Democrats continue to outraise Republicans in key Senate races Democratic Senate candidates continue to outraise their Republican opponents in battleground midterm races, new federal filings show. Roll Call · Feb 1
Democrat Christian Menefee wins House special election runoff in Texas Democrat Christian Menefee has won a special election runoff to succeed the late Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died nearly a year ago. Roll Call · Jan 31
Wrap-up: Senate plows spending work back to the House With choice words and blunt instruments, people chipped away at obstacles in Washington this week — and it wasn’t just the “snowcrete.” Roll Call · Jan 30
Senate passes spending package with Homeland Security punt A two-week stopgap Homeland Security measure is intended to buy time for bipartisan negotiations on immigration enforcement tactics. Roll Call · Jan 30
Government paid discrimination claim related to office of ex-Rep. Chavez-DeRemer The government paid nearly $100,000 to resolve an employment discrimination claim out of Lori Chavez-DeRemer's former congressional office. Roll Call · Jan 30
Breaking the ice — Congressional Hits and Misses This week saw Washingtonians digging themselves out of the ice and lawmakers digging themselves out of the political storm created by ICE. Roll Call · Jan 30
Graham outlines demands as clock ticks on spending package South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham laid out a list of demands Friday to get him to allow swift action on the $1.2 trillion spending package. Roll Call · Jan 30
Justice Department ends Epstein review with big document release The Justice Department said it is releasing a sprawling new trove of documents Friday on deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Roll Call · Jan 30
As ICE arrests increased, a higher portion had no U.S. criminal record FactCheck.org examines the Trump administration’s claims that they are focusing on “the worst of the worst” in immigration enforcement. Roll Call · Jan 30
Warsh's path to Fed chair may face even GOP obstacle in Senate President Trump says he'll nominate Kevin Warsh, a Federal Reserve Board member from 2006 to 2011, to be the next chairman. Roll Call · Jan 30
Photos of the week | January 23-29, 2026 Amid snow and severe cold, senators debated immigration enforcement. Here are images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week. Roll Call · Jan 30
House Republicans lean into voter ID debate Election requirements are at the heart of a new mega-package — and a brewing floor revolt over proof of citizenship. Roll Call · Jan 29
California urges Supreme Court to allow new congressional map California officials told the Supreme Court on Thursday the state should be able to use its new congressional map in this fall's elections. Roll Call · Jan 29
Tillis 'unleashed' A stream of honesty from the retiring Sen. Thom Tillis has turned into an increasingly personal back-and-forth with the president. Roll Call · Jan 29
Roll Call · Jan 29 Senate spending deal runs into 'hotline' headwinds The Senate adjourned late Thursday night without reaching a bipartisan time agreement on votes and a limited list of amendments.
Roll Call · Jan 29 Trump sends a message to next Fed chair, says deal ‘close’ on funding President Trump let his coming Federal Reserve chair nominee know he expects a big interest rate cut later this year.
Roll Call · Jan 29 At the Races: What’s in a bill? Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including immigration and campaign launches.
Roll Call · Jan 29 Forecast shows chance of snow, shutdown It was supposed to be fairly straightforward. The Senate would return to Washington and pass the big spending package the House passed last week and the Capitol would shake off its all-too-familiar shutdown showdown drama. Then federal immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in the street in Minneapolis. Homeland…
Roll Call · Jan 29 Senate talks move in direction of splitting off DHS funding bill Plan would include removing Homeland Security bill from the package, replacing it with a short-term continuing resolution for that agency
Roll Call · Jan 29 Klobuchar announces campaign for Minnesota governor Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Thursday formally launched her campaign to become the first female governor of Minnesota.
Roll Call · Jan 28 ICE shootings heighten criticism of Kristi Noem's tenure at DHS Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is in the middle of blowback from Congress about public safety in immigration enforcement.
Roll Call · Jan 28 Fight over ICE takes center stage in contested Senate primaries The fallout from the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minnesota is reverberating in Senate races nationwide.
Roll Call · Jan 28 White House rejects Democrats' DHS demands to unlock funding bill The White House rejected a Democratic call for restraints on immigration agents, saying talks should be separate from a big spending measure.
Roll Call · Jan 28 CBO: National Guard deployments cost half-billion dollars Patrols in six U.S. cities cost about $496 million in 2025, and continued deployments would cost about $93 million per month.
Roll Call · Jan 28 Rubio leaves door open to more military action in Venezuela Rubio left open possibility that the administration could use military force if Venezuela’s interim president doesn’t cooperate with the U.S.