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Bryan Bedford is President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Aviation Administration. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Congress

FAA administrator nomination headlines a respite week for senators

Main action will be at the Armed Services and Appropriations committees

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 8, 2025 at 5:00am

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., voted for the legislation but said he would work to head off future cuts to Medicaid after saying he was deeply opposed to such cuts.

Policy

Reconciliation law offers radiation compensation to more people

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 8, 2025 at 7:00am
The House Administration subcommittee devoted to modernization and innovation has yet to hold a public hearing this Congress, but panel Chair Stephanie Bice points to work behind the scenes. Above, Bice climbs the House steps in 2022.

Congress

They wanted to ‘fix Congress.’ They still do, modernizers say

By Justin Papp
Posted July 7, 2025 at 4:59pm
From left, Deja Foxx, Adelita Grijalva and Daniel Hernandez are seeking the Democratic nomination in the special election for Arizona’s 7th District.

Campaigns

Democratic divisions in Arizona special election don’t fall along conventional lines

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 7, 2025 at 5:58pm
Chris Cillizza, left, talks about his time at Roll Call and working with fellow reporter Damon Chappie, who died in 2004 at age 40. Dates of both photos are unknown

Opinion

‘The best investigative reporter I ever had a chance to work with’

By Chris Cillizza
Posted July 8, 2025 at 6:00am

Capitol Ink | Gilding the Congress

By R.J. Matson
Posted July 8, 2025 at 7:00am
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., voted for the legislation but said he would work to head off future cuts to Medicaid after saying he was deeply opposed to such cuts. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Serious legislating hits a low point

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted July 8, 2025 at 6:30am

Transcripts of presidential remarks and congressional hearings within 60 minutes

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

Capitol Lens | Chrome Dome

By Bill Clark
Posted July 7, 2025 at 4:44pm
Tennessee Rep. Mark E. Green will resign from the House on July 20. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Republican primary to succeed Rep. Mark Green heats up in Tennessee

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 7, 2025 at 4:24pm
Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans give a thumbs-up during the enrollment ceremony of the budget reconciliation bill in the Capitol after passage on July 3.

Far from the people it will impact, a big, beautiful circus on Capitol Hill

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted July 7, 2025 at 3:29pm

Track and shape policy faster than ever.

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted January 15, 2025 at 11:59am
Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez, left, and general manager Mike Rizzo, pose with World War II veteran Sidney Walton, 100, on 15th Street NW, during a parade to celebrate the World Series champions on Nov. 2, 2019.

That championship Nats season

By Jason Dick
Posted July 7, 2025 at 3:14pm
Activists opposing funding for Planned Parenthood demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court on April 2.

Planned Parenthood challenges GOP reconciliation law

By Sandhya Raman
Posted July 7, 2025 at 2:43pm
Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks takes a selfie Thursday with Arizona Rep. Juan Ciscomani ahead of the enrollment ceremony for the mammoth tax and spending measure that House Republicans had just cleared.

DCCC targets 35 House Republicans over budget law’s impact on rural hospitals

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 7, 2025 at 7:00am

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Republican lawmakers celebrate the signing of legislation known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act during a military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on Friday.

Trump signs ‘big beautiful bill’ at July Fourth ceremony at White House

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 4, 2025 at 6:41pm
Speaker Mike Johnson and his House Republican colleagues flash thumbs-up signs Thursday during the enrollment ceremony after passage of the GOP's sweeping tax and spending package.

Sweeping tax and spending bill hands both parties a midterm message

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 3, 2025 at 6:17pm
Attorney General Pamela Bondi testifies during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing last month.

Law enforcement groups oppose proposed anti-drug program cuts

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 3, 2025 at 5:17pm
President Donald Trump talks on the phone in April as he waits onboard Marine One to depart the Leesburg Executive Airport after visiting his Northern Virginia golf club.

Trump worked phones on ‘big beautiful bill’ — but left some arm-twisting to others

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 3, 2025 at 5:14pm

At the Races: OBBB vs. OBUB

By Daniela Altimari and Andrew Menezes
Posted July 3, 2025 at 4:00pm
Speaker Mike Johnson holds up the final vote total on passing President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" budget reconciliation bill on Thursday.

Mammoth budget bill heads to Trump’s desk in time for July Fourth

By David Lerman, Lia DeGroot and Sandhya Raman
Posted July 3, 2025 at 2:50pm, Updated at 3:11pm

Capitol Lens | Bringing Fourth

By Bill Clark
Posted July 3, 2025 at 1:06pm
Activists for and against trans rights protest outside the Supreme Court in December before the start oral arguments over a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors.

Supreme Court to decide legality of transgender sports bans

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 3, 2025 at 11:25am
An Architect of the Capitol worker wheels a bin full of empty pizza boxes from Speaker Mike Johnson’s office as the House prepares for a long night on Wednesday.

House nears passage of sweeping GOP budget bill

By David Lerman, Lia DeGroot and Sandhya Raman
Posted July 3, 2025 at 12:24am, Updated at 3:55am
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., right, and Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., do TV interviews in the Capitol on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Vibe shift in House as Trump, GOP leaders begin to flip votes

By David Lerman, Sandhya Raman, Olivia M. Bridges, David Jordan and Lia DeGroot
Posted July 2, 2025 at 7:30pm
The United States monitors the Juarez-El Paso border with armored vehicles last month in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Judge orders halt to Trump push to shut down border crossings

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 2, 2025 at 5:34pm
An adult female and a 16-year-old male were also injured in the shooting, which occurred in Northwest D.C.

Intern for Rep. Ron Estes killed in Northwest D.C. shooting

By Justin Papp
Posted July 2, 2025 at 5:29pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters before heading to the House chamber for a procedural vote on Wednesday.

GOP leaders work to convince House holdouts on budget package

By David Lerman, Lia DeGroot, David Jordan and Sandhya Raman
Posted July 2, 2025 at 4:32pm
Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, R-Ga., arrives for a meeting of House Republicans in the Capitol Visitor Center on May 15. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Rep. Carter, seeking Georgia Senate seat, surrenders Health gavel

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted July 2, 2025 at 2:38pm
President Donald Trump arrives at the South Lawn of the White House on June 9.

Trump meets with Freedom Caucus members and moderates, pushing ‘growth’ from ‘big, beautiful bill’

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 2, 2025 at 12:26pm
Former Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, is running for Senate again. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Former Rep. Colin Allred makes another bid for Senate in Texas

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 2, 2025 at 11:30am
Jackie Kucinich, center, now the Washington bureau chief for the Boston Globe, stands next to fellow Roll Call alumni John Stanton, who went on to edit The Gambit, at the Congressional Women's Softball game in 2013.

Defection to ‘enemy’ publication leads to memorable career move

By Jackie Kucinich
Posted July 2, 2025 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | Liftoff!

By R.J. Matson
Posted July 2, 2025 at 7:00am
Chairman Tim Scott gavels in a Senate Banking confirmation hearing on Feb. 27.

In the Spotlight: Tim Scott

By Nick Eskow
Posted July 2, 2025 at 6:00am
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, left, and Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon are the latest Republicans to announce their retirements. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Exits by Tillis and Bacon demonstrate Trump’s enduring grip on modern GOP

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 1, 2025 at 6:30pm
FBI Director Kash Patel arrives for a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing in May.

FBI announces selection of DC location for next headquarters

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 1, 2025 at 5:48pm

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