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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

Wray said shooter searched for information on JFK assassination

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 24, 2024 at 1:23pm

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
Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar speaks to reporters as she arrives for the Senate Democrats’ lunch in the Capitol.

Congress

Klobuchar staying put, not interested in Menendez’s Finance slot

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 23, 2024 at 8:27pm
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.

Policy

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
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
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
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
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
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
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pulled two spending bills that had been slated for floor votes this week as the appropriations process slows to a crawl.

Appropriations derailed

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted July 22, 2024 at 3:27pm
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
Former President Donald Trump and his Republican Party are riding high at their national nominating convention, confident of their prospects for winning in November.

‘Happy Days’ for Republicans in Milwaukee

By Jason Dick, John T. Bennett and Briana Reilly
Posted July 18, 2024 at 10:25am
Former President Donald Trump is pictured with his running mate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday.

Vance quietly tried to shape public health agenda in Congress

By Ariel Cohen
Posted July 17, 2024 at 6:13pm
Sen. JD Vance appears on stage for a podium check at the Fiserv Forum before the start of the Tuesday session of the Republican National Convention.

Vance has diverse record on tax, spending

By Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 17, 2024 at 12:30pm
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

Cantwell says she’ll cut path for privacy bill despite opposition

By Gopal Ratnam
Posted July 17, 2024 at 7:00am
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., exits Manhattan federal court Tuesday in New York City after a jury found him guilty on all 16 counts in a sweeping corruption case.

Menendez faces calls to resign after bribery conviction

By Ryan Tarinelli and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted July 16, 2024 at 2:36pm, Updated at 4:10pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives Tuesday for the second day of jury deliberations in his federal bribery case in New York City.

Sen. Bob Menendez convicted on all counts in corruption trial

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 16, 2024 at 1:28pm, Updated at 3:04pm
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., seen leaving a House vote on April 20, planned to be on an overseas trip during his party's national convention.

Which swing-district Republicans are skipping party’s convention?

By Daniela Altimari
Posted July 16, 2024 at 12:27pm
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Gary Peters, D-Mich., right, and ranking member Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., talk before a hearing.

Congress launches investigations of security failure at Trump rally

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 15, 2024 at 4:27pm, Updated at 5:50pm
Lt. T.K. Williams, Jr., of the Michigan State Police is seen along with a uniformed Secret Service officer and security officials on North Dr. M.L.K. Jr. Drive near the Fiserv Forum ahead of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Sunday.

Amid tense election, Secret Service working with already boosted budget

By Peter Cohn
Posted July 14, 2024 at 5:46pm
Congressional Democrats spent the week wringing their hands over supporting President Joe Biden, who continued to add to their woes.

Gaffe track — Congressional Hits and Misses

By Chris Hale
Posted July 12, 2024 at 3:11pm
President Joe Biden take a questions from a reporter during a press conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Thursday evening.

Biden admits other Democrats could beat Trump, but sends potential rivals a message

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 12, 2024 at 12:44pm
President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference at the close of the 75th NATO summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Thursday.

At high-stakes news conference, Biden calls Harris ‘Vice President Trump’

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 11, 2024 at 9:36pm
Christy Goldsmith Romero, President Joe Biden’s nominee to chair the FDIC, testifies at her confirmation hearing on Thursday.

FDIC nominee promises ‘complete overhaul’ of agency culture

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted July 11, 2024 at 3:52pm
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., walks to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee office in Washington for a meeting with Biden campaign officials on Thursday.

Murky situation continues after Senate Democrats huddle with Biden campaign brass

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 11, 2024 at 3:49pm
Jack Reed, chair of the Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, chats with ranking member Deb Fischer in May.

Senate appropriators advance Legislative Branch bill

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 11, 2024 at 1:43pm
Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., in his first outing as an Appropriations subcommittee chair, saw the Legislative Branch spending bill defeated on the House floor Thursday.

Legislative Branch spending bill defeated in House

By David Lerman
Posted July 11, 2024 at 12:20pm, Updated at 1:13pm
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., speaks during a June 26 news conference on efforts to hold Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in inherent contempt of Congress.

House rejects ‘inherent contempt’ resolution for Garland over tape of Biden interview

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 11, 2024 at 11:41am