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The dog days are here already for Congress

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Sean Astin on being a leader during a time of upheaval

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No more ‘Idiocracy’ references please; let's talk about the ads

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Rory Kennedy and the art of the documentary sequel

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DC/DOX Film Festival: A kaleidoscope of America and beyond

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You can't always get what you want, politics edition

7

The sometimes fleeting status of Roll Call's Most Vulnerable Incumbent list

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Claustrophobic paranoid thriller? Count us in, ‘PH-1’

9

A White House Correspondents Dinner like no other

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‘Shall I project a world?’ — ‘The Crying of Lot 49’ episode

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The numbers that define Congress

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How much does the Homeland Security shutdown matter to the public?

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March madness, gladness or sadness? Breaking down the month's congressional primaries

14

Everything is being disrupted

15

‘The Bleeding Edge’ bleeds into 2026

16

That's entertainment! Or not. State of the Union 2026

17

Spotlight on the National Press Club, and its new president

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Dishing about the Washington Press Club Foundation dinner

19

Forecast shows chance of snow, shutdown

20

Contempt for the Clintons?

21

‘All the pieces matter’ in politics, just not equally

22

The good, the bad and the meh: What we're watching in 2026

23

A most consequential year for Congress

24

Buy the 'Shadow Ticket,' take the ride

25

Can Congress save itself?

26

The re-re-redistricting chronicles

27

There is no such things as an off-year in politics

28

Taking the ‘Vineland’ express to ‘One Battle After Another’

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Immigration, race and ‘One Battle After Another'

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An Orwell movie for Orwellian times

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The great 'meh': Scenes from a shutdown

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Let’s get existential

33

They seem fine: Life After Congress

34

Discharge petition: congressional procedure or great band name?

35

How Democrats hope to flip the script on energy as a campaign issue

36

Off to the redistricting races

37

Six months in, a gut check on Trump 2.0

38

Rush job: Life in Congress

39

'We had time back then'

40

The ‘rock and roll poetry’ of Joe Iconis’ Hunter S. Thompson musical

41

A short history of hoping people will change their minds

42

It’s déjà tea party all over again

43

The 'predicament and necessity' of documentary movies

44

The grand tour of Washington

45

That's a lot of Supreme Court there

46

Call it the Most Not Invulnerable List

47

Still vulnerable, even while batting .400

48

Six degrees of 100 days ...

49

Golden State meets ‘Golden Age’

50

Much ado about special elections

51

The Thai popcorn does not detract

52

At the Gridiron, laughter in the dark

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Democrats at (in?) retreat

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Protest, retreat, hide? Congressional behavior, 2025-style

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‘Yeah, I don’t love that,’ or how the House learned to start jamming the Senate

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'If I can get you to feel' -- politics, wrestling and connecting with people

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‘Beauty never gets old’ -- Slava Leontyev in the ‘Porcelain War’

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Having a plan beats not having a plan

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Instability as norm? Or test?

60

Pardon me? Tales of presidential pardons

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Appointed senators: The winners, seat-warmers, losers and weirdos

62

So you say you want to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget

63

Looking ahead to 2025's biggest political stories

64

Revenge of the Senate

65

Home improvements for the House

66

A very judgy lame duck

67

Who are these guys? The Congress-to-Cabinet revue

68

5 big questions about this election with Nathan Gonzales

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The last Most Vulnerable Incumbents lists of the 2024 cycle

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But is it art? Unpacking ‘The Apprentice’

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What it means for an electoral race to be unstable

72

‘War Game’: Rehearsing the uncomfortably plausible

73

"Sleepy" but consequential term awaits Supreme Court

74

Tales of the three-headed incumbent: Biden/Harris/Trump

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One last journey down Roll Call's Jersey Turnpike

76

The surprises, lessons and exhaustion of the congressional primaries

77

When political realignment happens before your eyes; Amanda Becker discusses ‘You Must Stand Up’

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Members of Congress get ready to kick out the jams

79

Sweet (temporary) home Chicago

80

DNC-adjacent: Stories in the convention’s orbit

81

Ohio, the [political] heart of it all

82

Yes things feel crazy, but elections are frequently chaotic, from LBJ to RBG and more

