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Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff had another strong fundraising quarter.

Campaigns

4 takeaways from second-quarter fundraising reports

Vulnerable House Republicans continue to raise big sums with majority on the line

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Ryan Kelly and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 16, 2025 at 4:52pm

When Congress works unpredictable hours, so do the officers who protect them. Overtime can be a key incentive to attract talent in a region saturated with law enforcement agencies, but some say the current pay cap system is overly complex.

Heard on the Hill

Pay caps are a ‘slap in the face’ for some in Capitol Police

By Justin Papp
Posted July 16, 2025 at 4:38pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, here at a July 9 event in the Capitol, posted a record fundraising haul for the second quarter.

Campaigns

Breaking news: Speakers raise a lot of money

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 16, 2025 at 2:58pm

Heard on the Hill

Capitol Lens | Booker blocker

By Bill Clark
Posted July 16, 2025 at 4:48pm
Meredith Shiner, in a familiar spot in the Capitol when she worked at Roll Call.

Opinion

Legacy in a time of chaos: How honoring Roll Call is living the values of journalism

By Meredith Shiner
Posted July 16, 2025 at 11:41am
President Donald Trump talks to reporters Wednesday during a meeting in the Oval Office with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s Epstein tirade, Fed chair threats drown out Vance’s ‘big’ bill sales pitch

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 16, 2025 at 3:55pm
Chairman Mike Rogers arrives for the House Armed Services Committee’s markup of the defense portion of the budget reconciliation process on April 29.

Armed Services panel approves defense bill after marathon markup

By Mark Satter
Posted July 16, 2025 at 3:09pm

Transcripts of presidential remarks and congressional hearings within 60 minutes

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted June 13, 2025 at 3:33pm
New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference at the United Federation of Teachers headquarters on July 9.

Does Mamdani represent a big tent or a big problem for Democrats?

By David Winston
Posted July 16, 2025 at 2:14pm
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans are on course to back Emil Bove Thursday for an appellate court seat, declining to hold further hearings.

Senate Judiciary expected to back Bove for seat on 3rd Circuit

By Michael Macagnone and Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 16, 2025 at 11:44am
A sign with the name of Republicans' new tax and spending measure is seen by a desk in the Capitol on July 3 after the House passed the bill. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)

DNC launches new website to highlight costs of GOP tax and spending package

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 16, 2025 at 5:00am

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
Adelita Grijalva will be the Democratic nominee in the special election to succeed her late father in Arizona's 7th District. (Screenshot/ ¡Adelante Con Adelita!/ YouTube)

Adelita Grijalva wins Democratic primary for late father’s seat in Arizona

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 15, 2025 at 11:29pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, seen at a June hearing, complained that the White House hasn't provided details needed to consider the administration's program reductions. She voted with Democrats against advancing the rescissions measure. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

GOP narrowly advances rescissions package to Senate floor

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 15, 2025 at 10:57pm
House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, R-Md., center, said he wanted to drive a "stake into the heart" of a possible central bank digital currency.

Crypto, Defense bills back on track after Oval Office talk

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted July 15, 2025 at 8:36pm, Updated at 9:36pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, pictured wielding his gavel in June, said the bills’ funding levels are below current spending but surpass the president’s request.

GOP spending bills run into intraparty friction in House

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 15, 2025 at 5:38pm, Updated at 8:26pm
From left, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Pennsylvania Sen. Dave McCormick, President Donald Trump, Blackstone Group CEO Jon Gray and Google executive Ruth Porat are seen at an AI and energy summit in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump touts billions for Pennsylvania energy, AI sectors while jabbing at Biden

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 15, 2025 at 5:48pm
Rep. Lori Trahan, pictured here in March, says the bill “would grant sweeping power to the NCAA and athletic conferences” at the expense of student-athletes. Trahan is a former Division I volleyball player at Georgetown University.

House subcommittee advances NIL framework for college sports

By Justin Papp
Posted July 15, 2025 at 4:37pm

Capitol Lens | Strike force

By Bill Clark
Posted July 15, 2025 at 2:26pm
Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., said the Senate spending bill will maintain staffing levels at the National Weather Service.

Trump’s proposed NOAA cuts meet Senate appropriators’ opposition

By David Jordan
Posted July 15, 2025 at 1:50pm

Capitol Ink | Fetal position

By R.J. Matson
Posted July 15, 2025 at 7:00am
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’

By John McArdle
Posted July 15, 2025 at 6:00am
From left, Deja Foxx, Adelita Grijalva and Daniel Hernandez are running in the special election for Arizona's 7th District.

What to know about the Arizona special election primary for Grijalva’s seat

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 15, 2025 at 5:00am
“We’re hearing people out and we are obviously weighing what an amendment process on the floor … might look like, what if any changes could be made in advance of the floor,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., seen here on July 9, said Monday.

Senators face crucial vote on $9.4 billion rescissions package

By Rachel Oswald and David Lerman
Posted July 14, 2025 at 7:05pm
Pennsylvania Democrat Janelle Stelson is challenging Republican Rep. Scott Perry again. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Pennsylvania Democrat back for a rematch against Rep. Scott Perry

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 14, 2025 at 4:01pm, Updated at 6:24pm
Rep. Zach Nunn is running for reelection to Iowa's 3rd District.

Iowa Rep. Zach Nunn decides on reelection to swing seat after talk with Trump

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 14, 2025 at 5:38pm

Capitol Lens | Butler revisited

By Tom Williams
Posted July 14, 2025 at 4:51pm
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, shown here at Senate testimony in June, said the high court established that President Donald Trump is the 'ultimate authority' on executive branch staffing.

Justices allow mass layoffs at Education Department

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 14, 2025 at 4:38pm
Members of Congress bring it in before last year’s Congressional Women's Softball Game at Watkins Recreation Center, a community field outside an elementary school. This year, the charity event will move to Audi Field, the soccer stadium in Southwest Washington.

Congressional softball to make Audi Field debut

By Hunter Savery
Posted July 14, 2025 at 4:36pm
Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., seen in the Capitol last month. He issued the final report on the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump this week.

Senate panel faults Secret Service over Trump shooting attempt

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 14, 2025 at 3:50pm
Wreckage from American Airlines Flight 5342 is pulled from the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Feb. 3. The plane collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29, killing 67 people.

Lawmakers mull a pricey air traffic control ‘wish list’

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 14, 2025 at 3:15pm
Former Tennessee Rep. Van Hilleary is running to succeed fellow Republican John W. Rose, his onetime boss, in the 6th District.

Former Tennessee Rep. Van Hilleary seeks House comeback

By Victor Feldman
Posted July 14, 2025 at 3:01pm
Vindman, right, is seen in the Capitol with his twin brother Alexander Vindman on Dec. 18.

In the Spotlight: Eugene Vindman

By Nick Eskow
Posted July 14, 2025 at 2:54pm
President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday evening.

Trump agrees to help NATO arm Ukraine amid frustrations with Putin

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 14, 2025 at 12:54pm
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.

Remember George P. Bush? Neither do I.

By Stuart Rothenberg
Posted July 14, 2025 at 12:18pm
House Financial Services Chairman French Hill, R-Ark. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House debates Pentagon spending, crypto as rescissions head to Senate

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 14, 2025 at 5:37am

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