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Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., right, and Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the GOP vice presidential nominee, talk at the Fiserv Forum on July 15 during the Republican National Convention.

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Why JD Vance might not carry Trump’s MAGA torch into the future

Some GOP delegates are big fans of Rep. Byron Donalds

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 24, 2024 at 2:41pm

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing for the agency Wednesday.

Congress

FBI director tells House panel details about Trump rally shooting

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 24, 2024 at 1:23pm
President Joe Biden walks toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Feb. 20, 2024.

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Republicans should be careful what they wish for on Biden resignation

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 24, 2024 at 1:03pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vice President Kamala Harris shake hands at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Feb. 17.

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How Kamala Harris could approach foreign conflicts as president

By Caroline Coudriet, John M. Donnelly and Mark Satter
Posted July 24, 2024 at 10:56am
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters after his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday.

Congress

House lawmakers to start summer break Thursday morning

By David Lerman and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 24, 2024 at 12:02pm
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, seen in the Capitol on March 13, has expressed concern that the CDC has strayed from its original public health mission and is doing too much.

Four years after COVID-19, CDC’s mission divides Capitol Hill 

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 23, 2024 at 6:18pm
Several groups have announced plans to protest as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress this week. Above, Netanyahu is pictured in Tel Aviv on Oct. 12, 2023.

Capitol hunkers down ahead of Netanyahu speech

By Justin Papp
Posted July 22, 2024 at 6:42pm, Updated July 23, 2024 at 5:15pm

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By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 29, 2024 at 5:13pm
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez plans to resign after being convicted on federal corruption charges.

Facing possible expulsion, Menendez plans to resign from Senate

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 23, 2024 at 5:10pm
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, at a campaign rally in Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Harris jabs Trump in campaign trail debut as unexpected race takes shape

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 23, 2024 at 4:23pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his last address to a joint meeting of Congress in 2015.

Netanyahu address creates a dilemma for Democrats

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 23, 2024 at 3:53pm

What Constituent Correspondence Reveals About Voter Sentiment

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 28, 2024 at 11:41am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., hold a news conference at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Tuesday.

Schumer, Jeffries back Harris, predict Democratic sweep

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 23, 2024 at 3:08pm
House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, seen here in 2023, this week hailed the fall of Chevron deference as a chance to “rein in the administrative state.”

A bigger, bolder Congress? Panel debates how to respond to end of Chevron deference

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 23, 2024 at 2:59pm
Kimberly Cheatle testifies Monday during the House Oversight and Accountability hearing on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

Secret Service director resigns after Trump rally shooting

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 23, 2024 at 12:07pm

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By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted April 22, 2024 at 12:11am
FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing in May.

House spending bill would clip FTC’s reach in MGM cyber probe

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 23, 2024 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | The torch

By R.J. Matson
Posted July 23, 2024 at 7:00am
A memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee to candidates pokes fun of Vice President Kamala Harris' "habit of laughing at inappropriate moments."

Hill Democrats relieved, but GOP preps Harris-focused attack lines

By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 23, 2024 at 5:00am

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By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted July 15, 2024 at 8:45pm
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at her campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., on Monday.

‘Changes everything’: Harris atop Democratic ticket alters race with Trump

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 22, 2024 at 5:46pm, Updated at 9:54pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., speaks to reporters in the Senate subway after a vote in January.

Senate panel takes step toward potential Menendez expulsion

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 22, 2024 at 6:35pm
A recording of Steve Bannon is played during a Jan. 6 Committee hearing in June 2022.

House backs Bannon in contempt of Congress appeal

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 22, 2024 at 4:20pm
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on reproductive rights in the Capitol on June 18.

Names circulate for Finance panel seat if Menendez leaves

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 22, 2024 at 3:19pm
Speaker Mike Johnson holds the convention gavel during his podium check on stage at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee before the start of the Republican National Convention on July 15.

Sources: House may scrap votes next week, start recess early

By Aidan Quigley
Posted July 22, 2024 at 2:23pm
Kimberly Cheatle, director of the U.S. Secret Service, testifies Monday during the House Oversight and Accountability hearing on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

House panel grills Secret Service director over Trump security

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 22, 2024 at 2:15pm
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, talks with then-Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson before her Supreme Court confirmation hearing in March 2022.

Self-described ‘tough lady’ Sheila Jackson Lee dead at 74

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 20, 2024 at 10:03am, Updated July 22, 2024 at 7:09am
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on the South Lawn of the White House on July 11, 2022.

Biden’s out, endorses Harris. Now what happens?

By John T. Bennett, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 21, 2024 at 6:53pm, Updated at 7:50pm
President Joe Biden boards Marine One en route to Philadelphia on the South Lawn of the White House on May 29.

Biden withdrawal could prompt legal fights over ballots

By Todd Ruger
Posted July 21, 2024 at 6:23pm
President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., on July 17 after testing positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms and returning from a campaign trip to Nevada.

Biden drops bid for second term under intense pressure from Democrats

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 21, 2024 at 2:05pm, Updated at 4:08pm
President Joe Biden greets Colorado Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen after the State of the Union address in the House chamber on Feb. 7.

These Democrats have called on Biden to quit the race

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted July 12, 2024 at 5:04pm, Updated July 21, 2024 at 2:13pm
Roll Call columnist Walter Shapiro dons headphones before recording a podcast with editor Jason Dick on Nov. 15, 2017.

Appreciation: Walter Shapiro, a pro’s pro who learned politics and journalism the hard way

By Jason Dick
Posted July 21, 2024 at 1:51pm
Aaron Regunberg, a member of the Pass the Torch Steering Committee, leads the crowd in a chant urging President Joe Biden to drop his bid for reelection at a demonstration outside the White House on Saturday.

Crowd worried about Trump urges Biden to drop out

By Herb Jackson
Posted July 20, 2024 at 5:34pm, Updated at 7:10pm
New Mexico's Martin Heinrich became the third Democratic senator to call on President Joe Biden to end his campaign for another term.

More Hill Democrats call on Biden to quit race

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 19, 2024 at 2:19pm, Updated at 7:17pm
Police stand guard near protesters in front of the Supreme Court in 2018 on the day Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh heard his first oral arguments.

Prosecutors seek trial in Supreme Court assassination plot case

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 19, 2024 at 3:47pm
Former President Donald Trump is pictured with his sons Don Jr., left, and Eric, in Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis., on Monday, the first day of Republican National Convention.

‘Trumpamania’ in Milwaukee — Congressional Hits and Misses, RNC edition

By Chris Hale
Posted July 19, 2024 at 11:14am
Former President Donald Trump arrives on stage at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukii to deliver his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday.

Fact-checking Day 4 of the Republican National Convention

By FactCheck .org
Posted July 19, 2024 at 11:14am
From left, former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, wife Melania, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the vice presidential nominee, and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance, celebrate on stage at the Fiserv Forum on Thursday, the final day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis.

Photos of the week at the Republican National Convention

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted July 19, 2024 at 10:16am

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