83

Happy Days for Republicans in Milwaukee

84

Just the facts, just the facts, with factba.se

85

Nathan Gonzales just can't wait to get on the road again

86

Two years in the post-Dobbs world

87

When being ambassador to Iceland isn't enough

88

Gathering in dark rooms: Sky Sitney on DC/DOX’s upcoming festival

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Summertime, and the political news is busy

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Primary colors: Breaking down the latest congressional contests

91

How to get yourself on Roll Call's Most Vulnerable Incumbents list

92

Jan. 6, 2021 and the people who will never forget

93

Meanwhile, in non-Trump, non-impeachment and non-speaker news

94

‘Food, Inc. 2’ filmmakers provide plenty to chew on

95

When the most powerful people get what they want, Ohio version

96

The highs, lows and weirds of the White House beat

97

The changing 2024 Senate landscape

98

What we talk about when we talk about Super Tuesday

99

Exploring the inbetweenness of Taiwan

100

One special place: New York’s 3rd Congressional District

101

'What the Hell just happened?' Congress reaches deep into the failure well

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A sense of where he is: Bill Bradley's 'Rolling Along' one-man show

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What's the big idea? The big political stories beyond the headlines

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Signs of life? Democrats start to sound off about Biden campaign

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Whyiowa? Because we start at the beginning

106

Don't hassle me I'm local: The DC episode

107

The view from 2073: What political stories this year will be relevant in 50 years?

108

Facing backlash: LGBTQ+ families in 'We Live Here: The Midwest'

109

The harrowing journey out of North Korea in ‘Beyond Utopia’

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The cranky American: A tale of public polls

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Home-grown horror: The long reach of "The Exorcist"

112

The times, they are confusing: Why is Congress like this?

113

The fall of the House of ... Representatives

114

Bob Menendez: Born to run under indictment?

115

In “Deadlocked,” it’s increasingly the Supreme Court’s world, and we just live in it

116

If it’s September, it’s government meltdown time

117

The contemporary reach of ‘Golda’ during the ‘Yom Kippur of democracy’

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The 'Oppenheimer' expanded universe: Steve James' tale of atomic espionage in 'A Compassionate Spy'

119

I know what you did this summer

120

Chronicling one year of the post-Dobbs world

121

DC/DOX adds another diverse layer to Washington's film community

122

Taking flight: Ondi Timoner’s ‘Last Flight Home’

123

When 'Yellowstone' came to Capitol Hill

124

The Capital Challenge race, explained

125

The most vulnerable 2024 incumbents, so far

126

The White House Correspondents Dinner, explained

127

You sunk my battleground! The 2024 campaign gets under way

128

Nothing is simple in the Senate

129

The National Press Club, explained

130

Worlds collide: Separation of powers fights heat up

131

Yes, they look at ALL the votes

132

The Gridiron Club, explained

133

Hope and Despair on the Campaign Trail '24

134

The environmental, agricultural and moral stakes in ‘The Smell of Money’

135

Early onset political prognostication

136

The State of the Union is ... saucy

137

Where do Hollywood screenplays come from? Sometimes Washington

138

Comeback angles: Trump, McMahon and the art of never quitting

139

"The Flagmakers," sews a portrait of an icon and the people who make it

140

Bridge to Somewhere: Joe and Mitch on the Ohio River

141

‘The Corridors of Power’ shows how genocide goes through the policy calculus

142

'Retrograde' chronicles the human consequences of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

143

Race, football and religion: Sorting through the Georgia Senate runoff

144

Measure for measure, the drama of the 2022 midterms starts to conclude

145

The known knowns of the 2022 midterm election

146

Up close and superPAC: Fisher Stevens and Karim Amer on their docuseries ‘The Lincoln Project’

147

'No Time to Fail' — An empathetic look at the people who make elections work

148

Supreme Court keeps on truckin'

149

Mitch and Rick, the GOP's 'Odd Couple'

150

We love it when you're vulnerable: Swing districts, members versus members and more

