Political Theater

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Have you ever asked, “WTF?,” about politics? Or, “who are these people making decisions about my life?” Political Theater pulls back the curtain on the stunts, antics and motivations that drive Washington. Host Jason Dick and the Roll Call team spotlight the spectacle, the players and what’s going on behind the curtain in Washington’s long-running drama: Congress.

Episode Date
Primary colors: Breaking down the latest congressional contests
May 16, 2024
How to get yourself on Roll Call's Most Vulnerable Incumbents list
May 08, 2024
Jan. 6, 2021 and the people who will never forget
May 02, 2024
Meanwhile, in non-Trump, non-impeachment and non-speaker news
Apr 19, 2024
‘Food, Inc. 2’ filmmakers provide plenty to chew on
Apr 11, 2024
When the most powerful people get what they want, Ohio version
Mar 25, 2024
The highs, lows and weirds of the White House beat
Mar 14, 2024
The changing 2024 Senate landscape
Mar 07, 2024
What we talk about when we talk about Super Tuesday
Feb 28, 2024
Exploring the inbetweenness of Taiwan
Feb 21, 2024
One special place: New York’s 3rd Congressional District
Feb 15, 2024
'What the Hell just happened?' Congress reaches deep into the failure well
Feb 08, 2024
A sense of where he is: Bill Bradley's 'Rolling Along' one-man show
Feb 03, 2024
What's the big idea? The big political stories beyond the headlines
Jan 25, 2024
Signs of life? Democrats start to sound off about Biden campaign
Jan 17, 2024
Whyiowa? Because we start at the beginning
Jan 09, 2024
Don't hassle me I'm local: The DC episode
Dec 13, 2023
The view from 2073: What political stories this year will be relevant in 50 years?
Dec 07, 2023
Facing backlash: LGBTQ+ families in 'We Live Here: The Midwest'
Nov 30, 2023
The harrowing journey out of North Korea in ‘Beyond Utopia’
Nov 10, 2023
The cranky American: A tale of public polls
Nov 03, 2023
Home-grown horror: The long reach of "The Exorcist"
Oct 26, 2023
The times, they are confusing: Why is Congress like this?
Oct 17, 2023
The fall of the House of ... Representatives
Oct 06, 2023
Bob Menendez: Born to run under indictment?
Sep 27, 2023
In “Deadlocked,” it’s increasingly the Supreme Court’s world, and we just live in it
Sep 20, 2023
If it’s September, it’s government meltdown time
Sep 14, 2023
The contemporary reach of ‘Golda’ during the ‘Yom Kippur of democracy’
Aug 23, 2023
The 'Oppenheimer' expanded universe: Steve James' tale of atomic espionage in 'A Compassionate Spy'
Jul 25, 2023
I know what you did this summer
Jul 13, 2023
Chronicling one year of the post-Dobbs world
Jun 23, 2023
DC/DOX adds another diverse layer to Washington's film community
Jun 14, 2023
Taking flight: Ondi Timoner’s ‘Last Flight Home’
Jun 08, 2023
When 'Yellowstone' came to Capitol Hill
May 25, 2023
The Capital Challenge race, explained
May 19, 2023
The most vulnerable 2024 incumbents, so far
May 12, 2023
The White House Correspondents Dinner, explained
May 04, 2023
You sunk my battleground! The 2024 campaign gets under way
Apr 27, 2023
Nothing is simple in the Senate
Apr 20, 2023
The National Press Club, explained
Apr 13, 2023
Worlds collide: Separation of powers fights heat up
Mar 31, 2023
Yes, they look at ALL the votes
Mar 24, 2023
The Gridiron Club, explained
Mar 16, 2023
Hope and Despair on the Campaign Trail '24
Mar 08, 2023
The environmental, agricultural and moral stakes in ‘The Smell of Money’
Mar 02, 2023
Early onset political prognostication
Feb 16, 2023
The State of the Union is ... saucy
Feb 08, 2023
Where do Hollywood screenplays come from? Sometimes Washington
Jan 30, 2023
Comeback angles: Trump, McMahon and the art of never quitting
Jan 23, 2023
"The Flagmakers," sews a portrait of an icon and the people who make it
Jan 11, 2023
Bridge to Somewhere: Joe and Mitch on the Ohio River
