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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.

Policy

Vance has diverse record on tax, spending

Elite universities, electric-vehicle subsidies among targets of Trump's running mate during short Senate career

By Aidan Quigley and Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 17, 2024 at 12:30pm

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

Policy

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.

Congress

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.

Congress

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
Kari Lake, a Republican Senate candidate in Arizona, is among those highlighting Wednesday's House vote.

Campaigns seize on House-passed bill to require proof of citizenship to vote

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 11, 2024 at 10:36am
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said she would introduce articles of impeachment against Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas.

With little hope of success, Democrats respond to high-court term

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 10, 2024 at 6:58pm
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez faces federal corruption charges in a New York trial that is seeing closing arguments this week.

Defense tells Menendez jurors that prosecutors provided ‘zero evidence’ of action taken because of a bribe

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 10, 2024 at 11:12am
Utah Republican Rep. Celeste Maloy who was sworn in in November, faces a primary recount.

Maloy’s slim lead in Utah House race heading to recount

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 10, 2024 at 7:54am
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries makes a statement supporting the candidacy of President Joe Biden on Monday.

House Democrats still split on Biden after high-stakes meeting

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted July 9, 2024 at 12:14pm, Updated at 6:07pm
Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., speaks at a 2021 Armed Services Committee hearing.

James Inhofe, iconoclastic former senator from Oklahoma, dies at 89

By Roll Call Staff
Posted July 9, 2024 at 11:24am
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., faces federal corruption charges in New York.

Menendez ‘put his power up for sale,’ say prosecutors in closing arguments in Manhattan trial

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 9, 2024 at 10:37am
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, has a bill that would block new dishwasher standards without a showing of significant savings to consumers.

House to vote on blocking new dishwasher, refrigerator standards

By David Jordan
Posted July 9, 2024 at 7:47am
Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., chairman of the House Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee, said the fiscal 2025 spending bill would restrain the "politically motivated and weaponized" Justice Department.

House Commerce-Justice-Science riders would limit Biden on guns

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 9, 2024 at 5:00am
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, speaks with ranking member Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, before a hearing on Nov. 8, 2023.

Senate appropriators ready emergency adds to spending bills

By Aidan Quigley and John M. Donnelly
Posted July 8, 2024 at 3:33pm, Updated at 7:13pm
President Joe Biden greets supporters and volunteers during a campaign stop at a Biden-Harris campaign office in Harrisburg, Pa., on Sunday.

‘Blood in the water’: Can defiant Biden clear Democratic lawmakers’ high bar?

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 8, 2024 at 12:38pm, Updated at 5:12pm
Reps. Joe Wilson, left, and Ann Wagner, center, both members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, are seeking to become the top Republican on the panel next year.

Four vie for top GOP Foreign Affairs spot; McCaul seeks waiver

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 8, 2024 at 3:30pm
New York Reps. Nick LaLota, left, and Anthony D’Esposito leave a House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on April 30.

Financial Services spending bill a big test for slim GOP margin

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 8, 2024 at 2:55pm
Pins to promote voting by Native Americans are at a display counter during a cultural meeting at the Comanche Nation fairgrounds in Lawton, Okla., on Sept. 30, 2023.

100 years after gaining citizenship, Native Americans face barriers to voting

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 8, 2024 at 9:10am
Rep. James R. Comer’s earmark total jumped more than tenfold from less than $20 million in last year’s House bills.

Earmarks in House spending bills increase over last year’s versions

By Peter Cohn and Ryan Kelly
Posted July 5, 2024 at 5:00am
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives for trial last month in New York City.

Sen. Bob Menendez begins defense in corruption trial

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 2, 2024 at 2:47pm
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center after a meeting of the House Republican Conference last month.

House panel files lawsuit to obtain Biden audio recording

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 1, 2024 at 6:20pm
Protesters hold signs in front of the Supreme Court in Washington while waiting Monday for the court to announce its decision on presidential immunity.

Historians, legal experts express dismay at Trump immunity ruling

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 1, 2024 at 3:15pm
Then-Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., attends the House Ways and Means Committee markup of the GOP tax overhaul plan on Nov. 9, 2017.

Newer crop of tax writers prepares to take on legacy 2017 law

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted July 1, 2024 at 10:08am