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Immigration, race and ‘One Battle After Another’ - Roll Call

Jason Dick and Chris Johnson talk about how immigration and racial issues frame the action and plot in the Paul Thomas Anderson movie “One Battle After Another,” the salience of those issues in American history and culture and why movies still matter. Show Notes:

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Trump suggests no need for another ‘big, beautiful bill’ - Roll Call

President Donald Trump told GOP senators that the “big beautiful bill” contained all he desired and no additional legislation was necessary.

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North Carolina Republicans advance new map targeting Rep. Don Davis - Roll Call

Democrats’ hold on a swing district in North Carolina is in jeopardy after the GOP-controlled state Senate approved a new congressional map.

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Massie draws Trump-backed primary challenger in Kentucky - Roll Call

Retired Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein has Donald Trump’s backing in his Republican primary challenge to Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie.

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Life after Congress: Rodney Davis’ off-ramp includes solutions and a shorkie - Roll Call

“It was the first time I’ve been in the private sector since I worked for my dad’s fast food restaurant,” says the Illinois Republican.

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Congressional casework is hard. The shutdown is making it harder - Roll Call

“You can’t get a hold of a human being on the phone,” one Democrat says. “You’re just getting answering machines saying that we’re in a shutdown.”

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James Comey seeks to dismiss indictment over Senate testimony - Roll Call

Attorneys for former FBI Director James B. Comey sought Monday to throw out an indictment accusing him of lying to Congress.

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'Power of the purse' at stake - Roll Call

This episode of CQ Budget discusses the debate over Trump's decision to divert Pentagon R&D funds to pay the troops during the shutdown.

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Why Cornyn is still at risk of losing in Texas - Roll Call

Texas Sen. John Cornyn remains extremely vulnerable, even while closing the polling gap with Republican primary challenger Ken Paxton.

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Capitol Lens | Chants, songs and signs at ‘No Kings’ - Roll Call

Roll Call’s photojournalists share photos from Saturday’s “No Kings” rally in Washington to protest President Donald Trump’s administration.

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Interior outlines additional positions for potential elimination - Roll Call

The Interior Department on Monday detailed where it would cut more than 2,000 jobs. A federal court has so far blocked the cuts.

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In the Spotlight: Gary Peters - Roll Call

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's top Democrat is seeking to renew an expired cybersecurity law.

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Immigration court backlog subsides in second Trump administration - Roll Call

The Trump administration’s tough-on-immigration policies are on pace to reduce the backlog of cases in the nation’s immigration courts.

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Senate’s next crypto bill slowed by language in stablecoin law - Roll Call

Opponents of crypto interest want the rewards issue addressed in legislation that the committee is now cobbling together.

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Supreme Court to hear challenge to federal gun ban for drug users - Roll Call

The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will decide the constitutionality of a federal ban on gun possession for habitual drug users.

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Senate Republicans to lunch in Rose Garden as shutdown continues - Roll Call

President Donald Trump is expected to host Senate Republicans for a lunch on Tuesday, while the partial government shutdown continues.

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Judge sounds ready to expand block on shutdown layoffs - Roll Call

A federal judge in California indicated she would expand her temporary ruling blocking federal worker layoffs during the government shutdown.

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Trump says he commuted ex-Rep. George Santos' prison sentence - Roll Call

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he commuted the prison sentence of former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y.

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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow Guard deployment in Chicago - Roll Call

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area.

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OMB delays firing federal workers to comply with court order - Roll Call

The administration in court filings said it was holding off firing thousands of federal workers to comply with a temporary restraining order.

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WIC becomes a political football in shutdown - Roll Call

FactCheck.org looks into Democratic and Republican finger-pointing regarding the shutdown and a key federal nutrition program.

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Photos of the week | October 10-16, 2025 - Roll Call

With the government shutdown entering its third week, congressional action mostly consisted of dueling leadership news conferences this week.

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Trump's military pay move puts Congress in the back seat on spending - Roll Call

Trump’s latest budget maneuver — paying military salaries out of unrelated research funding — makes lawmakers’ appropriations authority practically irrelevant, critics argue.

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USDA's Rollins says food stamp funding to dry up in two weeks - Roll Call

Nearly 42 million people could be left without monthly food benefits if the federal government doesn't reopen before funding runs out.

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Touting drugmaker deal, Trump encourages employer IVF coverage - Roll Call

President Trump announced a plan to boost in vitro fertilization as well as a deal to lower the price of a common fertility drug.

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