Jan 05, 2023
‘The Corridors of Power’ shows how genocide goes through the policy calculus
Dec 12, 2022
'Retrograde' chronicles the human consequences of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
Dec 07, 2022
Race, football and religion: Sorting through the Georgia Senate runoff
Dec 01, 2022
Measure for measure, the drama of the 2022 midterms starts to conclude
Nov 17, 2022
The known knowns of the 2022 midterm election
Nov 03, 2022
Up close and superPAC: Fisher Stevens and Karim Amer on their docuseries ‘The Lincoln Project’
Oct 25, 2022
'No Time to Fail' — An empathetic look at the people who make elections work
Oct 19, 2022
Supreme Court keeps on truckin'
Oct 12, 2022
Mitch and Rick, the GOP's 'Odd Couple'
Sep 28, 2022
We love it when you're vulnerable: Swing districts, members versus members and more
Sep 21, 2022
Law and order revisited at "Riotsville, USA"
Sep 15, 2022
Weird times, Weird poll numbers
Sep 08, 2022
Strange days are here: August in Washington
Aug 17, 2022
Moving right along: A political reporter’s turning point
Aug 12, 2022
The long story for victims of Camp Lejeune gets a new chapter
Aug 04, 2022
Previously on the 2022 primary show: crazy cash, ISIS brides and representatives prohibited from representing
Jul 21, 2022
'Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down' has impeccable timing
Jul 13, 2022
Cruel summer: The Supreme Court’s lengthy break in the spotlight
Jul 07, 2022
It’s a small White House after all
Jun 30, 2022
Send lawyers, footballs and money: the strange twists and turns of Washington's football team
Jun 24, 2022
"The Martha Mitchell Effect" gives voice to one of Watergate's great characters
Jun 16, 2022
How ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ reflects a stranger, more vulnerable political time
Jun 09, 2022
Adam Conover and the quest to make government accessible, funny and human
May 26, 2022
So, who exactly is the establishment in politics now?
May 19, 2022
Six months out, why these congressional incumbents are vulnerable
May 12, 2022
Mod (Com) Squad: The people modernizing Congress
May 05, 2022
White House Correspondents' Dinner is back: Expect super-spreader jokes
Apr 28, 2022
Cash Rules All Politics? Maybe, maybe not. Breaking down the latest FEC fundraising numbers
Apr 20, 2022
Let's get specific about the generic ballot
Apr 14, 2022
There's no crypto in baseball! ... Oh, wait
Apr 07, 2022
Between the Lines: A Redistricting Roundup Report Card
Mar 31, 2022
Training the next generation of campaign reporters — in the field
Mar 22, 2022
Supreme Court confirmations keep us guessing
Mar 17, 2022
‘Time becomes elastic’: the long legacy of Guantanamo Bay
Mar 09, 2022
Unified control, the political unicorn that never lasts
Mar 03, 2022
‘I just knew I had to be there’ — Jamie Raskin and the convergence of grief and politics
Feb 23, 2022
The NFL’s missteps get amplified on its big stage
Feb 09, 2022
The color of money, 2022 midterms edition
Feb 02, 2022
‘I’m not going to be bullied out of here’ — members of Congress react to death threats
Jan 27, 2022
Reshaping society, the Supreme Court way
Jan 19, 2022
Timothy Snyder: Voting rights an 'existential question' facing America
Jan 12, 2022
January 6, 2021: In their own words
Jan 06, 2022
The 2021 Political Theater year in review
Dec 22, 2021
CQ Roll Call's photographers on the year that was
Dec 15, 2021
From COVID's first wave to now, what we learned
Dec 08, 2021
Coal in your legislative stockings
Dec 02, 2021
Ruben Gallego's warts and all account of life and death
Nov 23, 2021
What we're watching one year out from 2022 midterms
Nov 17, 2021
Infrastructure Week: No longer a punchline
Nov 11, 2021
The what-have-you-done-for-me-lately elections of 2021
Nov 03, 2021
Joe Manchin: Man of the moment
Oct 27, 2021
Just what is wrong with Congress?
