In Sweden, a focus on smokeless tobacco - Roll Call Both the U.S. and Sweden aim to be "smokeless" within 10 years. In Sweden, that transition is happening thanks to smokeless tobacco products. Roll Call · Apr 10, 2025
Senate confirms Atkins as SEC chair - Roll Call The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Paul Atkins to lead the SEC. Atkins is seen as more friendly to the financial industry than his predecessor. Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025
As Republicans defend trade agenda, Trump changes course - Roll Call House Ways and Means Republicans were giving a robust defense to President Donald Trump's trade policy just as he was changing course. Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025
House passes bill to limit nationwide injunctions - Roll Call The House passed a bill Wednesday that would curtail the power of federal district judges to issue nationwide injunctions. Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025
Democrats say tariff turbulence will cost GOP its majority - Roll Call As Republicans hailed Donald Trump's tariff delay, Democrats say the economic turbulence will cost Republicans their majority in Congress. Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025
Whistleblower: Meta sought ties with China, misled Congress - Roll Call Sarah Wynn-Williams, the author of "Careless People," testified to a Senate panel that Meta misled Congress about its China interests. Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025
Outside groups call on Congress to buck the trend and invest in itself - Roll Call Congress should get “strategic” about funding its Article 1 duties, some advocates tell lawmakers, even as cuts are in vogue. Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025
Capitol Lens | HHS checkup - Roll Call Rep. Lori Trahan, right, takes a selfie with fellow House Democrats in the Department of the Health and Human Services lobby on Wednesday. Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025
Budget vote postponed in House as GOP works to quell revolt - Roll Call House GOP leaders punted on trying to adopt the Senate-revised budget blueprint Wednesday after a long day of negotiations. Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025
Judge blocks Trump immigration move at one Texas prison - Roll Call A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Wednesday from using a proclamation to deport migrants from one Texas detention center. Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025
Former Rep. Wiley Nickel running for Senate in North Carolina - Roll Call Democratic former Rep. Wiley Nickel on Wednesday launched his campaign to unseat Republican Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina. Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025
As Kennedy tours West, frustrated Democrats demand meeting - Roll Call Democrats, stymied in their demand for an in-person meeting with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are taking their request on the road. Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025
Trump pauses reciprocal tariff on more than 75 countries, raises levy on China - Roll Call President Donald Trump changed course on reciprocal tariffs against 75 countries, but hiked a levy on imported goods from China. Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025
Trump’s tariff policies complicate Republicans’ turnout dilemma - Roll Call Tariffs are taking a toll on the stock market, but they could also complicate Republicans’ effort to maintain their majorities in Congress. Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025
Roll Call · Apr 9, 2025 Ken Paxton launches primary challenge to John Cornyn in Texas - Roll Call Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s decision to challenge Sen. John Cornyn sets up what’s likely to be a bitter and expensive Republican primary – and a battle for President Donald Trump’s endorsement.
Roll Call · Apr 8, 2025 Trump executive order on coal aims to boost mining, retain plants - Roll Call President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that attempts to revive the declining domestic coal industry.
Roll Call · Apr 8, 2025 House rejects proxy voting for new parents, chooses ‘pairing’ instead - Roll Call A weeks-long battle over proxy voting for new parents came to an end Tuesday, as the House agreed to Anna Paulina Luna’s deal with leadership.
Roll Call · Apr 8, 2025 Groups start anew in legal challenge to Trump immigration move - Roll Call Civil liberties groups filed a new lawsuit Tuesday to challenge removals under the 1798 law known as the Alien Enemies Act.
Roll Call · Apr 8, 2025 How two veteran lawmakers sum up parties’ views on Trump’s economic agenda - Roll Call Veteran lawmakers’ differing views shows how far apart many Republican and Democratic members are on Trump's economic agenda.
Roll Call · Apr 8, 2025 Live on location, DOGE subcommittee looks at federal real estate - Roll Call Marjorie Taylor Greene took her DOGE agenda on the road Tuesday, but the tour didn’t go far. The panel held a field hearing just three blocks from the Capitol.
Roll Call · Apr 8, 2025 Special election for Turner seat set for November, drawing Democratic outrage - Roll Call Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has set the special election for the vacant 18th District seat for Nov. 4, drawing swift condemnation from Democrats.
Roll Call · Apr 8, 2025 Supreme Court halts lower court order to rehire at six agencies - Roll Call The Supreme Court on Tuesday paused an order that required the Trump administration to reinstate 16,000 fired probationary federal workers.
Roll Call · Apr 8, 2025 Capitol Lens | Chomp and circumstance - Roll Call Rep. Kat Cammack does the University of Florida "gator chomp" in the Capitol on Tuesday before a House Republican Conference meeting.
Roll Call · Apr 8, 2025 How a post-World War II ‘Red Scare’ resonates in modern America - Roll Call Clay Risen joins “Equal Time” to talk about the past, the present and “Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism and the Making of Modern America.”
Roll Call · Apr 8, 2025 House Democrats unveil 35 Republican targets for 2026 midterms - Roll Call House Democrats rolled out a list of 35 Republican-held seats they are targeting next year as the party looks to win control of the chamber.