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With Bunch set to depart Smithsonian, Democrats urge ‘full history’

As Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch announced he will be leaving his role by the end of the year, Democrats in Congress praised him for trying to show the “full history” of America. Bunch was the first African American and the first historian to be appointed to the role. He has…

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Trump heads to Dallas convention ahead of promised 30-day campaign blitz

President Donald Trump on Wednesday will head to a Republican midterm convention that will offer clues about the message he intends to deliver when he hits the campaign trail for a 30-day October blitz before Election Day. The GOP leader is set to address the party faithful Wednesday and Thursday…

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Congress punts on big issues

Congress avoided a shutdown fight until December, but passed on several sticky problems it will need to address after Election Day. CQ Roll Editor in Chief Jason Dick and CQ Roll Call Budget Editor David Lerman outline the major fights looming in November in a very special Political Theater and…

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NRCC adds 5 more candidates to ‘MAGA Majority’ program

The National Republican Congressional Committee is adding five new candidates to its “MAGA Majority” program for strong challengers, the group shared first Tuesday with CQ Roll Call. The additional candidates, who bring the total number of challengers in the program to 27, hail largely from Florida, which held its primary…

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At the Races: Don’t take it for Granite

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 Mary Ellen McIntire, Andrew…

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Congress punts on big issues

Congress avoided a shutdown fight until December, but passed on several sticky problems it will need to address after Election Day. CQ Roll Call Editor in Chief Jason Dick and CQ Roll Call Budget Editor David Lerman outline the major fights looming in November in a very special Political Theater…

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Pappas keeps focus on November amid signs of tightening Senate primary

PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Chris Pappas has been seen as Democrats’ presumed Senate nominee in New Hampshire since he entered the race more than a year ago. And for most of that time, the four-term congressman has also been viewed as a slight favorite to hold the seat of retiring fellow…

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GOP consensus elusive on timing, scope of data centers bill

As anger mounts over the impacts of data centers, Republicans are wrestling with legislation that would address concerns over increased electricity and water demand that many voters associate with higher utility bills. But it’s not yet clear if any solution can move in the now-shortened September work period before House…

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Photos of the week | August 28-September 3, 2026

The House returned to Washington for a brief bit of work this week before heading out for another recess. Two new members were sworn in, and the clouds returned to the sculpture in the Hart atrium. Here are photographs of the action captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this week.

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NTIA opens door to new federal broadband grants

More broadband deployment funding could be headed to states to serve locations missed in earlier rounds of a $42 billion federal grant program. The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced Thursday that it plans to accept new proposals from states under the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.…

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Social media debate shaken up by Meta settlement

Those who’ve fought on Capitol Hill to rein in social media platforms see last week’s settlement between Meta and state attorneys general not as a final destination, but as a roadmap to what’s possible. Privacy and First Amendment advocates are worried they’re right. The settlement comes as the House and…

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Missouri and Maryland high courts hand Democrats a pair of redistricting wins

Democrats received some good news on the redistricting front Thursday, with a pair of favorable rulings from the supreme courts of Missouri and Maryland. In Missouri, the state’s high court blocked the use of a new Republican-drawn congressional map this November, overturning a lower court ruling and setting up a…

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Higher Social Security payroll taxes no longer taboo for GOP

Some Republicans are slowly warming to the idea of raising payroll taxes on upper-income households to shore up Social Security. Rep. Lloyd K. Smucker of Pennsylvania, a top candidate to lead House Budget Committee Republicans in the next Congress, said Thursday that raising the cap on income subject to Social…

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Former Rep. Charles Hatcher dies at age 87

Former Rep. Charles Hatcher, who championed Georgia’s peanut industry for over a decade until losing his seat in House in 1992, has died at the age of 87. The Georgia Democrat died Tuesday in Alexandria, Va., according to local news reports. The cause of death was not specified. “Georgia lost…

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Vance sidesteps endorsing Thune to continue as leader, plays coy on 2028 plans

A day after Donald Trump said flatly that someone else will be president in two-and-a-half years, Vice President JD Vance reignited the 2028 embers Thursday with another turn at the White House briefing room podium, though he played coy about his own plans. Vance sparred with reporters over the conflict…

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At the Races: Labor Day reds and blues

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, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski Organized labor is ramping up for the midterms. In her annual…

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Second Epstein petition looks for Republican support

For Rep. Thomas Massie, time is running out in his latest effort to extract more files from the Justice Department related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He’s leading a push to sidestep House leaders and bring another bill to the floor, dubbing it the Epstein Files Transparency Act…

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House plans quick September exit

House Republicans are scrapping the last two weeks the chamber was scheduled to be in session before the midterm elections. Under the revised schedule announced Thursday, the House will return for votes the evening of Monday, Sept. 14, a week after Labor Day, for what is now expected to be…

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Massachusetts primary results offer hope across the Democratic spectrum

An 80-year-old progressive who’s been in Congress for nearly five decades won a key Senate primary by demanding “Medicare for All” and embracing transgender rights. A pair of septuagenarian House Democrats turned back younger, more liberal challengers by highlighting the benefits of seniority and their skill at bringing federal funding…

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Democratic race for Pappas seat in New Hampshire grows increasingly bitter

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The last competitive Democratic House primary of the year hasn’t been shaped much by the centrist vs. progressive narrative that has dotted intraparty contests around the country this year. What’s more noticeable is how the crowded contest for New Hampshire’s 1st District seat being vacated by Democratic…

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Congress looks to stop horsing around on wild mustangs and burros

Wild horses roaming the untamed West have become a symbol of the American frontier. But through gaps in existing policy, many still find themselves in slaughter pipelines across both the southern and northern borders each year. Advocates are calling on Congress to change that and codify protections for wild mustangs…

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Capitol Lens | Bay Area bonus

Rep. Aisha Wahab, D-Calif., poses with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in the Capitol on Wednesday during her ceremonial swearing in. The California Democrat won the special election on Aug. 18 to replace former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned on April 14, in the state’s 14th District. She is the first…

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Top Dems, voting groups gear up for potential midterm ‘emergency’

Some congressional Democrats and voting-rights advocates are taking President Donald Trump’s not ruling out a national emergency declaration around November’s midterm elections seriously and literally. Trump raised eyebrows last month during an interview with conservative commentator Wayne Allyn Root, who had suggested to the president that he could simply declare…

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Members renew proxy voting push ahead of next Congress

By the time Brittany Pettersen’s son was 6 months old, he’d taken 24 flights. The Colorado Democrat’s son is no world traveler — his time on planes as an infant was spent with Pettersen flying back and forth to Washington for votes. As the House considers potential rules changes for…

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Shades of 2006 loom large two months out from Election Day

ANALYSIS — Despite adverse political conditions, Republicans still have an opportunity to hold both the House and the Senate this fall. But it’s also possible that the bottom will fall out from under them, leading to heavy GOP losses reminiscent of an election 20 years ago. Back in 2006, there…

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