Oct 21, 2021
'Dopesick’ humanizes the overwhelming losses of the opioid epidemic
Oct 13, 2021
The view from Howell: Michiganders weigh in on Biden agenda
Oct 07, 2021
Supreme Court takes on big issues — and more scrutiny
Sep 29, 2021
The Circus’ comes back to (this) town
Sep 22, 2021
Can Congress stay bipartisan on Olympic oversight?
Sep 15, 2021
'Detainee 001’ and the untold story of the American Taliban, John Walker Lindh
Sep 08, 2021
Was the sad, messy end in Afghanistan inevitable?
Sep 01, 2021
The politics of public health
Aug 25, 2021
Everything you wanted to know about Title 42 but didn't know to ask
Aug 19, 2021
What’s so special about special elections?
Aug 09, 2021
‘Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union’ explores path, legacy of 44th president
Aug 04, 2021
The ADA at 31: Still striving to remove barriers
Jul 28, 2021
How DACA went from temporary plan to forever battle
Jul 22, 2021
Trump, voting access defining 2022 midterm election outlook
Jul 13, 2021
The Supreme Court: It’s all about the politics
Jul 07, 2021
Decluttering the Capitol of its white supremacists
Jun 29, 2021
When 60+ votes isn’t enough in the Senate
Jun 24, 2021
Late spring fever: Congress emerges from pandemic depths
Jun 15, 2021
Why is West Virginia the center of the political universe?
Jun 09, 2021
‘The Courier’: How friendship trumped Cold War politics
Jun 01, 2021
"I have to be an optimist"
May 26, 2021
"There’s a number of people who still take it for granted"
May 20, 2021
When the theater of politics turned all politics into theater
May 13, 2021
History and drama: Republicans’ 2022 balancing act
May 06, 2021
He's not gonna wait
Apr 29, 2021
Bonus episode: Equal Time with Mary C Curtis: DNC Chair Jaime Harrison
Apr 28, 2021
The future of the Democratic Party
Apr 21, 2021
Joe Biden's bold moves on race relations
Apr 14, 2021
The future of the GOP
Apr 07, 2021
Governing in a hurry: The fleeting nature of unified control
Mar 31, 2021
11 years later, the Affordable Care Act is still ‘a big f-ing deal’
Mar 24, 2021
What Deb Haaland at Interior means for Native Americans
Mar 18, 2021
Making sense of Congress, one year into the pandemic
Mar 11, 2021
If you want partisanship, you’ve got it
Mar 03, 2021
‘Mad’ about you: Madeleine Dean’s Philadelphia story
Feb 24, 2021
Maybe everyone just wants to move on
Feb 17, 2021
Political Theater goes to 'The Circus'
Feb 10, 2021
Just how long will the U.S. Capitol look like a militarized zone?
Feb 04, 2021
Errol Morris on documentaries in the age of COVID-19 and chaos
Jan 27, 2021
The Transition: The ‘Against all odds’ inauguration
Jan 20, 2021
The Transition: A new chapter for ‘America's Big Day’
Jan 19, 2021
The Transition: Where do we go from here?
Jan 15, 2021
The Transition: The ‘Who’s on First’ impeachment trial
Jan 14, 2021
The Transition: "It was surreal": A second impeachment in the time of COVID-19
Jan 13, 2021
The Transition: Chaos and mistrust on Capitol Hill
Jan 12, 2021
The Transition: Congress in turmoil
Jan 11, 2021
The Transition: President Trump's death rattle
Jan 08, 2021
The Transition: Doing the job under duress
Jan 07, 2021
Get ready for the hump day from hell
Jan 05, 2021
The Transition: Meet the new Congress, more weird than the old Congress
Jan 04, 2021
Political Theater: The year we will never forget
Dec 30, 2020
The Transition: A showdown over Fed powers stalls deal for COVID aid
Dec 18, 2020
The Transition: Trump's norm-busting. Let us count the ways
Dec 16, 2020
The Transition: Sorry, but 2020's political drama will be leaking into 2021
Dec 15, 2020
The Transition: Will White House officials and Congress be among the first to get the COVID-19 vaccine?