151

Law and order revisited at "Riotsville, USA"

152

Weird times, Weird poll numbers

153

Strange days are here: August in Washington

154

Moving right along: A political reporter’s turning point

155

The long story for victims of Camp Lejeune gets a new chapter

156

Previously on the 2022 primary show: crazy cash, ISIS brides and representatives prohibited from representing

157

'Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down' has impeccable timing

158

Cruel summer: The Supreme Court’s lengthy break in the spotlight

159

It’s a small White House after all

160

Send lawyers, footballs and money: the strange twists and turns of Washington's football team

161

"The Martha Mitchell Effect" gives voice to one of Watergate's great characters

162

How ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ reflects a stranger, more vulnerable political time

163

Adam Conover and the quest to make government accessible, funny and human

164

So, who exactly is the establishment in politics now?

165

Six months out, why these congressional incumbents are vulnerable

166

Mod (Com) Squad: The people modernizing Congress

167

White House Correspondents' Dinner is back: Expect super-spreader jokes

168

Cash Rules All Politics? Maybe, maybe not. Breaking down the latest FEC fundraising numbers

169

Let's get specific about the generic ballot

170

There's no crypto in baseball! ... Oh, wait

171

Between the Lines: A Redistricting Roundup Report Card

172

Training the next generation of campaign reporters — in the field

173

Supreme Court confirmations keep us guessing

174

‘Time becomes elastic’: the long legacy of Guantanamo Bay

175

Unified control, the political unicorn that never lasts

176

‘I just knew I had to be there’ — Jamie Raskin and the convergence of grief and politics

177

The NFL’s missteps get amplified on its big stage

178

The color of money, 2022 midterms edition

179

‘I’m not going to be bullied out of here’ — members of Congress react to death threats

180

Reshaping society, the Supreme Court way

181

Timothy Snyder: Voting rights an 'existential question' facing America

182

January 6, 2021: In their own words

183

The 2021 Political Theater year in review

184

CQ Roll Call's photographers on the year that was

185

From COVID's first wave to now, what we learned

186

Coal in your legislative stockings

187

Ruben Gallego's warts and all account of life and death

188

What we're watching one year out from 2022 midterms

189

Infrastructure Week: No longer a punchline

190

The what-have-you-done-for-me-lately elections of 2021

191

Joe Manchin: Man of the moment

192

Just what is wrong with Congress?

193

'Dopesick’ humanizes the overwhelming losses of the opioid epidemic

194

The view from Howell: Michiganders weigh in on Biden agenda

195

Supreme Court takes on big issues — and more scrutiny

196

The Circus’ comes back to (this) town

197

Can Congress stay bipartisan on Olympic oversight?

198

'Detainee 001’ and the untold story of the American Taliban, John Walker Lindh

199

Was the sad, messy end in Afghanistan inevitable?

200

The politics of public health

201

Everything you wanted to know about Title 42 but didn't know to ask

202

What’s so special about special elections?

203

‘Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union’ explores path, legacy of 44th president

204

The ADA at 31: Still striving to remove barriers

205

How DACA went from temporary plan to forever battle

206

Trump, voting access defining 2022 midterm election outlook

207

The Supreme Court: It’s all about the politics

208

Decluttering the Capitol of its white supremacists

209

When 60+ votes isn’t enough in the Senate

210

Late spring fever: Congress emerges from pandemic depths

211

Why is West Virginia the center of the political universe?

212

‘The Courier’: How friendship trumped Cold War politics

213

"I have to be an optimist"

214

"There’s a number of people who still take it for granted"

215

When the theater of politics turned all politics into theater

216

History and drama: Republicans’ 2022 balancing act

217

He's not gonna wait

218

Bonus episode: Equal Time with Mary C Curtis: DNC Chair Jaime Harrison

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The future of the Democratic Party

220

Joe Biden's bold moves on race relations

221

The future of the GOP

222

Governing in a hurry: The fleeting nature of unified control

223

11 years later, the Affordable Care Act is still ‘a big f-ing deal’

224

What Deb Haaland at Interior means for Native Americans

225

Making sense of Congress, one year into the pandemic

226

If you want partisanship, you’ve got it

227

‘Mad’ about you: Madeleine Dean’s Philadelphia story

228

Maybe everyone just wants to move on

229

Political Theater goes to 'The Circus'

230

Just how long will the U.S. Capitol look like a militarized zone?

