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Reporters question then-Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig as he headed from the Senate floor to the Republican policy luncheon on Sept. 18, 2007, the day Craig returned to the Capitol for the first time since the disclosure of his guilty plea following a police sting operation in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. John McArdle, currently at C-SPAN, broke the story for Roll Call.

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‘Show up. … You never know when an opportunity will present itself’

Hat tip to the editors who trusted us to just get the story

By John McArdle
Posted July 15, 2025 at 6:00am

Back in 2016, George P. Bush, stumped for his father Jeb’s presidential bid in New Hampshire, and both of their political futures were bright. But times change, Stuart Rothenberg writes.

Opinion

Remember George P. Bush? Neither do I.

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted July 14, 2025 at 12:18pm
Former Roll Call reporter Norah O'Donnell, now at CBS News, is pictured here with Donald Trump Jr., on the floor of the Quicken Loans Arena at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Monday, July 19, 2016.

Opinion

CBS News reporter learned the joy of shoe-leather reporting at Roll Call

By Norah O'Donnell
Posted July 10, 2025 at 6:00am
People embrace during a vigil in San Antonio on Monday, after the deadly floods in Texas’ Hill Country.

Opinion

What is America without shared ideals?

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted July 10, 2025 at 6:00am
Democratic talking points about Republicans’ reconciliation win are all too familiar, Winston writes. Above, Speaker Mike Johnson shakes hands with House colleagues during the bill’s enrollment ceremony on July 3.

Straight talk about the ‘big, beautiful bill’

By David Winston
Posted July 9, 2025 at 6:00am
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., voted for the legislation but said he would work to head off future cuts to Medicaid after saying he was deeply opposed to such cuts. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Serious legislating hits a low point

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted July 8, 2025 at 6:30am
Chris Cillizza, left, talks about his time at Roll Call and working with fellow reporter Damon Chappie, who died in 2004 at age 40. Dates of both photos are unknown

‘The best investigative reporter I ever had a chance to work with’

By Chris Cillizza
Posted July 8, 2025 at 6:00am
Reporters question then-Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig as he headed from the Senate floor to the Republican policy luncheon on Sept. 18, 2007, the day Craig returned to the Capitol for the first time since the disclosure of his guilty plea following a police sting operation in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. John McArdle, currently at C-SPAN, broke the story for Roll Call.

‘Show up. … You never know when an opportunity will present itself’

Jackie Kucinich, center, now the Washington bureau chief for the Boston Globe, stands next to fellow Roll Call alumni John Stanton, who went on to edit The Gambit, at the Congressional Women's Softball game in 2013.

Defection to ‘enemy’ publication leads to memorable career move

By Jackie Kucinich
Posted July 2, 2025 at 7:00am
New York Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, center, celebrates at an election night gathering in Queens on Tuesday. He is flanked by his wife, Rama Duwaji, second from right, and his parents, filmmaker Mira Nair and Columbia professor Mahmood Mamdani.

No, I’m not running for mayor of NYC

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted July 1, 2025 at 1:31pm
President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during the NATO Summit in The Hague on June 25.

Debt, taxes or cuts: NATO’s 5 percent solution

By Bruce Stokes
Posted July 1, 2025 at 6:00am
Roll Call editor Tim Curran, left, and reporter Paul Kane are seen in an undated photo.

‘It’ll never be as much fun as Roll Call’

By Paul Kane
Posted June 26, 2025 at 6:00am
President Donald Trump delivered a positive outcome for the United States and the rest of the world, Winston writes. So why aren’t Democrats on board?

The world is safer, but some Democrats want impeachment

By David Winston
Posted June 24, 2025 at 6:33pm
Members of the Roll Call softball team circa 2003.

‘Sold!’ There was no way to say no to Roll Call

By Brody Mullins
Posted June 24, 2025 at 6:00am
Head to head? If President Donald Trump, right, seen here at his 2017 inauguration with President Barack Obama, runs for a third term, maybe Obama should threaten to do the same, Wetherbee writes.

If Trump runs for third term, why not Obama?

By Brandon Wetherbee
Posted June 23, 2025 at 1:33pm