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Speaker Mike Johnson talks to President-elect Donald Trump as they attend the 125th Army-Navy football game in Landover, Md. on Dec. 14. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Protracted GOP speaker fight could complicate Electoral College count

Scholars say House has options to carry out constitutional duty without a speaker

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 24, 2024 at 12:03pm

Biden also leaves a legacy of diversifying the federal bench.

White House

Biden edges out Trump’s first-term federal judicial confirmations

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 23, 2024 at 6:43am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Congress

No shutdown: Biden signs three-month stopgap funding bill

By David Lerman, Caitlin Reilly and Aidan Quigley
Posted December 20, 2024 at 7:00pm, Updated December 22, 2024 at 9:15pm
From left, Speaker Mike Johnson, President-elect Donald Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Vice President-elect JD Vance and former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard are seen at the Army-Navy football game in Landover, Md., on Dec. 14.

Congress

Why Trump’s boast of newly found friends could prove fleeting

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 20, 2024 at 12:33pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has a thin margin of error now and in the coming 119th Congress.

The top political stories, of next year

By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted December 19, 2024 at 10:58am
A flyer advertising a discussion of the upcoming Trump administration’s immigration policies is displayed on a USC classroom door last month. In the Western United States, the idea of mass deportations goes far beyond the undocumented student population on a college campus, Bellantoni writes.

The many layers of Trump’s immigration policy

By Christina Bellantoni
Posted December 19, 2024 at 6:00am
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance and their families celebrate on stage at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on the last night of the Republican National Convention on July 18.

News flashes: Roll Call’s best photos of the year, Part 2

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted December 19, 2024 at 6:00am
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference Monday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

Trump scrambles stopgap bill as GOP leaders mull next moves

By Aidan Quigley and David Lerman
Posted December 18, 2024 at 6:17pm, Updated at 7:32pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who recently had a fall, leaves a Republican conference lunch meeting Tuesday with the help of an aide.

How McConnell could remain a thorn in Trump’s side next Congress

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 18, 2024 at 2:50pm
Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol on March 22, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump risks legal clashes in plans to not spend appropriations

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 12, 2024 at 5:15pm, Updated December 17, 2024 at 4:41pm
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives for a meeting with Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., on Monday.

Trump defends polio vaccines, rejects school vaccine mandates

By Lia DeGroot
Posted December 16, 2024 at 7:38pm
President-elect Donald Trump arrives Monday for a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, alongside SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son.

Trump uses wide-ranging news conference to pin Syria rebellion on Turkish leader

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 16, 2024 at 3:56pm
Birds fly across the White House grounds on Dec. 10. Tipsters have reported drone sightings over New Jersey and other states recently. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

Mystery drones over NJ: Biden officials say ‘no evidence’ of ill intent despite few answers

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 16, 2024 at 12:21pm
President-elect Donald Trump speaks Thursday at a reception at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City after being named Time magazine's "Person of the Year."

Trump signals foreign policy will run through him despite nominee noise

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 13, 2024 at 12:39pm
Kari Lake, former Republican Senate candidate from Arizona, is Trump's pick to lead the Voice of America.

Kari Lake to lead Voice of America, Trump says

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted December 12, 2024 at 4:50am
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in July.

FBI director plans to step down before Trump takes office

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 11, 2024 at 3:19pm, Updated at 4:21pm
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his “economic playbook” at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Tuesday.

Joe Biden hasn’t vanished, but here’s why it might feel that way

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 11, 2024 at 3:09pm
Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., participates in a House Judiciary Committee markup of a report recommending that the House cite Attorney General Merrick B. Garland for contempt of Congress on May 16.

Rep. Bishop picked for No. 2 slot in Trump OMB after statewide loss

By Aidan Quigley
Posted December 10, 2024 at 8:10pm
Patty Morin holds a picture of her daughter, Rachel, who was allegedly killed by undocumented immigrant in Maryland in 2023, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.

Senate Democrats air concerns about Trump mass deportation plan

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 10, 2024 at 4:59pm
Senate Republicans under incoming leader John Thune, seen in the Capitol last month, are planning as much as $85 billion for border security as part of an initial bill for budget reconciliation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Republicans start making immigration plans for next year

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 9, 2024 at 6:48pm
Venture capitalist David Sacks, center, was chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to be White House “AI and Crypto Czar.” He is pictured here at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July.

Sacks seen bringing ‘on the ground’ experience to AI’s global challenges

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted December 9, 2024 at 2:13pm
Syrian citizens take down a statue of the late President Hafez Assad in Damascus on Monday after his son Bashar Assad's government collapsed. (Murat Sengul/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Syria chaos could complicate lawmakers’ holiday endgame

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 9, 2024 at 9:42am, Updated at 12:55pm
Pete Hegseth and his wife Jennifer on the move between meetings with senators on Thursday.

Trump publicly backs embattled DOD pick

By Mark Satter
Posted December 6, 2024 at 1:33pm
Elon Musk, with his son, makes his way to a meeting in the Capitol Visitor Center with House and Senate Republicans to talk about President-elect Donald Trump's "Department of Government Efficiency," on Thursday. Vivek Ramaswamy also attended.

DOGE day afternoon on Capitol Hill

By David Lerman
Posted December 5, 2024 at 5:16pm
President Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden are seen stepping out of a bookstore in Nantucket, Mass., on Nov. 29. Two days later, the president announced a pardon for his son.

After pardoning son, Biden returns home to a credibility problem

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 5, 2024 at 2:44pm
President-elect Donald Trump shakes the hand of his choice to serve as secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., during the 2024 presidential campaign.

How backlash to the pandemic helped shape Trump’s health picks

By Ariel Cohen
Posted December 5, 2024 at 7:00am
Former Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., shows off his $45 Trump bills outside the Capitol on May 9, 2019.

Ex-Missouri lawmaker Billy Long is Trump’s pick for IRS commissioner

By CQ Roll Call Staff
Posted December 4, 2024 at 6:53pm, Updated at 9:09pm
Kelly Loeffler, a former Republican senator from Georgia, is President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Small Business Administration.

Trump chooses former Sen. Kelly Loeffler for SBA

By Mark Schoeff Jr. and Olivia M. Bridges
Posted December 4, 2024 at 7:07pm
Paul Atkins, left, a Securities and Exchange Commission member from 2002 to 2008, was chosen to lead the agency by President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump picks Paul Atkins, a former commissioner, to lead the SEC

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted December 4, 2024 at 5:42pm, Updated at 6:10pm
The tight margins in Congress will likely complicate matters for President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.

Trump’s pick for top Hill liaison brings strong conservative ties to a difficult role

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 4, 2024 at 3:37pm
Pam Bondi meets with Iowa Republican Sen. Charles E. Grassley in the Hart Senate Office Building on Monday.

Trump’s next attorney general pick meets with key GOP senators

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 2, 2024 at 6:54pm
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves his hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday as he heads to meet President-elect Donald Trump at nearby Mar-a-Lago.

Biden lands in Africa, but US foreign policy now runs through Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 2, 2024 at 4:26pm
Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, testifies during a House Budget Committee hearing in 2020.

The man with a plan to upend government, and what it entails

By Paul M. Krawzak and Peter Cohn
Posted December 2, 2024 at 12:44pm
Kash Patel speaks at Chilly Jill’z restaurant in Boulder City, Nev., in support of Senate candidate Adam Laxalt in 2022.

Trump announces plan to replace FBI director with Kash Patel

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted December 1, 2024 at 4:12pm