231

Errol Morris on documentaries in the age of COVID-19 and chaos

232

The Transition: The ‘Against all odds’ inauguration

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The Transition: A new chapter for ‘America's Big Day’

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The Transition: Where do we go from here?

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The Transition: The ‘Who’s on First’ impeachment trial

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The Transition: "It was surreal": A second impeachment in the time of COVID-19

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The Transition: Chaos and mistrust on Capitol Hill

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The Transition: Congress in turmoil

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The Transition: President Trump's death rattle

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The Transition: Doing the job under duress

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Get ready for the hump day from hell

242

The Transition: Meet the new Congress, more weird than the old Congress

243

Political Theater: The year we will never forget

244

The Transition: A showdown over Fed powers stalls deal for COVID aid

245

The Transition: Trump's norm-busting. Let us count the ways

246

The Transition: Sorry, but 2020's political drama will be leaking into 2021

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The Transition: Will White House officials and Congress be among the first to get the COVID-19 vaccine?

248

The Transition: The bureaucrats are back

249

The Transition: Ag, HUD at forefront of equality debates

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The Transition: Biden finds you can't please all the people all the time

251

The Transition: Let's make a deal

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The Transition: Congress is racing to finish must-pass bills before the New Year

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The Transition: Inauguration 2021 -- It could get weird

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The Transition: Congress begins decorating its end-of-year legislative tree

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The Transition: Joe Biden and the Dare to be Dull approach to governing

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The Transition: It's been a long week

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The Transition: Trump team briefs senators on Operation Warp Speed, but not Biden team

258

The Transition: The ‘traffic jam’ gets worse every day that Trump delays

259

The Transition: Richmond is Biden's gain and Congress' loss

260

The Transition: "More people may die"

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The Transition: Trump's post-election moves spark anxiety

262

The Transition: Congress isn't putting its own transition on hold

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The Transition: Was Election Day really a week ago?

264

The Transition: The Biden team wastes no time

265

The Transition: The tipping point

266

The Transition: Release the Trump campaign lawsuits!

267

The 2020 election is a story that just won't end

268

The future of the presidency

269

Just in time for Halloween: Worst case scenarios for the election

270

Brent Roske, ‘Iowa’s political bartender,’ talks Hawkeye State races

271

Lo-tech crashes hi-tech political campaign tactics

272

The odd, hybrid world of the vice presidency

273

How this SCOTUS fight will be very different

274

SCOTUS fight scrambles Senate schedule, campaigns

275

'The consulting class is going ape-s***' -- The Lincoln Project, explained

276

‘Surge’ part of ongoing surge in political documentaries

277

Keynote candidates and no-shows: Who we talk about when we talk about political conventions

278

Virtually the same? This year’s unconventional Democratic National Convention

279

'It's just history': Kamala Harris' historic run as VP

280

‘It is exhausting’: Women in Congress recount shared experiences

281

From middle school to Congress: Jamaal Bowman’s journey

282

Remembering John Lewis, in his own words

283

For Rep. G.K. Butterfield, the fight for voting rights goes way back

284

‘Just come home’ — Black lawmakers reflect on their interactions with the police

285

Watching John Lewis Watch Himself: Dawn Porter's documentary on the civil rights icon

286

Eleanor Holmes Norton’s brass ring: DC Statehood

287

'There are no degrees of separation' -- How the Mother Emanuel church shooting hangs over the current debate about racial justice

288

A long way in a short time: What George Floyd spurred

289

A good time for a film about ‘Good Trouble’

290

What if social media was run like a bar?