Dec 14, 2020
The Transition: The bureaucrats are back
Dec 10, 2020
The Transition: Ag, HUD at forefront of equality debates
Dec 09, 2020
The Transition: Biden finds you can't please all the people all the time
Dec 08, 2020
The Transition: Let's make a deal
Dec 07, 2020
The Transition: Congress is racing to finish must-pass bills before the New Year
Dec 04, 2020
The Transition: Inauguration 2021 -- It could get weird
Dec 02, 2020
The Transition: Congress begins decorating its end-of-year legislative tree
Dec 01, 2020
The Transition: Joe Biden and the Dare to be Dull approach to governing
Nov 24, 2020
The Transition: It's been a long week
Nov 20, 2020
The Transition: Trump team briefs senators on Operation Warp Speed, but not Biden team
Nov 19, 2020
The Transition: The ‘traffic jam’ gets worse every day that Trump delays
Nov 18, 2020
The Transition: Richmond is Biden's gain and Congress' loss
Nov 17, 2020
The Transition: "More people may die"
Nov 17, 2020
The Transition: Trump's post-election moves spark anxiety
Nov 12, 2020
The Transition: Congress isn't putting its own transition on hold
Nov 11, 2020
The Transition: Was Election Day really a week ago?
Nov 10, 2020
The Transition: The Biden team wastes no time
Nov 09, 2020
The Transition: The tipping point
Nov 06, 2020
The Transition: Release the Trump campaign lawsuits!
Nov 05, 2020
The 2020 election is a story that just won't end
Nov 04, 2020
The future of the presidency
Oct 30, 2020
Just in time for Halloween: Worst case scenarios for the election
Oct 29, 2020
Brent Roske, ‘Iowa’s political bartender,’ talks Hawkeye State races
Oct 22, 2020
Lo-tech crashes hi-tech political campaign tactics
Oct 15, 2020
The odd, hybrid world of the vice presidency
Oct 08, 2020
How this SCOTUS fight will be very different
Sep 30, 2020
SCOTUS fight scrambles Senate schedule, campaigns
Sep 23, 2020
'The consulting class is going ape-s***' -- The Lincoln Project, explained
Sep 16, 2020
‘Surge’ part of ongoing surge in political documentaries
Sep 10, 2020
Keynote candidates and no-shows: Who we talk about when we talk about political conventions
Aug 26, 2020
Virtually the same? This year’s unconventional Democratic National Convention
Aug 19, 2020
'It's just history': Kamala Harris' historic run as VP
Aug 12, 2020
‘It is exhausting’: Women in Congress recount shared experiences
Aug 06, 2020
From middle school to Congress: Jamaal Bowman’s journey
Jul 30, 2020
Remembering John Lewis, in his own words
Jul 23, 2020
For Rep. G.K. Butterfield, the fight for voting rights goes way back
Jul 16, 2020
‘Just come home’ — Black lawmakers reflect on their interactions with the police
Jul 08, 2020
Watching John Lewis Watch Himself: Dawn Porter's documentary on the civil rights icon
Jul 01, 2020
Eleanor Holmes Norton’s brass ring: DC Statehood
Jun 24, 2020
'There are no degrees of separation' -- How the Mother Emanuel church shooting hangs over the current debate about racial justice
Jun 18, 2020
A long way in a short time: What George Floyd spurred
Jun 11, 2020
A good time for a film about ‘Good Trouble’
Jun 04, 2020
What if social media was run like a bar?
May 28, 2020
'You expected to die of dieseases' — Lessons from past pandemics
May 20, 2020
Dulcé Sloan is not a 'celebrity'
May 13, 2020
Not even a pandemic can budge America's political dynamics
May 06, 2020
A formidable coronavirus meets its match: New Jersey gas stations, liquor control boards
Apr 29, 2020
“Out of the blue … all hell broke loose”: Mario Diaz-Balart on his COVID-19 recovery
Apr 22, 2020
What we learned, or didn’t, from the Ebola crisis
Apr 09, 2020
What happens when you lose track of your own story
Apr 02, 2020
It's not chaos: This is how debate in the Senate should look
Mar 26, 2020
One Mike, two Mike, red Mike, blue Mike.
