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Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson speaks at a demonstration Tuesday outside a federal immigration office in Scarborough after a man was fatally shot by an ICE agent. (Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)

Campaigns

Maine Democrats in sprint to replace Platner on Senate ballot

Familiar faces are back on the trail ahead of July 25 party convention

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 14, 2026 at 6:17pm

Ohio Republican Derek Merrin faces a rematch with Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur this fall.

Campaigns

NRCC adds 7 more candidates to MAGA Majority program

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 15, 2026 at 7:00am
Justices Elena Kagan, left, and Amy Coney Barrett testify during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services hearing on Tuesday.

Congress

Supreme Court justices emphasize need for security funding

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 14, 2026 at 5:41pm
Sen. Darline Graham holds up her hand as she participates in a ceremonial swearing-in with Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, at the Capitol on Tuesday.

Congress

Darline Graham sworn in to the Senate as first sister to succeed a brother

By Nick Eskow
Posted July 14, 2026 at 5:07pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Republicans give a thumbs up during the enrollment ceremony of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act after the bill passed in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, July 3, 2025.

Opinion

One year in, how are Republicans doing selling the BBB to voters?

By David Winston
Posted July 14, 2026 at 4:42pm

Capitol Ink | Gerontocrat caucus

By R.J. Matson
Posted July 15, 2026 at 7:00am
Roll Call photo editor Doug Graham in the photo pit at RFK Stadium for the Congressional Baseball Game on June 29, 2006.

Editors Note: Roll Call’s Doug Graham: A man in full

By Jason Dick
Posted July 14, 2026 at 5:33pm

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm
Sean Astin, president of SAG-AFTRA, is seen in D.C. during a July 1 interview for the Political Theater podcast.

For Sean Astin, it’s see and be seen … on C-SPAN

By Jason Dick
Posted July 14, 2026 at 6:00am, Updated at 5:05pm

Capitol Lens | Keeping it in the family

By Tom Williams
Posted July 14, 2026 at 4:15pm
Speaker Mike Johnson is seen at the Capitol on June 30. That day didn’t go very well for him, as members of his conference helped tank a procedural rule. But this week, Republicans got back on the same page.

Johnson appeases holdouts and unfreezes House floor

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 14, 2026 at 3:45pm

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Senate Democratic leaders Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, left, Patty Murray of Washington and Charles E. Schumer of New York arrive for a news conference at the Capitol in June. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

What to expect when you’re not expecting a clear Senate winner

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 14, 2026 at 12:20pm
Roswell Encina, who is president and CEO of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, was riding a Metro train to a July Fourth party when members of Patriot Front boarded his car. As photos of him and a different passenger went viral this month, he reflected on the meaning of patriotism.

Facing America’s truth, with eyes and ears open

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted July 14, 2026 at 6:30am
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faces his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Todd Blanche takes his turn on the hot seat

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 14, 2026 at 5:30am

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Darline Graham Nordone speaks during a press conference on Monday in Columbia, S.C., where she was named by Gov. Henry McMaster, front right, to serve the remaining months of the term of her brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died Saturday. (Grant Baldwin/Getty Images)

South Carolina governor picks Graham’s sister to serve out his term

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 13, 2026 at 5:13pm, Updated at 11:12pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to the press as President Donald Trump and several GOP lawmakers look on during an Oval Office event on Feb. 3. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump loses his ‘Senate whisperer’ after Graham’s sudden death

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 13, 2026 at 2:49pm, Updated at 10:26pm
President Donald Trump speaks Monday before signing an executive order to drastically shrink two national monuments in Utah. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump informs Congress of renewed military action against Iran

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted July 13, 2026 at 6:16pm
An incident at the Capitol’s North Barricade rattled the congressional community Monday. Above, police tape is seen near the Capitol in 2021.

Man arrested at Capitol barricade had a gun in his lap, police say

By Nina Heller
Posted July 13, 2026 at 4:55pm
Speaker Mike Johnson celebrates the “One Big Beautiful Bill” on July 3, 2025. More than a year later, Republicans are treating the law as a menu of achievements they can highlight.

How to serve up a year-old bill

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 13, 2026 at 12:01pm
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., the ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee, raised the issue of cuts to medical research during the panel's June markup of the fiscal 2027 Defense spending bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Defense funding to research troops’ brain injuries shrank since 2025

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 13, 2026 at 8:21am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is seen on the House steps in June. This month he’ll be treading familiar ground as he tries again on some priorities.

This week: Graham’s death, McConnell’s recovery add to drama

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 13, 2026 at 5:30am
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., conducts a Senate Budget Committee confirmation hearing on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.

Lindsey Graham, defense hawk and four-term senator, dead at 71

By Jacob Fulton
Posted July 12, 2026 at 4:03am, Updated at 6:29pm
The office of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Sunday afternoon sent this photo of he and his wife, Elaine Chao. Submitted by the office of Sen. Mitch McConnell (Submitted by the office of Sen. Mitch McConnell)

After weeks of questions, McConnell provides information on health

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted July 12, 2026 at 6:21pm
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., talks with reporters outside the Capitol on Sept. 11, 2025.

Graham’s death upends primary season further

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 12, 2026 at 11:15am
Campaign workers erect signs before a Graham Platner event in Portland, Maine, on June 7. Now the state party is scrambling to find a replacement.

Race for Platner alternative takes shape

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 10, 2026 at 1:42pm, Updated at 5:03pm
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Capitol on June 24, 2026. Trump is flanked from left by Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Rick Scott, R-Fla., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.

Trump: Definitely not signing bipartisan housing bill

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted July 10, 2026 at 1:11pm
President Donald Trump rings the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq to mark the launch of Trump investment accounts for some U.S. children in the Oval Office on Monday.

Government-seeded accounts could test Trump’s ‘communists’ claim

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 10, 2026 at 12:57pm
President Donald Trump speaks during a Small Business Summit in the East Room of the White House on May 4. Trump on Thursday fired two members of the Election Assistance Commission, while a third resigned. The commission now has no commissioners.

After Thursday night firings, election commission has no members

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 10, 2026 at 11:09am
The Highway Trust Fund would still face significant shortfalls despite new fees on electric vehicles, the CBO analysis says. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

CBO: House highway bill would widen trust fund deficit

By Kelly Livingston
Posted July 10, 2026 at 6:23am
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at a primary election event on June 9 in Blue Hill, Maine. Platner announced Wednesday he was suspending his campaign amid a sexual assault accusation. Platner has called the accusation false.

Platner, accused of sexual assault, suspends Senate campaign

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 8, 2026 at 8:35pm, Updated July 9, 2026 at 9:50pm
The Smithsonian Castle is seen on the National Mall in 2015. During the current Trump administration, both Democrats and Republicans in Congress are watching a cultural battle play out over the Smithsonian.

As Trump threatens the Smithsonian, Congress is on the sidelines

By Nina Heller
Posted July 9, 2026 at 4:49pm

At the Races: As Maine goes …

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 9, 2026 at 3:10pm
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives to chair a Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on May 19, before his hospitalization in mid-June.

GOP leaders tried to quell McConnell health questions. It’s not working

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted July 8, 2026 at 4:45pm
A Graham Platner campaign sign is seen on June 9 at his primary election night event in Blue Hill, Maine.

Jockeying to replace Platner on Maine ballot has already begun

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 8, 2026 at 4:25pm
President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday during a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.

Little clarity on Iran from Trump, but new help ahead for Ukraine

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 8, 2026 at 3:04pm
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