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Maine Democrats pick Troy Jackson to replace Platner as Senate nominee

BANGOR, Maine – With just over 100 days to go until the midterm elections, former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson officially clinched the Democratic nomination for Senate at a party convention here Saturday, setting up a marquee fall matchup against longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Jackson will replace Graham Platner,…

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The dubious rags to riches promise of Trump accounts

By Justine Wang ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that so-called Trump accounts, new federal investment and savings accounts for children, “could grow to hundreds of thousands of dollars” by the time children turn 18. That’s only true if parents or other donors contribute thousands of dollars per…

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Wrapup: House hustles home while Senate stays the course

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., defied expectations and kept his fractured conference together to pass several priority items before House members jetted home on Thursday to kick off a five-week recess. But how much of that legislation their colleagues in the Senate will take up is a different question, as divisions…

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Photos of the week | July 17-23, 2026

The House sprinted to the exits on Thursday for their summer recess while the Senate is scheduled to stick around for two more weeks. Here are some of the images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this past week.

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DCCC targets Republican-held seats with digital ad to mark 100 days till midterms

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is marking 100 days until the midterm elections with a new digital ad shared first with CQ Roll Call. The ad will run on Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram beginning Sunday in 25 Republican-held House districts that Democrats are targeting this fall. The spot focuses…

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AI companies would need ‘kill switch’ under new bipartisan bill

The most powerful frontier artificial intelligence models would need a “kill switch” under new bipartisan legislation released days after a frontier model went rogue to hack another AI company. The bill, introduced Thursday, would also give the Department of Homeland Security new power to order model shutdowns, as AI labs…

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At the Races: Seeing blue in Georgia

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire A new poll of one of the most consequential Senate races on the…

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Capitol Lens | Trophy life

From left, California Sens. Adam B. Schiff and Alex Padilla and Senate Majority Leader John Thune escort the Los Angeles Dodgers’ two World Series trophies in the Russell Senate Office Building on Thursday, on their way to meet with members of the team. The Dodgers won the Major League Baseball…

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Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford enters race for Graham’s seat

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on Thursday jumped into the growing Republican special election primary for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s seat. Sanford, who served two separate stints in the House representing South Carolina’s 1st District, briefly ran for his old Charleston-centered seat this year before dropping out to…

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Trump’s ‘patience is running out’ with Thune over SAVE Act, Leavitt says

The White House’s growing frustration with Senate Majority Leader John Thune seeped into public again on Thursday, the second consecutive day team Trump has vented at the chamber’s Republican leader. “His patience is running out,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, referring to President Donald Trump’s feelings about Thune.…

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Trump linked Iran’s Hormuz attacks, midterms. Senators have doubts

Some foreign-policy-minded senators are dismissing President Donald Trump’s assessment that Iranian officials have been disrupting the Strait of Hormuz to influence the midterm elections. Several senators — Democratic and Republican — furrowed brows or shook their heads Wednesday when asked about Trump a day earlier replying “probably” when asked if…

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Congress splits on two war powers resolution votes

The House and Senate, in votes Thursday on ending the Iran war, came to different conclusions, but the majority of voting members of Congress said it is time to bring U.S. troops home. The House, for the second time, formally called on President Donald Trump to end the war, approving…

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Amish Shah wins Democratic nod for key Arizona seat over DCCC-backed rival

Former Arizona state Rep. Amish Shah has won the Democratic primary for a fiercely contested swing district in Arizona, delivering another blow to national Democrats who put support and money behind former broadcast journalist Marlene Galán-Woods. “I have always prided myself on being a hardworking, grassroots candidate,’’ Shah, an emergency…

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Revised GOP crypto package doesn’t assuage Democrats’ concerns

Senate Republicans released a revised cryptocurrency regulatory framework bill on Wednesday with an added section intended to address public officials’ potential crypto conflicts of interest. But more work remains to be done before the measure can get to the floor. Democratic negotiators, incensed at President Donald Trump’s wealth being turbocharged…

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GOP budget blueprint adopted in House as Senate resists

The House adopted a GOP-backed budget resolution along party lines Wednesday, taking a critical first step toward passing a $95 billion reconciliation package focused mostly on the Iran war. The vote on the fiscal 2027 budget blueprint was 216-214, with only two Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and…

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Trump in Georgia: Ossoff, Democrats ‘want to let the Marxists into power’

President Donald Trump was in Georgia’s Cobb County on Wednesday, diving into one of the nation’s most closely watched political battlegrounds where Republicans are looking to flip a Senate seat in November. The president and the GOP were hopeful his remarks at what was ostensibly an official White House event…

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Congressional stock-trading bill passes the House

Lawmakers took a step Wednesday toward reining in their own stock trading, a move Republicans hope will burnish Congress’ image as they head home for an extended August break. In a mostly party-line 232-198 vote, the House passed a GOP-led bill that would bar members of Congress, their spouses and…

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Jay Clayton heads toward DNI confirmation vote

The Senate is on track to vote next week on President Donald Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton, after he cleared a key committee hurdle. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., filed cloture on the nomination Wednesday, a day after the Senate Intelligence Committee advanced it 9-8…

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Bill to ban certain Chinese cars approved by Senate panel

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved a series of six nominations and seven bills on Wednesday, including a measure to limit the use of vehicles and vehicle technologies developed by foreign entities of concern on American roadways. The bill, introduced by Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, and co-sponsored by…

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Appropriators ponder alternatives to annual shutdown threats

As Congress struggles, yet again, to pass a funding extension to head off a government shutdown this fall, House appropriators took some time Wednesday to think about other ways of doing business. For more than three hours, the Appropriations Committee debated the merits of tweaking the budget process in an…

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Fight at the museum

Lawmakers went for a Smithsonian sequel this week, as a top museum official and a nearly identical group of witnesses appeared for their second congressional hearing. Republicans have thrust the National Museum of American History into the spotlight and accused it of rewriting history two days in a row, first…

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Tick bites snag Congress’ attention as red meat allergies rise

Rep. Morgan Griffith would love to eat an all-beef hot dog. But the eight-term Virginia Republican from one of the biggest cattle-producing districts in Congress doesn’t eat red meat — against his will. Griffith is one of the at least 450,000 Americans who have been diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome, a…

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Trump-backed candidates sweep to victory in Arizona primaries

Candidates backed by President Donald Trump swept through their Republican primaries in Arizona on Tuesday while the Democratic primary for a key Phoenix-area battleground House race remained uncalled as of early Wednesday morning. In the GOP gubernatorial primary to take on Gov. Katie Hobbs, voters overwhelmingly backed Rep. Andy Biggs,…

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Funding extension passes House, heads for Senate rewrite

The House passed a short-term funding patch Tuesday night that is designed to head off a partial government shutdown this fall. The continuing resolution passed on a mostly party-line vote of 220-205, with only one Republican — Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie — joining most Democrats in opposition. Six Democrats broke…

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Can the GOP trifecta meet their ‘mandate’ moment?

When Republicans won in 2024, they promised to use their coveted trifecta to deliver on an “unprecedented and powerful mandate” for President Donald Trump’s agenda. With few legislative days left ahead of midterms, some argue they should have done more. It’s left some lawmakers questioning the effectiveness of their red…

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