HISTORICAL FACTS: 38 - The Untold Story

Supreme Court finds ‘conversion therapy’ law unconstitutional

The Supreme Court on Tuesday invalidated a Colorado law that bans so-called “conversion therapy” in talk therapy for LGBTQ patients. The decision found that such laws violate the free speech rights of counselors. The 8-1 decision reversed a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit that…

Roll Call · Mar 31

GOP leadership schism

The House and Senate standoff over Homeland Security funding exposed a stunning disconnect between the top two Republican leaders. CQ Roll Call’s Aidan Quigley and David Lerman discuss the clash over funding strategies between the two chambers, the prospects for reaching a deal and whether a two-week recess will have…

Roll Call · Mar 30

Lawsuit seeks damages for police use of force during Jan. 6 attack

Three individuals who were on Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, filed a class-action lawsuit Friday in Florida seeking damages related to the use of force by police officers during the attack. The federal lawsuit alleges police “physically assaulted members of the crowd” that assembled on the Capitol’s west-side outdoor…

Roll Call · Mar 30

House opts for stopgap funding as DHS standoff deepens

Angered by a bipartisan Senate plan to end a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, House Republicans countered with an eight-week funding extension that virtually ensures a continuation of the standoff. The House on Friday passed a stopgap funding bill for the department that Senate Democrats warned has no…

Roll Call · Mar 27

Senate to stay on SAVE after recess

It was a beautiful, warm Sunday in Washington, D.C., and Sen. Lisa Murkowski was leaving the Capitol to go “pot some plants.” The Alaska Republican, along with her Senate colleagues, were in town that day for a rare weekend session to continue extended debate on the GOP’s voter ID bill…

Roll Call · Mar 27

House GOP rejects bipartisan Senate bill to end DHS shutdown

House Republicans — caught by surprise by the Senate’s early-morning deal on Department of Homeland Security spending — signaled they wouldn’t be jammed by the other chamber on their way out the door to a two-week recess, instead proposing a roughly eight-week stopgap measure to buy more time for negotiations. The…

Roll Call · Mar 27

Transportation Chair Graves will retire after 26 years in House

Rep. Sam Graves, who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is joining a growing list of lawmakers deciding not to seek reelection this year. “After considerable reflection, 2026 will be my final year in Congress,” Graves, 62, said in a Friday statement. “This wasn’t an easy decision, but it’s…

Roll Call · Mar 27

Sources: White House to propose 20 percent cut to NIH funding

The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut National Institutes of Health spending by 20 percent in the president’s fiscal 2027 budget request, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the planning. The budget request, slated for release next week, reflects President Donald Trump’s policy priorities and acts as a…

Roll Call · Mar 27

‘Impulsive and emotional’: Trump tosses traditional wartime presidency blueprint

President Donald Trump has thrown out the blueprint for the wartime American presidency — and it has hindered his management of the Iran conflict, former officials and analysts said. Those experts said this week that where previous U.S. commanders in chief have sought to portray a steel will and generals-based…

Roll Call · Mar 27

Photos of the week | March 23-27, 2026

From a new senator to blooming cherry blossoms, there was a lot happening on and around Capitol Hill this week ahead of the long spring recess. Here are some of the top images of the past week from Roll Call’s photojournalists.

Roll Call · Mar 27