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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Republicans give a thumbs up during the enrollment ceremony of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act after the bill passed in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, July 3, 2025.

One year in, how are Republicans doing selling the BBB to voters?

By David Winston
Posted July 14, 2026 at 4:42pm, Updated July 17, 2026 at 3:35pm
Roll Call photo editor Doug Graham in the photo pit at RFK Stadium for the Congressional Baseball Game on June 29, 2006.

Editors Note: Roll Call’s Doug Graham: A man in full

By Jason Dick
Posted July 14, 2026 at 5:33pm
Roswell Encina, who is president and CEO of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, was riding a Metro train to a July Fourth party when members of Patriot Front boarded his car. As photos of him and a different passenger went viral this month, he reflected on the meaning of patriotism.

Facing America’s truth, with eyes and ears open

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted July 14, 2026 at 6:30am
Candidates Claire Valdez and Brad Lander, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier raise their hands during a Get Out the Vote rally at King's Theater on June 18 in New York City.

Mamdani, Schumer, Jeffries: Who’s in charge?

By David Winston
Posted June 30, 2026 at 4:53pm
Former Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., makes remarks during a news conference in 2013.

Electricians and plumbers will power the AI race

By Kent Conrad
Posted June 18, 2026 at 11:59am
Left: Sean Astin is pictured at The 32nd Annual Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA held at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on on March 1. Right: Brooke Shields attends the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversation’s “You’re Killing Me”” screening and conversation in New York City on May 18.

Tax code shouldn’t punish working artists

By Sean Astin and Brooke Shields
Posted June 16, 2026 at 11:21am
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Mukasey argues letting Section 702 expire would spur a drastic erosion to national security.

Turning down the lights on US surveillance authorities at a time of peril

By Michael B. Mukasey and Jamil N. Jaffer
Posted June 11, 2026 at 4:56pm
People are seen in a mirror as they check in and fill out ballots during early voting at the Garners Ferry Adult Activity Center on May 26 in Hopkins, S.C.

Unhappy independents will decide this election

By David Winston
Posted June 10, 2026 at 11:22am
Ken Martin, chair of the Democratic National Committee, speaks during an interview at DNC headquarters in Washington on Nov. 2, 2025.

An autopsy of the DNC campaign autopsy

By David Winston
Posted June 3, 2026 at 12:00pm
Demonstrators gather outside the Capitol during the anti-abortion March for Life in January 2020. For Catholics who support President Donald Trump, the death penalty is a thornier issue, Curtis writes.

When believing in the sanctity of all life meets the death penalty

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted May 19, 2026 at 12:00pm