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President Joe Biden meets with members of his Cabinet about response efforts to Hurricane Helene in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Oct. 1.

Policy

Biden makes formal plea to Congress for disaster loan funds

SBA to run out of funds ‘in a matter of weeks,’ president tells Congress

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted October 4, 2024 at 10:31pm

Vice President Kamala Harris and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., arrive for a campaign event at Ripon College in Wisconsin on Thursday.

Campaigns

Calling Trump ‘petty’ and ‘vindictive,’ Liz Cheney makes conservative case for Harris

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 4, 2024 at 5:39am
The Supreme Court's new term starts on Monday, Oct. 7.

Podcasts

A ‘sleepy’ Supreme Court term? Yeah, right

By Jason Dick, Todd Ruger and Michael Macagnone
Posted October 2, 2024 at 5:56pm
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, participate in a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on Oct. 1, 2024, in New York City.

Campaigns

Fact-checking Vance’s health policy claims

By Ariel Cohen and Sandhya Raman
Posted October 2, 2024 at 4:29pm
Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz take part in the vice-presidential debate at CBS Studios in New York on Tuesday.

Fact-checking the Vance-Walz debate

By FactCheck.org
Posted October 2, 2024 at 4:07pm
Patrons watch the vice presidential debate between Republican candidate JD Vance and Democratic candidate Tim Walz at Union Pub on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

7 things I think I think about the vice presidential debate

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted October 2, 2024 at 3:56pm
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz shake hands at a vice presidential debate Tuesday night in New York.

Former defensive coordinator Tim Walz didn’t call many blitzes against JD Vance

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 2, 2024 at 1:23pm
Exterior of the Oconaluftee Visitor Center at Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Cherokee, N.C. The center was among facilities and roads closed as of Monday, according to the National Park Service.

America’s most popular national park crippled by Helene

By Mike Magner
Posted October 2, 2024 at 6:00am
Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee, debates Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee, on Tuesday night in New York. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Takeaways from VP debate as Trump vows veto of any federal abortion ban bill

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 1, 2024 at 11:25pm
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about flooding in North Carolina at the White House daily press briefing on Tuesday.

Hurricane relief funds stable for now, officials say

By David Jordan, John T. Bennett and Aidan Quigley
Posted October 1, 2024 at 5:39pm
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the ongoing response to the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the White House on Monday. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Biden floats recess action on Helene supplemental

By David Lerman
Posted September 30, 2024 at 2:41pm, Updated at 7:50pm
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 21. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

VP debate gives Walz a chance to ‘go on offense’ on immigration

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 30, 2024 at 2:09pm
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, tours a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border with Border Patrol Tucson Sector Chief John Modlin in Douglas, Ariz., on Friday. (Rebecca Noble/AFP via Getty Images)

Harris border visit shines light on House, Senate races in battleground Arizona

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 27, 2024 at 5:43pm, Updated at 8:50pm
A demonstrator holds a sign referencing calls for legislation to address gun violence is seen outside the Capitol in 2022.

Biden administration announces new actions to curb gun violence

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted September 26, 2024 at 2:45pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., conclude a news conference in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Short-term funding patch ready for Biden’s signature

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 25, 2024 at 4:36pm, Updated at 6:27pm
Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at a manufacturing plant in Mint Hill, N.C., on Wednesday. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump, Harris hit must-have states as they clash over economic visions

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 25, 2024 at 5:13pm
Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event on food security in Smithton, Pa., on Monday. He was in Georgia on Tuesday.

‘Take their factories’: Trump vows to snatch jobs from other countries

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 24, 2024 at 3:50pm
President Joe Biden places his hand on his chest as he leaves the stage after delivering his final address as president to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Biden warns about AI’s ‘risks,’ forces of ‘retreat’ in final UN address

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 24, 2024 at 12:02pm
President Joe Biden, seen here Monday in the East Room of the White House attending a ceremony to honor the Gotham FC 2023 NWSL Championship team, will deliver an address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.

‘Lame duck’ Biden heads to UN as Trump’s possible return further clouds world affairs

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 23, 2024 at 2:43pm
Former President Donald Trump is well defined among voters.

Trump’s biggest problem remains Trump

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted September 23, 2024 at 11:14am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., background, greet Architect of the Capitol workers during the “first nail ceremony,” marking the start of construction of the inauguration platform on the West Front plaza of the Capitol on Wednesday.

December stopgap funding bill readied for House floor action

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 22, 2024 at 5:11pm, Updated at 6:19pm
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., arrives for a House Democratic Caucus meeting in the Capitol Visitor Center on July 23.

House eyes vote early next week on bipartisan CR

By Aidan Quigley, Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman
Posted September 19, 2024 at 5:30pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves a news conference in the Capitol on Thursday.

Stopgap funding negotiations heat up after Johnson plan defeat

By David Lerman
Posted September 19, 2024 at 2:54pm
Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute conference Wednesday in Washington.

Harris warns of ‘massive detention camps’ under Trump

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 18, 2024 at 2:47pm
Audience members begin arriving for a town hall-style campaign for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Flint, Mich., on Tuesday.

‘High-speed chase’: Trump contradicts Florida sheriff at town hall

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 17, 2024 at 9:23pm
Former President Donald Trump arrives on stage on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18.

Trump does U-turn on ‘SALT’ deduction cap

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted September 17, 2024 at 4:45pm
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, participates in an interview hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists, in Philadelphia on Tuesday. (Jim WatsonAFP via Getty Images)

On Black vote, Harris won’t assume ‘I’m going to have it because I’m Black’

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 17, 2024 at 4:22pm
Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., walks down the House steps after the final vote of the week on Thursday.

Emergency veterans bill appears to be on a fast track

By Aidan Quigley
Posted September 16, 2024 at 1:54pm
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., left, said the White House action mirrors committee legislation. Ranking member Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., said Congress still has to act on comprehensive legislation.

White House says Congress has to act on ‘de minimis’ tariffs

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted September 16, 2024 at 11:20am
Former President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a press appearance at Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., on Friday. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump on running for president: ‘I don’t like doing this’

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 13, 2024 at 3:13pm
President Joe Biden, joined by survivors of domestic violence, speaks during an event marking the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Biden alludes to Trump case while hailing Violence Against Women Act, survivors

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 12, 2024 at 7:18pm
Vice President Kamala Harris greets former President Donald Trump at a ceremony in New York City marking 23 years since the 9/11 terrorist attack.

Harris, Trump take contrasting approaches to marking 9/11 terror attack anniversary

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 11, 2024 at 11:17am, Updated at 5:25pm
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
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris participated in a debate on Tuesday night in Philadelphia.

Takeaways from fiery Trump-Harris debate with contrasting visions on full display

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 10, 2024 at 11:22pm