291

'You expected to die of dieseases' — Lessons from past pandemics

292

Dulcé Sloan is not a 'celebrity'

293

Not even a pandemic can budge America's political dynamics

294

A formidable coronavirus meets its match: New Jersey gas stations, liquor control boards

295

“Out of the blue … all hell broke loose”: Mario Diaz-Balart on his COVID-19 recovery

296

What we learned, or didn’t, from the Ebola crisis

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What happens when you lose track of your own story

298

It's not chaos: This is how debate in the Senate should look

299

One Mike, two Mike, red Mike, blue Mike.

300

"Slay the Dragon" attempts to humanize gerrymandering

301

Comedian Margaret Cho makes the personal laughable

302

Gearing up for many upcoming Un-Super Tuesdays

303

Our Texas-sized Super Tuesday Jamboree

304

Nevada is next: takeaways from the state's early caucuses

305

The upside of populism: A chat with Daron Acemoglu

306

New Hampshire scramble: Dems power into primary with little clarity

307

Donald Trump: How to win kitsch and influence people

308

Wildest caucus ever? Iowa goes down to the wire

309

Comic Maz Jobrani is seriously funny about politics

310

The White House and The Lion King

311

Impeachment Clouds Hang over Iowa Debate

312

Waiting for Pelosi: The Senate theater of the absurd

313

Picture perfect: CQ Roll Call's photographers explain their favorite images of 2019

314

Sitting at 'Desk 88' with Sen. Sherrod Brown

315

The ‘center’ of Mitch McConnell's legacy building

316

Off-year election debrief: Trump 'always makes it about him'

317

When Art Imitates Life: "The Report"

318

The four most likely scenarios for 2020 elections, explained

319

The most vulnerable 2020 House and Senate incumbents, explained

320

From Impeachment's High Solemnity to High Farce

321

Inside the unique tributes to Elijah Cummings

322

Between a Trump and a hard place

323

The Supreme Court is ready for its closeup

324

This is not your father's impeachment

325

That 70s show: Biden Edition

326

K Street doesn't want your retired and hungry lawmakers

327

2018 election wraps up in NC with poll showing Democrat in lead

328

Stage managing ’The Trump Show on the Road’ in Biarritz

329

Mysteries of the Senate, bathtubs and beyond.

330

The Iowa State Fair: Our hits, misses and lessons learned

331

Iowa State Fair: Why do you have to come here to be president?

332

The Iowa State Fair: A day in the deep-fried life

333

The Iowa State Fair: Our pro-active primer on politics, pork and public officials

334

'The Great Hack,' Cambridge Analytica and our blurred reality

335

Robert Mueller was sobering. That spilled over to D.C. bars

336

Get used to it: Trumpism with or without Trump

337

Harry Reid in winter: still grappling, and dabbling, in politics

338

‘Mike Wallace is Here‘ shows how we got here

339

Field notes from a North Carolina runoff and a reparations hearing

340

James Inhofe and the art of the bipartisan joke

341

‘Running with Beto’: the off-stage version of Beto O’Rourke

342

Why the Grim Reaper thing works for Mitch McConnell

343

When Werner Met Mikhail in "Meeting Gorbachev“

344

Get used to talking about Pennsylvania

345

These Democratic women don't want to be 'show ponies'

346

Movie Night: The Catholic priest who shepherded civil rights

347

Who's afraid of gerrymandering?

348

Movie Night: "Hail Satan?"

349

No holds Barr as Democrats grill attorney general

350

Movie Night: "Knock Down the House"

351

Why a crowded 2020 ‘knife fight’ is good for Democrats

352

When Fritz Hollings ‘made the turn’ as a Southern politician

353

Why 'Queer Eye' stormed Capitol Hill

354

Why we should care that the Senate will debate less

355

Will Mueller matter in 2020?

356

‘The River and the Wall,’ a journey down the wall’s path

357

Why Trump is Fueling Journalism Majors

358

Why everyone wants to talk about HR 1

359

How the National Archives Helped ‘Apollo 11’ Get a Fresh Look

360

Does Michael Cohen Testimony Change Political Strategies?

361

All the President's Potential Opponents

362

The State of Lobbying is, Well, Pretty Darn Good

363

Is the State of the Union Just Another Campaign Stop?

