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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.

Congress

White House lobbies skeptical Republicans on reconciliation bill

GOP fiscal hawks protest lack of spending cuts

By Jacob Fulton
Posted July 15, 2026 at 12:05pm, Updated at 7:54pm

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.

Congress

Dems split on Massie effort to zero out Israel security aid

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 15, 2026 at 8:32pm
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.

Policy

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

By Lia DeGroot
Posted July 15, 2026 at 7:23pm
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during his confirmation hearing to be attorney general in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

White House

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, arrives on Wednesday as Senate Intelligence Chairman Tom Cotton, right, and ranking member Mark Warner prepare for his confirmation hearing.

Congress

Where has all the FISA fire gone?

By Valerie Yurk
Posted July 15, 2026 at 6:34pm

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

Fly-In Strategy: What Advocacy Experts Say Still Works

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted May 6, 2026 at 5:56pm

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

2026 State of Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 4, 2026 at 12:15pm
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
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

Read the latest issue

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

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
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
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
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