UNCOVERED: 7 - The Untold Story

Congress’ wide age gap comes into focus

Iowa Sen. Charles E. Grassley, the oldest member of Congress, was born in 1933, the year Prohibition ended.  On the other end of the age spectrum, Congress’ youngest member, Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost of Florida, was born in 1997, the year Google registered its domain. That’s an age gap of…

Roll Call · Aug 24

A Massachusetts primary tests Democrats’ appetite to ‘change the culture’

PEABODY, Mass. — The 2026 midterm primary cycle has been a year of tests — both ideological and generational — for Democrats across the nation.  A race for a House seat north of Boston poses another question: Are voters looking for a candidate with powerful connections and a raft of…

Roll Call · Aug 21

Trump creates beef with ranchers over new import plan

President Donald Trump’s new plan to temporarily allow more tariff-free foreign beef into the U.S. in an effort to bring down prices has only ramped up tensions with domestic cattle ranchers, who warn the policy could hurt both U.S. producers and consumers. The backlash comes as Republicans face mounting pressure…

Roll Call · Aug 21

At the Races: Party’s (not) over?

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire American politics is defined by partisan divides, disenfranchised voters, big money and powerful…

Roll Call · Aug 20

Republicans revive false miscarriage statistic, twist Fauci’s texts about COVID-19 shots

By Kate Yandell ANALYSIS — Studies have shown no connection between COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and increased risk of miscarriage. Despite this, Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Ron Johnson resurrected a long-debunked claim of an astronomical rate of miscarriage after vaccination while also accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci of deceiving the…

Roll Call · Aug 20

Commuter chaos: Police chase adds to Grand Prix traffic woes

“A lot of 10 a.m. meetings are about to get blown up,” a cable television news producer said as Washington area police and first responders converged Thursday morning on E Street NW, near Union Station. That’s because a police chase that started in Prince George’s County, Md., and ended in…

Roll Call · Aug 20

White House legislative liaison’s exit comes ahead of tricky pre-midterms session

James Braid, President Donald Trump’s point man on Capitol Hill, will soon leave that post ahead of a packed September congressional session and just over two months before voters will decide which party controls the House and Senate. A White House official on Thursday confirmed the legislative affairs director’s exit…

Roll Call · Aug 20

DCCC adds Maine’s Matt Dunlap and 4 others to ‘Red to Blue’ program

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is adding five more candidates to its “Red to Blue” program for top recruits, including Maine State Auditor Matt Dunlap, who defeated the group’s preferred candidate in a primary earlier this year. The other four candidates are running in Republican-held districts that backed Donald Trump…

Roll Call · Aug 20

Roll Call on the Road: New England

While the general election beckons, several states, mainly in New England, still have to get through their primaries. CQ Roll Call recently traveled to two of them — Massachusetts and New Hampshire — to catch some of the Democratic candidates on the campaign trail with weeks to go before primary…

Roll Call · Aug 19

Trump picks White House adviser Overton to head FDA

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he will nominate White House domestic policy adviser Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration. If confirmed by the Senate, Overton would oversee an agency that has dealt with massive layoffs after the administration’s widespread reduction-in-force efforts last year. The agency has also…

Roll Call · Aug 19