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A most consequential year for Congress - Roll Call

The first session of the 119th Congress has been consequential: The legislative branch ceded many of its constitutional responsibilities to the executive branch, senators changed the process for confirming presidential nominees, the House rank and file grew more emboldened to sidestep their leaders and force votes, and much, much more shaped…

Roll Call · Dec 18, 2025

Appropriators backed a crime-fighting unit. DOJ closed it anyway. - Roll Call

The Trump administration has shuttered a Reagan-era program that coordinated major transnational crime investigations.

Roll Call · Dec 18, 2025

Roll Call’s 2025 news photos of the year - Roll Call

Roll Call’s photojournalists share their most memorable news images from the tumultuous and record-breaking year on Capitol Hill.

Roll Call · Dec 18, 2025

House panel deposes Jack Smith over Trump criminal cases - Roll Call

John L. “Jack” Smith sat for a closed-door deposition Wednesday with the House Judiciary Committee over his investigation into Donald Trump.

Roll Call · Dec 17, 2025

Judge to order US to undo shutdown firings, stop more layoffs - Roll Call

A federal judge on Wednesday said she would issue an order requiring the government to undo firings and stop ongoing layoff efforts.

Roll Call · Dec 17, 2025

Capitol Lens | Johns in bronze - Roll Call

A statue of Barbara Rose Johns, who led a protest against segregation at her Virginia school in 1951, is unveiled in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Roll Call · Dec 17, 2025

Senators press FCC's Carr in wake of Kimmel controversy - Roll Call

Senate Commerce Committee Democrats pushed Carr over comments that appeared to threaten local TV affiliates' licenses.

Roll Call · Dec 17, 2025

Senate clears fiscal 2026 NDAA - Roll Call

The almost 3,100-page bill calls for spending $8 billion more than the $892.6 billion that President Donald Trump requested.

Roll Call · Dec 17, 2025

New year, same problems for Trump with control of Congress on the line

President Trump is poised to head into the new year facing some new political headwinds as Republicans look to hang onto control of Congress.

Roll Call · Dec 17, 2025

House Republicans join Democrats to force vote on ACA subsidies - Roll Call

A Democratic push to force a vote to extend expiring tax subsidies for three years reached 218 signatures after four Republicans signed on.

Roll Call · Dec 17, 2025