364

Donald Trump and the Chamber of 2020 Rivals

365

What Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Dick Cheney Have in Common

366

What’s not part of the shutdown? 2020 Senate campaigns

367

Congress for Newbies: Practical Advice From a Pro

368

What to Expect as the New 116th Congress Gets Under Way

369

Did Tax Reform Scrooge the Holiday Party Spirit?

370

The Political Football That is Washington Redskins Football

371

Roger Ailes 'Was Never Sorry About Anything'

372

Going Down to Mississippi, Senate Runoff Edition

373

What Really Happens During Congress’ Freshman Orientation

374

The Midterms' Most Memorable Moments

375

"A Private War" Illustrates Power, and Risk, Of Reporting the Truth

376

Explosive Rhetoric Ramping Up, But Do Voters Care?

377

Will the Lone Stars Align for Beto O’Rourke in Texas Senate Race?

378

What ‘The Front Runner’ Says About Today’s Politics

379

Rap, Race and Health Care Help Decide Upstate New York Fates

380

As Minnesota Goes in the Midterms, So Goes the Nation?

381

High Court, High Political Drama — Probably for Years to Come

382

Beto O’Rourke: Not Just Another Bassist From El Paso

383

Kavanaugh Drama Provides Stage for Democrats

384

Remembering McCain: Personal Stories From CQ Roll Call Journalists

385

How Duncan Hunter Became the Hunted Over Campaign Cash

386

Ben Foster and Being Part of a ‘Continuing Conversation’ About Veterans

387

Left to Its Own Devices: Medical Tech, Congress and the Public

388

The Capitol Shooting That Changed Everything

389

Democrats Cashing In on 2018 Midterms

390

When Political ‘Dark Money’ Rode to Town

391

A Peek at Congress

392

New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Joe Crowley Down

393

What the Congressional Softball Game Says About Lawmakers

394

Congressional Baseball Game Enters New Era

395

No Recess For You!

396

50 Years Later, Bobby Kennedy for President Lives On

397

Roseanne, Donald Glover and Desperate-Class TV

398

Keystone Races Now Set in Keystone State

399

Joe Manchin and the Mountain State Midterm Melee

400

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Unlikely Pop Icon

401

Midterm Takeaways From the Duel in the Desert

402

Tending to the Congressional Mind, Body and Spirit

403

Paul Ryan Departure Leaves GOP Spinning

404

Trump Makes a Run for the Border

405

Looking Forward to Being a Former Member of Congress

406

Lessons for the Opioid Epidemic from the Ebola Fight

407

Democrats Roar Over Conor Lamb

408

Politics' Thin Line Between Laughing and Cringing

409

A Looming Warning From 'The Looming Tower'

410

Meet Jan Rader: A West Virginia Heroin(e) in the Opioid Fight

411

It's the Economy Stupid? Maybe Not​

412

The Lone Star Midterm Lowdown

413

Can The Trump Show Win Over a New Audience?

414

Senate Democrats’ High-Wire Act

415

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times in Obama's 'Final Year'

416

Donald Trump Loves Football, But Does Football Love Him?

417

A Big Finish for Trump's First Year; Can He Sell Conservative Accomplishments?

418

Alabama, Tangled Up In Blue

419

A Mystery PAC and the Rest of the Strange Alabama Senate Finale

420

Why Democrats Are Willing to Play Ball With Trump

421

Sexual Harassment in Congress: More to Come

422

All Politics Is State and Local

423

What Tuesday's Elections Signal for the 2018 Congressional Map

424

Republicans Tinker With Tax Plan, As Lobbyists Dig In

425

Women's Political Power in the Age of Trump

426

Reading Is Fundamental, Just Not Always In Congress

427

Primary Elections and Steve Bannon's Role

428

Cassidy Says He's Not Giving Up on His Health Care Plan

429

Quitting Congress When the 'Swamp is Constipated'

430

What’s Moore Strange Than Alabama’s Senate Race?

431

Quitting Congress

432

How the GOP Congress Could Help ‘Dreamers’ Now

433

The Suburban House Districts of Brotherly Love?