Mar 18, 2020
"Slay the Dragon" attempts to humanize gerrymandering
Mar 11, 2020
Comedian Margaret Cho makes the personal laughable
Mar 05, 2020
Gearing up for many upcoming Un-Super Tuesdays
Mar 04, 2020
Our Texas-sized Super Tuesday Jamboree
Feb 27, 2020
Nevada is next: takeaways from the state's early caucuses
Feb 21, 2020
The upside of populism: A chat with Daron Acemoglu
Feb 19, 2020
New Hampshire scramble: Dems power into primary with little clarity
Feb 12, 2020
Donald Trump: How to win kitsch and influence people
Feb 05, 2020
Wildest caucus ever? Iowa goes down to the wire
Jan 29, 2020
Comic Maz Jobrani is seriously funny about politics
Jan 24, 2020
The White House and The Lion King
Jan 22, 2020
Impeachment Clouds Hang over Iowa Debate
Jan 15, 2020
Waiting for Pelosi: The Senate theater of the absurd
Jan 09, 2020
Picture perfect: CQ Roll Call's photographers explain their favorite images of 2019
Dec 18, 2019
Sitting at 'Desk 88' with Sen. Sherrod Brown
Dec 10, 2019
The ‘center’ of Mitch McConnell's legacy building
Dec 04, 2019
Off-year election debrief: Trump 'always makes it about him'
Nov 20, 2019
When Art Imitates Life: "The Report"
Nov 12, 2019
The four most likely scenarios for 2020 elections, explained
Nov 05, 2019
The most vulnerable 2020 House and Senate incumbents, explained
Nov 04, 2019
From Impeachment's High Solemnity to High Farce
Oct 30, 2019
Inside the unique tributes to Elijah Cummings
Oct 25, 2019
Between a Trump and a hard place
Oct 16, 2019
The Supreme Court is ready for its closeup
Oct 03, 2019
This is not your father's impeachment
Sep 25, 2019
That 70s show: Biden Edition
Sep 19, 2019
K Street doesn't want your retired and hungry lawmakers
Sep 11, 2019
2018 election wraps up in NC with poll showing Democrat in lead
Sep 04, 2019
Stage managing ’The Trump Show on the Road’ in Biarritz
Aug 28, 2019
Mysteries of the Senate, bathtubs and beyond.
Aug 21, 2019
The Iowa State Fair: Our hits, misses and lessons learned
Aug 16, 2019
Iowa State Fair: Why do you have to come here to be president?
Aug 15, 2019
The Iowa State Fair: A day in the deep-fried life
Aug 13, 2019
The Iowa State Fair: Our pro-active primer on politics, pork and public officials
Aug 07, 2019
'The Great Hack,' Cambridge Analytica and our blurred reality
Jul 31, 2019
Robert Mueller was sobering. That spilled over to D.C. bars
Jul 24, 2019
Get used to it: Trumpism with or without Trump
Jul 17, 2019
Harry Reid in winter: still grappling, and dabbling, in politics
Jul 10, 2019
‘Mike Wallace is Here‘ shows how we got here
Jul 03, 2019
Field notes from a North Carolina runoff and a reparations hearing
Jun 26, 2019
James Inhofe and the art of the bipartisan joke
Jun 19, 2019
‘Running with Beto’: the off-stage version of Beto O’Rourke
Jun 12, 2019
Why the Grim Reaper thing works for Mitch McConnell
Jun 05, 2019
When Werner Met Mikhail in "Meeting Gorbachev“
May 29, 2019
Get used to talking about Pennsylvania
May 22, 2019
These Democratic women don't want to be 'show ponies'
May 15, 2019
Movie Night: The Catholic priest who shepherded civil rights
May 14, 2019
Who's afraid of gerrymandering?
