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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for fallen servicemembers killed in the 2021 terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday.

Six-month stopgap funds bill yanked from House floor

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted September 11, 2024 at 12:25pm, Updated at 5:02pm
“For me, it wasn’t about polar bears,” Rep. Eric Sorensen says of climate change.

In the Quad Cities or DC, Eric Sorensen is happy to talk about the weather

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 11, 2024 at 2:25pm
In recent interviews, House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, left, and ranking member Joseph D. Morelle each described their priorities for the panel in the remainder of the 118th Congress.

Election oversight continues to dominate, divide House Administration panel

By Justin Papp
Posted September 10, 2024 at 4:24pm
Inspector general reports can provide a glimpse inside the police force charged with protecting Congress. Transparency advocates want to see more.

Capitol Police watchdog reports emerge into public view, but slowly

By Justin Papp
Posted September 9, 2024 at 2:04pm, Updated September 10, 2024 at 4:13pm
Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s move could renew partisan rancor over his 10-month block on nominations that snarled more than 400 military promotions last year.

Tuberville blocks an Army nominee over Austin hospitalization

By Caroline Coudriet and Briana Reilly
Posted September 10, 2024 at 4:09pm
Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., talks with Gen. Eric M. Smith, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, and Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, left, during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Navy budget request, on May 1.

Endangered incumbents tout earmarking prowess on campaign trail

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted September 10, 2024 at 4:06pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center after a House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday.

GOP leaders to roll the dice on doomed stopgap funds bill

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted September 10, 2024 at 3:23pm
House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hand medals to family members of the servicemembers killed in the 2021 terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday.

Congress honors 13 servicemembers killed as US pulled out of Afghanistan

By John M. Donnelly
Posted September 10, 2024 at 1:39pm
House Armed Services Chairman Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala., says the GOP leadership-drafted continuing resolution is "terrible for defense."

Johnson’s stopgap funds plan appears headed for defeat in House

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 9, 2024 at 8:47pm

Capitol Lens | Jersey boys

By Bill Clark
Posted September 9, 2024 at 6:30pm
Ron Rowe, acting director of the Secret Service, leaves the Capitol in July after a briefing with senators.

Secret Service says Trump security failure wasn’t result of budget

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 9, 2024 at 5:20pm
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said the Afghanistan withdrawal was worse than the U.S. departure from South Vietnam in 1975.

House GOP report blames Biden for messy Afghanistan withdrawal

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted September 9, 2024 at 2:54pm, Updated at 5:10pm
Former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump in July on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Republicans use spending clash to highlight immigration issue

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 9, 2024 at 1:39pm
Protesters hold signs outside the Supreme Court on June 24 to mark the second anniversary of the reversal of Roe v. Wade. In a new book, journalist Amanda Becker chronicles the upheaval and activism that followed the decision.

In ‘You Must Stand Up,’ Amanda Becker captures the scramble after Dobbs

By Jason Dick
Posted September 9, 2024 at 1:38pm
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 21.

In Congress, Walz championed tough fiscal medicine

By Daniel Hillburn
Posted September 9, 2024 at 11:19am
"Democrats support a CR to keep the government open," Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote on Sunday.

Fall Legislative Preview: Congress returns for busy fall session

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 9, 2024 at 6:30am
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, talks with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on the third night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 17.

Six-month stopgap funds bill with voting rider unveiled in House

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 7, 2024 at 10:37am
Sarah McBride, a Democrat running for Delaware’s congressional seat, speaks at the Wilmington Democratic Committee annual fish fry in Wilmington, Del., on July 27. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congressional primaries to wrap up in three Northeastern states

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted September 6, 2024 at 3:29pm
Former President Donald Trump speaks on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18.

Trump floats US sovereign wealth fund as part of economic pitch

By David Lerman
Posted September 5, 2024 at 4:17pm
New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler’s reelection race is moving in his favor, according to Nathan L. Gonzales of Inside Elections.

Rating changes: Seven House races shift on divided battlefield

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted September 4, 2024 at 4:23pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters after his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on July 23.

Opening bid on stopgap funds package readied in House

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 4, 2024 at 5:00am
E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse

Man sentenced to prison for threat, calls to congressional offices

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted September 3, 2024 at 6:08pm
(CQ Roll Call file photo)

House readies to help bald eagle soar as national bird

By Mike Magner
Posted September 3, 2024 at 4:28pm
Rep. Jamie Raskin, seen here at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, published a memoir in 2022 called “Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy.” Now it has inspired an oratorio.

Aria ready for ‘The Jamie Raskin Oratorio’?

By Jim Saksa
Posted September 3, 2024 at 2:58pm
Then-Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried speaks at a news conference with North Macedonian Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani (not seen) in Skopje, North Macedonia, on April 27, 2022.

New director named to lead Congressional Research Service

By Justin Papp
Posted September 3, 2024 at 12:36pm, Updated at 2:47pm
Rep. Steven Horsford is pictured outside the Capitol after House votes on July 25.

Nevada’s Horsford likely to rejoin Ways and Means panel

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted August 30, 2024 at 12:34pm
From left, Reps. Sean Casten, D-Ill., Morgan McGarvey, D-Ky., and Dan Kildee, D-Mich., are seen on the first night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 19. McGarvey is among the members scheduled to perform at the Congressional Record 2024 music event on Sept. 17.

The happy-to-be-there caucus

By Jason Dick
Posted August 30, 2024 at 5:00am
New Jersey Democrats on Thursday chose longtime state legislator Nellie Pou to replace Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., on the ballot in November. Pascrell, pictured here, died last week.

NJ Democrats pick longtime legislator to replace Pascrell on November ballot

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 29, 2024 at 8:25pm
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., said the report shows "the FBI is continuing to fail victims."

Watchdog finds FBI fell short on child sexual abuse allegations

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted August 29, 2024 at 2:04pm
Groups serving aging Americans say a combination of factors has made them increasingly worried about potential cuts to Meals on Wheels programs.

Nutrition programs for older adults face service cuts

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted August 29, 2024 at 1:30pm