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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)

White House

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

President touts 'Big' bill, Boeing aircraft sales and revenues from tariffs

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 15, 2025 at 5:48pm

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.

Congress

GOP spending bills run into intraparty friction in House

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 15, 2025 at 5:38pm, Updated at 8:26pm
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.

Congress

House subcommittee advances NIL framework for college sports

By Justin Papp
Posted July 15, 2025 at 4:37pm
Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., said the Senate spending bill will maintain staffing levels at the National Weather Service.

Congress

Trump’s proposed NOAA cuts meet Senate appropriators’ opposition

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

Opinion

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

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

Transcripts of presidential remarks and congressional hearings within 60 minutes

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted June 13, 2025 at 3:33pm

Capitol Lens | Strike force

By Bill Clark
Posted July 15, 2025 at 2:26pm

Capitol Ink | Fetal position

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

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
“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

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am

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
President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott meet with local emergency services personnel Friday as they survey flood damage along the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Deadly Texas flooding puts Trump’s past talk of eliminating FEMA to the test

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 11, 2025 at 5:54pm
The measure also includes elements of Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker’s sweeping proposal to overhaul the Defense Department’s approach to acquisition.

Senate NDAA would hike defense spending by $32 billion

By Briana Reilly
Posted July 11, 2025 at 5:41pm
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) logo is seen during a news conference at the National Hurricane Center in Miami on May 30.

Should we talk about the weather? — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted July 11, 2025 at 3:44pm
American cyclist Greg LeMond accepts the Congressional Gold Medal from Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during a ceremony to honor the Tour de France winner in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Wednesday. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., left, and LeMond’s wife, Kathy, also appear. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | July 4-10, 2025

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 11, 2025 at 9:20am
Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Chair Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., seen here June 30, called the measure "a strategic investment" to improve security of Congress. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Appropriators advance Legislative Branch bill without GAO cuts

By Justin Papp
Posted July 10, 2025 at 6:14pm
The J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington, D.C.

FBI headquarters fight stymies spending bill in Senate

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 10, 2025 at 5:43pm
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives to a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health budget hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 24.

HHS policy bars undocumented immigrants from some health programs

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 10, 2025 at 4:24pm
The Las Vegas Strip lights up after sunset in Las Vegas, Nev., on Aug. 23, 2020.

Gambling tax repeal bill blocked in Senate

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 10, 2025 at 4:07pm

At the races: Summertime madness

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 10, 2025 at 3:26pm
Activists gathered with signs at the U.S. Supreme Court before the court heard oral arguments regarding President Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship executive order on May 15.

Federal judge again blocks end to birthright citizenship

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 10, 2025 at 1:46pm
Father and son Bengt Wiberg, left, and Daniel Wiberg are pictured in their office. The father and son run Stingfree AB, which sells nicotine pouches. Both are former smokers who say this has helped them.

In Sweden, smokeless products drive tobacco harm reduction push

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 10, 2025 at 7:01am

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