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At the Races: Dems the breaks - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including retirements and budget resolutions.

Roll Call · Feb 20, 2025

Senate confirms Kash Patel as FBI director - Roll Call

Kash Patel will take the helm of the Federal Bureau of Investigation amid heated internal tensions with Trump officials.

Roll Call · Feb 20, 2025

Capitol Lens | A Mitch in time - Roll Call

Here are archival photos of Mitch McConnell, the longtime senator who announced on Thursday that he will not seek reelection next year.

Roll Call · Feb 20, 2025

House GOP group wants to pump brakes on big spending cuts - Roll Call

A group of House Republicans raised alarms about the minimum $1.5 trillion in spending cuts required by the chamber’s budget resolution.

Roll Call · Feb 19, 2025

Senators clash over FBI director pick ahead of confirmation vote - Roll Call

Republicans and Democrats offered sharply different versions of Kash Patel’s fitness to be FBI director ahead of floor action Thursday.

Roll Call · Feb 19, 2025

‘If I can get you to feel’ — politics, wrestling and connecting with people - Roll Call

For someone who has dominated politics for going on a decade, Donald Trump still controls the narrative in a way that leaves his opponents flat-footed. Trump’s connection to professional wrestling offers lessons on how he is able to do this and how to connect in the political arena. Roll Call contributor…

Roll Call · Feb 19, 2025

Budget reconciliation pressures mount - Roll Call

The Senate’s plan for a slim budget blueprint focused on border security and defense could be upended by President Donald Trump’s new endorsement of the House push for “one big, beautiful” reconciliation package enacting much of his agenda all at once. But the House plan faces political pressures of its…

Roll Call · Feb 19, 2025

Labor nominee Chavez-DeRemer backs away from pro-union bill - Roll Call

Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer distanced herself from a pro-union bill she once backed at her confirmation hearing for Labor secretary.

Roll Call · Feb 19, 2025

Senate GOP sticks with slimmer budget plan, despite Trump - Roll Call

Senate leadership plans to forge ahead with the chamber’s skinnier budget resolution despite Trump's endorsement of the broader House plan.

Roll Call · Feb 19, 2025

Agency firings prompt worries about preparedness, FDA inspectors - Roll Call

Days after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as HHS secretary, health agencies including the FDA, NIH and CDC saw sweeping workforce cuts.

Roll Call · Feb 19, 2025