May 08, 2019
Movie Night: "Hail Satan?"
May 04, 2019
No holds Barr as Democrats grill attorney general
May 01, 2019
Movie Night: "Knock Down the House"
Apr 30, 2019
Why a crowded 2020 ‘knife fight’ is good for Democrats
Apr 24, 2019
When Fritz Hollings ‘made the turn’ as a Southern politician
Apr 16, 2019
Why 'Queer Eye' stormed Capitol Hill
Apr 10, 2019
Why we should care that the Senate will debate less
Apr 03, 2019
Will Mueller matter in 2020?
Mar 27, 2019
‘The River and the Wall,’ a journey down the wall’s path
Mar 20, 2019
Why Trump is Fueling Journalism Majors
Mar 13, 2019
Why everyone wants to talk about HR 1
Mar 07, 2019
How the National Archives Helped ‘Apollo 11’ Get a Fresh Look
Feb 28, 2019
Does Michael Cohen Testimony Change Political Strategies?
Feb 27, 2019
All the President's Potential Opponents
Feb 20, 2019
The State of Lobbying is, Well, Pretty Darn Good
Feb 13, 2019
Is the State of the Union Just Another Campaign Stop?
Feb 06, 2019
Donald Trump and the Chamber of 2020 Rivals
Jan 30, 2019
What Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Dick Cheney Have in Common
Jan 23, 2019
What’s not part of the shutdown? 2020 Senate campaigns
Jan 16, 2019
Congress for Newbies: Practical Advice From a Pro
Jan 09, 2019
What to Expect as the New 116th Congress Gets Under Way
Jan 02, 2019
Did Tax Reform Scrooge the Holiday Party Spirit?
Dec 19, 2018
The Political Football That is Washington Redskins Football
Dec 12, 2018
Roger Ailes 'Was Never Sorry About Anything'
Dec 05, 2018
Going Down to Mississippi, Senate Runoff Edition
Nov 28, 2018
What Really Happens During Congress’ Freshman Orientation
Nov 14, 2018
The Midterms' Most Memorable Moments
Nov 07, 2018
"A Private War" Illustrates Power, and Risk, Of Reporting the Truth
Oct 31, 2018
Explosive Rhetoric Ramping Up, But Do Voters Care?
Oct 24, 2018
Will the Lone Stars Align for Beto O’Rourke in Texas Senate Race?
Oct 17, 2018
What ‘The Front Runner’ Says About Today’s Politics
Oct 10, 2018
Rap, Race and Health Care Help Decide Upstate New York Fates
Oct 03, 2018
As Minnesota Goes in the Midterms, So Goes the Nation?
Sep 26, 2018
High Court, High Political Drama — Probably for Years to Come
Sep 19, 2018
Beto O’Rourke: Not Just Another Bassist From El Paso
Sep 12, 2018
Kavanaugh Drama Provides Stage for Democrats
Sep 05, 2018
Remembering McCain: Personal Stories From CQ Roll Call Journalists
Aug 29, 2018
How Duncan Hunter Became the Hunted Over Campaign Cash
Aug 22, 2018
Ben Foster and Being Part of a ‘Continuing Conversation’ About Veterans
Aug 15, 2018
Left to Its Own Devices: Medical Tech, Congress and the Public
Jul 31, 2018
The Capitol Shooting That Changed Everything
Jul 25, 2018
Democrats Cashing In on 2018 Midterms
Jul 18, 2018
When Political ‘Dark Money’ Rode to Town
Jul 11, 2018
A Peek at Congress
Jul 03, 2018
New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Joe Crowley Down
Jun 27, 2018
What the Congressional Softball Game Says About Lawmakers
Jun 20, 2018
Congressional Baseball Game Enters New Era
Jun 13, 2018
No Recess For You!