434

Jeff Flake Feels the Heat

435

After Charlottesville, Civil Rights Under Trump at the Fore

436

Alabama's Strange Election Turns Anti-McConnell But Pro-Trump

437

Inside the Senate’s Struggle With Civility

438

What's the Spiel With Democrats' Better Deal?

439

Why Republicans Haven’t (Yet) Said Nyet to Trump on Russia

440

Short Recess, Long on Goals

441

GOP’s Health Care Puzzle Not Solved by Protests, Parades

442

McConnell's Health Care Seesaw

443

What We Learned From the 2017 Special Elections

444

Democrats' Big Test in Georgia

445

Podcast: Senate Picks Up Pace on GOP Health Care Bill

446

In Congress, GOP at a Legislative Standstill

447

Lessons of a "Shattered" Campaign

448

Special Elections in the Time of Trump

449

House GOP at Home Defending Health Vote, Not Always Truthfully

450

The Art of the Spending Deal

451

Trump's About-Face in His First 100 Days

452

Troubled Climate for Trump’s First Earth Day

453

Trump’s Ethics Give Democrats a Midterm Weapon

454

Trump’s Empty Seats

455

How the Senate Risks Losing Its Essence Over Gorsuch

456

As Kentucky and Mitch McConnell Go, So Goes the Nation?

457

Inside the GOP’s Uphill Health Bill Battle

458

Republicans Grab Health Care’s Third Rail

459

The Problems Facing Trump's Big Government Agenda

460

Democrats, Finally, Select a Chairman

461

Voter Anxiety May Force GOP to Stall Obamacare Repeal

462

Elizabeth Warren's War: Risk or Rebuke?

463

Not Even the Usually Lofty Senate Can Escape the Trump Tumult

464

Trump and GOP: The New Odd Couple

465

Trump’s Attack on Civil Rights Icon Leads to Inauguration Boycott Movement

466

Congress Set To Revoke Last-Minute Obama Regulations ... But There's a Risk

467

Lawmakers Poised to Debate Immigration and Trump’s Wall

468

CIA Russian Hacking Assessment Roils Congress

469

Taking Over for Dad Could Leave Trump Children With Taxes to Pay

470

Trump Request Complicates Government Funding

471

Why Trump’s Drive to Replace Obamacare Faces a Bumpy Ride

472

Trump Effect Could Be Felt Long After Election Day

473

How GOP Election Losses Could Imperil House Speaker Ryan

474

Assured Freshmen Will Boost House Diversity

475

The Next U.S. President's Challenges in Iraq and Syria

476

GOP Assesses Damage After Trump’s Lewd Comments

477

Kaine, Pence Square Off

478

Flint Aid Averts Government Shutdown

479

The Obstacles to Funding the Government Past Sept. 30

480

GOP Tries to Defang Agency That Fined Wells Fargo

481

U.S. Is Failing Some Families of the Fallen

482

Funding Fight Doesn't Squelch Zika Research

483

Congress' Geek Caucus Tackles Tech

484

What It Would Take to Dump Trump From GOP Ballot

485

TPP Trade Pact Drives Wedge in Democratic Party

486

Cruz Douses Republican Talk of Unity

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Big Issues Left Unresolved by a Dysfunctional Congress

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Big Issues Left Unresolved by a Dysfunctional Congress

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Guns Divide Speaker Ryan’s House

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Going Broke Working for Congress

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Wall Street Takes Priority Over Zika Concerns in Senate

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Brexit's Impact On The U.S.

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Chaos in Congress Over Guns

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Frequent 'Poison Pills' Are Grinding Congress to a Halt

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Why Japan Fears Trump More Than It Does China

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States Balk At Insurers Setting Rates By Consumers’ Online Habits

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Nevada’s Wild Card

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Iowa Rides the Wind

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Flint Residents Still Can't Drink The Water

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Working for Medicaid

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States See Tax Revenue Slip As Big Earners Make Less

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Controversial Cash for Cops Is Squeezed by Budget Deal

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States Move To Ban "Gay Conversion" Therapy

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Even LSU Football is Threatened by Louisiana’s Budget Crisis