2024 at 4:41pm
Former President Donald Trump is seen at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18.

Analysis: Digging into FEMA spending claims on the campaign trail

By Peter Cohn
Posted October 8, 2024 at 1:09pm
A JetBlue plane flies past the Washington Monument just before sunrise on March 26.

Congress urged to shift billions to improve aging flight controls

By Valerie Yurk
Posted October 8, 2024 at 5:00am