Jun 06, 2018
50 Years Later, Bobby Kennedy for President Lives On
May 30, 2018
Roseanne, Donald Glover and Desperate-Class TV
May 23, 2018
Keystone Races Now Set in Keystone State
May 16, 2018
Joe Manchin and the Mountain State Midterm Melee
May 09, 2018
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Unlikely Pop Icon
May 02, 2018
Midterm Takeaways From the Duel in the Desert
Apr 25, 2018
Tending to the Congressional Mind, Body and Spirit
Apr 18, 2018
Paul Ryan Departure Leaves GOP Spinning
Apr 11, 2018
Trump Makes a Run for the Border
Apr 04, 2018
Looking Forward to Being a Former Member of Congress
Mar 28, 2018
Lessons for the Opioid Epidemic from the Ebola Fight
Mar 21, 2018
Democrats Roar Over Conor Lamb
Mar 14, 2018
Politics' Thin Line Between Laughing and Cringing
Mar 07, 2018
A Looming Warning From 'The Looming Tower'
Feb 28, 2018
Meet Jan Rader: A West Virginia Heroin(e) in the Opioid Fight
Feb 21, 2018
It's the Economy Stupid? Maybe Not​
Feb 14, 2018
The Lone Star Midterm Lowdown
Feb 07, 2018
Can The Trump Show Win Over a New Audience?
Jan 31, 2018
Senate Democrats’ High-Wire Act
Jan 24, 2018
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times in Obama's 'Final Year'
Jan 17, 2018
Donald Trump Loves Football, But Does Football Love Him?
Jan 10, 2018
A Big Finish for Trump's First Year; Can He Sell Conservative Accomplishments?
Dec 20, 2017
Alabama, Tangled Up In Blue
Dec 13, 2017
A Mystery PAC and the Rest of the Strange Alabama Senate Finale
Dec 05, 2017
Why Democrats Are Willing to Play Ball With Trump
Nov 29, 2017
Sexual Harassment in Congress: More to Come
Nov 22, 2017
All Politics Is State and Local
Nov 15, 2017
What Tuesday's Elections Signal for the 2018 Congressional Map
Nov 08, 2017
Republicans Tinker With Tax Plan, As Lobbyists Dig In
Nov 01, 2017
Women's Political Power in the Age of Trump
Oct 25, 2017
Reading Is Fundamental, Just Not Always In Congress
Oct 18, 2017
Primary Elections and Steve Bannon's Role
Oct 11, 2017
Cassidy Says He's Not Giving Up on His Health Care Plan
Oct 03, 2017
Quitting Congress When the 'Swamp is Constipated'
Sep 27, 2017
What’s Moore Strange Than Alabama’s Senate Race?
Sep 20, 2017
Quitting Congress
Sep 13, 2017
How the GOP Congress Could Help ‘Dreamers’ Now
Sep 06, 2017
The Suburban House Districts of Brotherly Love?
Aug 30, 2017
Jeff Flake Feels the Heat
Aug 23, 2017
After Charlottesville, Civil Rights Under Trump at the Fore
Aug 16, 2017
Alabama's Strange Election Turns Anti-McConnell But Pro-Trump
Aug 09, 2017
Inside the Senate’s Struggle With Civility
Aug 02, 2017
What's the Spiel With Democrats' Better Deal?
Jul 26, 2017
Why Republicans Haven’t (Yet) Said Nyet to Trump on Russia
Jul 19, 2017
Short Recess, Long on Goals
Jul 12, 2017
GOP’s Health Care Puzzle Not Solved by Protests, Parades
Jul 05, 2017
McConnell's Health Care Seesaw
Jun 28, 2017
What We Learned From the 2017 Special Elections
Jun 21, 2017
Democrats' Big Test in Georgia
Jun 14, 2017
Podcast: Senate Picks Up Pace on GOP Health Care Bill
Jun 07, 2017
In Congress, GOP at a Legislative Standstill
May 31, 2017
Lessons of a "Shattered" Campaign
May 24, 2017
Special Elections in the Time of Trump
May 17, 2017
House GOP at Home Defending Health Vote, Not Always Truthfully
May 09, 2017
The Art of the Spending Deal
May 03, 2017
Trump's About-Face in His First 100 Days
Apr 25, 2017
Troubled Climate for Trump’s First Earth Day
Apr 19, 2017
Trump’s Ethics Give Democrats a Midterm Weapon
Apr 11, 2017
Trump’s Empty Seats
Apr 05, 2017
How the Senate Risks Losing Its Essence Over Gorsuch
Mar 29, 2017
As Kentucky and Mitch McConnell Go, So Goes the Nation?
