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Former Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., was the latest member of Congress to bid adieu and leave before his term was over.

Editor’s Note: The 119th Congress in numbers, post-Labor Day edition

By Jason Dick
Posted September 8, 2025 at 3:44pm
Employees manufacture traditional Chinese medicine plaster products in the workshop of a pharmaceutical company in Xingyi City, Qianxinan Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China, on July 31.

How the US can beat China on drug safety and national security

By Ted Yoho
Posted September 5, 2025 at 7:00am
National Guard troops are seen in Washington on Aug. 28. After his show of federal force in D.C., President Donald Trump seems keen on testing his power in other urban centers, with little understanding of and much scorn for the people who live there, Curtis writes.

Inner-city Americans deserve respect — and crime policies that work

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted September 4, 2025 at 6:00am
Louis Jacobson, at far right, writes about his time finding a niche at Roll Call alongside such colleagues as, from left to right, Editor Tim Curran, Erin Billings, David Drucker and Paul Kane, seen here in Roll Call's offices in an interview with then-Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va.

How an editor found a home at Roll Call in unconventional ways

A sign of support for President Donald Trump is seen on the side of a semi-trailer in East Palestine, Ohio, on Aug. 27.

Polling should provide clarity, not confusion

By David Winston
Posted September 3, 2025 at 3:16pm
Protesters participate in a Free D.C. press conference and rally near the White House in Washington on Monday, Aug. 11.

Trump’s DC crime rhetoric doesn’t match day-to-day reality

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted August 20, 2025 at 4:06pm
Voters use a District of Columbia Board of Elections mail-in-ballot drop box at Union Market in Washington on Oct. 5, 2020.

White House changes course after Trump vows executive order to ‘end’ mail-in voting

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 20, 2025 at 12:59pm
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading on March 4, 2024 in New York City.

Looking for answers to the congressional stock-trading conundrum

By Bruce Stokes and John Newcaster
Posted August 20, 2025 at 12:01pm
President Donald Trump got some positive economic data this week — even if his decision to diss the July jobs report and fire the head of the BLS may have cost him, Winston writes.

Republicans got some good news on inflation

By David Winston
Posted August 13, 2025 at 3:10pm
The Roll Call team scrambles to produce a newspaper from an emergency location after the office lost power on May 31, 2011.

During a time of crisis, resourceful Roll Call staffers got creative

By Paul Singer
Posted August 13, 2025 at 11:33am
Fred Rogers introduced a generation of kids to emotions, sharing, self-acceptance and Daniel Tiger. His legacy at PBS Kids doesn’t have to be partisan, Wetherbee writes.

Introduce the Daniel Tiger Act, keep your seat

By Brandon Wetherbee
Posted August 13, 2025 at 6:00am