Rotunda tribute and Cathedral funeral announced for Lindsey Graham
The late Sen. Lindsey Graham will be honored with a ceremony in the Capitol’s Rotunda ahead of a funeral at the National Cathedral next Tuesday. “For so many of us in the Senate and the House, myself included, Lindsey was more than a colleague, he was a friend,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said […]
Competing bills aim for elusive changes to drug discount program
A fight over an embattled drug discount program is intensifying on Capitol Hill, as lawmakers weigh competing proposals to reshape the program amid escalating tensions between hospitals and drugmakers. Lawmakers in both chambers have rolled out, or are planning to soon introduce, fresh proposals to alter the 340B program, which requires drug manufacturers sell deeply […]
Independent voters have been skeptical of Trump’s election claims
Independent voters’ skepticism of Donald Trump’s baseless claims about the 2020 presidential race and his contention that American elections are not secure are contributing to a broader trend of the key voting bloc abandoning the president ahead of November’s midterms. Multiple polls conducted in recent weeks show independents continue to be frustrated by Trump’s job […]
Surge in veterans’ brain injuries shown in VA records
The number of former servicemembers enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs system who have had traumatic brain injuries spiked considerably in the last four years on record, new data from the department shows. The figures, which were posted on the VA website last week, demonstrate that the number of reported TBI instances in the […]
Appeals court upholds contempt of Congress conviction for Navarro
A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a contempt of Congress conviction against Trump ally Peter Navarro tied to his defiance of subpoenas from the panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously upheld Navarro’s two-count contempt conviction […]
Dashed dreams for consensus group ahead of stock trading vote
An upcoming vote on reining in stock trading by members of Congress is serving as a painful reminder of what could have been for a bipartisan working group who hoped to ban stock ownership by lawmakers entirely. Members who spent months working on the effort described lingering frustration this week as a bill backed by […]
North Carolina not so quietly pushes Trump’s efforts to restrict the vote
What’s next? Asking how many jelly beans are in the jar? That was a question election workers, particularly in the South, used to ask voters. Not surprisingly, Black voters, who wanted simply to exercise their rights as American citizens to cast a ballot, always managed to guess wrong. How many bubbles in a bar of […]
At the Races: Copper State clashes
Welcome to a special edition of At the Races! Throughout the 2026 primary season, watch for these updates from the CQ Roll Call campaign team on what you need to know for Election Day. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire After a three-week […]
House spending push
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is trying this week to adopt a budget resolution and pass the annual defense authorization bill and stopgap spending measure. CQ Roll Call’s Aris Folley and Jacob Fulton join guest host Aidan Quigley to discuss the prospects of the continuing resolution and the budget resolution in the House’s final week before […]
Former Rep. Tim Murphy dies at age 73
Former Rep. Tim Murphy, who championed mental health issues for nearly 15 years before abruptly stepping down from his House seat amid a scandal involving an extramarital affair, has died at the age of 73. The Pennsylvania Republican died Saturday of an apparent heart attack, according to local news reports. A psychologist, Murphy was a […]