Mar 22, 2017
Inside the GOP’s Uphill Health Bill Battle
Mar 15, 2017
Republicans Grab Health Care’s Third Rail
Mar 08, 2017
The Problems Facing Trump's Big Government Agenda
Mar 01, 2017
Democrats, Finally, Select a Chairman
Feb 22, 2017
Voter Anxiety May Force GOP to Stall Obamacare Repeal
Feb 14, 2017
Elizabeth Warren's War: Risk or Rebuke?
Feb 08, 2017
Not Even the Usually Lofty Senate Can Escape the Trump Tumult
Feb 01, 2017
Trump and GOP: The New Odd Couple
Jan 24, 2017
Trump’s Attack on Civil Rights Icon Leads to Inauguration Boycott Movement
Jan 18, 2017
Congress Set To Revoke Last-Minute Obama Regulations ... But There's a Risk
Jan 11, 2017
Lawmakers Poised to Debate Immigration and Trump’s Wall
Dec 21, 2016
CIA Russian Hacking Assessment Roils Congress
Dec 12, 2016
Taking Over for Dad Could Leave Trump Children With Taxes to Pay
Dec 02, 2016
Trump Request Complicates Government Funding
Nov 28, 2016
Why Trump’s Drive to Replace Obamacare Faces a Bumpy Ride
Nov 14, 2016
Trump Effect Could Be Felt Long After Election Day
Nov 08, 2016
How GOP Election Losses Could Imperil House Speaker Ryan
Nov 01, 2016
Assured Freshmen Will Boost House Diversity
Oct 25, 2016
The Next U.S. President's Challenges in Iraq and Syria
Oct 20, 2016
GOP Assesses Damage After Trump’s Lewd Comments
Oct 12, 2016
Kaine, Pence Square Off
Oct 03, 2016
Flint Aid Averts Government Shutdown
Sep 28, 2016
The Obstacles to Funding the Government Past Sept. 30
Sep 21, 2016
GOP Tries to Defang Agency That Fined Wells Fargo
Sep 14, 2016
U.S. Is Failing Some Families of the Fallen
Sep 06, 2016
Funding Fight Doesn't Squelch Zika Research
Aug 18, 2016
Congress' Geek Caucus Tackles Tech
Aug 12, 2016
What It Would Take to Dump Trump From GOP Ballot
Aug 08, 2016
TPP Trade Pact Drives Wedge in Democratic Party
Jul 29, 2016
Cruz Douses Republican Talk of Unity
Jul 21, 2016
Big Issues Left Unresolved by a Dysfunctional Congress
Jul 13, 2016
Big Issues Left Unresolved by a Dysfunctional Congress
Jul 13, 2016
Guns Divide Speaker Ryan’s House
Jul 06, 2016
Going Broke Working for Congress
Jun 30, 2016
Wall Street Takes Priority Over Zika Concerns in Senate
Jun 29, 2016
Brexit's Impact On The U.S.
Jun 24, 2016
Chaos in Congress Over Guns
Jun 22, 2016
Frequent 'Poison Pills' Are Grinding Congress to a Halt
Jun 20, 2016
Why Japan Fears Trump More Than It Does China
May 24, 2016
States Balk At Insurers Setting Rates By Consumers’ Online Habits
Apr 18, 2016
Nevada’s Wild Card
Apr 07, 2016
Iowa Rides the Wind
Apr 04, 2016
Flint Residents Still Can't Drink The Water
Mar 24, 2016
Working for Medicaid
Mar 21, 2016
States See Tax Revenue Slip As Big Earners Make Less
Mar 11, 2016
Controversial Cash for Cops Is Squeezed by Budget Deal
Mar 04, 2016
States Move To Ban "Gay Conversion" Therapy
Feb 26, 2016
Even LSU Football is Threatened by Louisiana’s Budget Crisis
Feb 24, 2016