Roll Call

When we started this podcast in January 2018, we weren’t thinking about making it to 200 episodes. Then again, we didn’t think we would get...

When the first episode of “Political Theater” aired in 2018, it was supposed to be a podcast about, well, political theater. The drama. The...

In the late 1980s, Chuck Leek was an aviation electrician stationed at Naval Base San Diego, home of the Pacific Fleet. There, he worked on...

When the Indiana legislature was drawing a new congressional map 10 years ago, Democrat Joe Donnelly imagined about eight potential configur...

Defense officials have touted an “over-the-horizon” approach to supporting Afghan security forces after U.S. troops leave the country after...

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee recommended on Wednesday the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for youth who...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday characterized fuel shortages caused by a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline sys...

Two lawmakers said Wednesday that their offices were unprepared for what actions to take during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, something...

A squirrel enjoys a Snickers candy bar in Upper Senate Park at lunchtime on Wednesday. With dining options still limited in the Capitol due...

House Democrats may vote next week on one or two bills responding to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol with or without Republican suppo...

Two top federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday that politicians who embrace false narratives could help fuel the possibility of vi...

Less than an hour after Republicans ousted Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her role in conference leadership for criticizing former President D...

A bipartisan group of senators is plodding ahead with talks on comprehensive immigration overhaul legislation, but Republicans say they’re r...

House Republicans voted Wednesday morning to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from her role as conference chairwoman, a rebuke of her criticism of Pre...

A group of Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday are introducing legislation that would make health care coverage more accessible to immigrants,...

House Republicans on Wednesday voted to depose Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming from her leadership position as conference chairwoman, a repudiati...

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Telehealth advocates are struggling to allay lawmakers’ fears about increased Medicare costs as they seek to capitalize on momentum from the...

Nothing screams “attack ad” like the ear-splitting song of Brood X cicadas. The jumpy insects — with massive wings, bulging red eyes and a m...

A swarm of the most powerful lobbyists in Washington is circling as the White House reviews long-anticipated rules to protect workers from C...

More than 73 percent of House members have requested earmarks in the federal highway bill. In all, 318 members of Congress submitted 2,380 p...

Republicans and Democrats on an evenly divided Senate committee demonstrated Tuesday how far apart they are on political spending, voting, c...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, right, talks with Rep.-elect Troy Carter, D-La., and his wife, Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Ana Carter, while th...

Top congressional leaders head to the White House on Wednesday shortly after one of the four oversees booting a member of his own team over...

Two Dallas-area House lawmakers — one Republican, one Democrat — top the list of total earmark dollars requested in fiscal 2022 spending bil...