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The days are long but the legislative summer is short in Washington. Above, a jogger is reflected in a puddle on Union Square in 2023.

Congress

Wrapup: Congress’ July sprint off to a stumbling start

House pulls a vets vote, and senators expect to do their ‘own thing’ on reconciliation 3.0

By Savannah Behrmann and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 17, 2026 at 11:28am

South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham arrives for her ceremonial swearing-at the Capitol on Tuesday.

Campaigns

Trump backs newly appointed Darline Graham for full Senate term

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 17, 2026 at 5:13pm
Family members of victims speak to reporters on March 25 outside the Los Angeles County Superior Court during one of the coordinated lawsuits alleging that Meta and YouTube are designed to hook young users and cause them a variety of negative mental health effects.

Policy

Kids online safety push faces First Amendment hurdles

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted July 17, 2026 at 1:18pm
A black drape and flowers mark the seat once belonging to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham at a Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday.

Congress

Dates set for Lindsey Graham funeral services

By Savannah Behrmann
Posted July 17, 2026 at 2:41pm
Flowers honoring the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., are seen during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday.

Video

‘A dumber and grimmer place’  — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted July 17, 2026 at 4:49pm
A patient is wheeled to surgery on the opening day of UCI Health - Irvine in Irvine, Calif., on Dec. 10, 2025. Many of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grants terminated this week had supported junior researchers and innovative studies focused on patient care.

HHS research agency ends funding for dozens of health studies

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted July 17, 2026 at 4:14pm
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.

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

By David Winston
Posted July 14, 2026 at 4:42pm, Updated July 17, 2026 at 3:35pm

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm
President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House on July 16, 2026.

The Factba.se deep dive on Trump fraud claims

By Bill Frischling
Posted July 17, 2026 at 12:25pm
A screen showing President Donald Trump's address to the nation is seen in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Thursday night as he delivers an address from the nearby East Room.

Trump’s questionable claims cast doubt over midterms as Dems fret

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 17, 2026 at 11:08am
A National Guard soldier is seen inside the perimeter of the Great American State Fair as attractions were being disassembled on Sunday. The fair ran from June 25th to July 10th.

Photos of the week | July 10-16, 2026

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 17, 2026 at 6:00am

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
Rep. Chip Roy arrives at the Capitol on June 11, 2026. A reconciliation bill critic, he skipped the budget markup vote on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Budget resolution faces dicey House vote after committee approval

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted July 16, 2026 at 6:37pm

At the Races: Democratic aches in the Great Lakes

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 16, 2026 at 6:30pm
Jay Clayton, nominee to be director of national intelligence, arrives on Wednesday as Senate Intelligence Chairman Tom Cotton, right, and ranking member Mark Warner prepare for his confirmation hearing.

Where has all the FISA fire gone?

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 15, 2026 at 6:34pm, Updated July 16, 2026 at 4:17pm

Read the latest issue

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 23, 2020 at 11:36am
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, seen at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Wednesday, finished the second quarter with nearly $43 million in his campaign account. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democratic candidates sustain fundraising pace as GOP strains to keep up

By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Ryan Kelly
Posted July 16, 2026 at 3:40pm
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 8. The House is getting ready to consider a bill that would stop members of Congress from buying new stocks.

How curbing Congress’ stock-trading took a partisan turn

By Nina Heller
Posted July 16, 2026 at 2:15pm
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., questions acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during his confirmation hearing to be attorney general in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, July 15, 2026.

Tillis adds a new condition to his vote for Blanche

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 16, 2026 at 1:26pm

Capitol Ink | Lindsey Graham: In Memoriam

By R.J. Matson
Posted July 16, 2026 at 7:00am
Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is seen after a committee roundtable on June 10, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Cruz, Democrats push back on FCC move to lift ownership cap

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted July 16, 2026 at 4:18am
House Minority Whip Katherine M. Clark, D-Mass., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., conduct a news conference on April 22. The two differed on an amendment that would zero out aid to Israel.

Dems split on Massie effort to zero out Israel security aid

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 15, 2026 at 8:32pm
Vice President JD Vance, above, and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., huddled with the House GOP conference in the Capitol basement for a roughly 45-minute pep talk Wednesday.

White House lobbies skeptical Republicans on reconciliation bill

By Jacob Fulton
Posted July 15, 2026 at 12:05pm, Updated at 7:54pm
Erica Schwartz attends her confirmation hearing to become director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday.

CDC nominee walks tightrope on vaccines, service under RFK Jr.

By Lia DeGroot
Posted July 15, 2026 at 7:23pm

At the Races: As Maine goes …

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 9, 2026 at 3:10pm, Updated July 15, 2026 at 6:08pm
Republicans, including House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, have defended the bill as saving taxpayer dollars while still addressing the most important U.S. national security needs.

Fiscal 2027 State Department spending bill passed by House

By Rebecca Kheel
Posted July 15, 2026 at 5:37pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., walks through the Senate subway area in the Capitol with a security detail on June 2. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

No Graham heir apparent to help shape Trump’s foreign policy

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 15, 2026 at 5:13pm
Alex Forsberg, an intern in Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s office, dons a hot dog costume at the "Taste of Michigan" event in the Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday.

Capitol Lens | Hot Dog Day afternoon

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 15, 2026 at 4:41pm
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during his confirmation hearing to be attorney general in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

Blanche pushes back on ‘weaponization’ fund worries during hearing

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 15, 2026 at 2:38pm
Jay Clayton, nominee to be director of national intelligence, testifies during his Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Clayton defends subpoenas of journalists in tense confirmation hearing 

By Nina Heller
Posted July 15, 2026 at 12:52pm
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a physician, sponsors the legislation.

Bipartisan bill to eliminate hepatitis C unveiled in House

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted July 15, 2026 at 12:43pm
Ohio Republican Derek Merrin faces a rematch with Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur this fall.

NRCC adds 7 more candidates to MAGA Majority program

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 15, 2026 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | Gerontocrat caucus

By R.J. Matson
Posted July 15, 2026 at 7:00am
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)

Maine Democrats in sprint to replace Platner on Senate ballot

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 14, 2026 at 6:17pm
Justices Elena Kagan, left, and Amy Coney Barrett testify during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services hearing on Tuesday.

Supreme Court justices emphasize need for security funding

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 14, 2026 at 5:41pm
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
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.

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

By Nick Eskow
Posted July 14, 2026 at 5:07pm
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