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Louisiana Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards touts his expansion of Medicaid, while his GOP opponent, Eddie Rispone, would freeze enrollment. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images file photo)

Medicaid at issue in 2019 races for governor

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 30, 2019 at 6:30am
 An owl peered into Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s office in the Hart Building on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Campus notebook: Digitizing Congress, a flu shot shortage and spotting an owl

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 25, 2019 at 12:24pm
Surgeon General Jerome Adams sprays a dose of naloxone in the air at a Senate hearing Thursday. (Screenshot/Senate Finance Committee)

Surgeon General: ‘Addiction can happen to anyone,’ even my brother

By Graham MacGillivray
Posted October 24, 2019 at 12:12pm
Rep. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat, holds his daughter Emmy while Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a Democrat from Florida, talks with Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian. (Clyde McGrady/CQ Roll Call)

‘Dadvocates’ join fight for paid family leave

By Clyde McGrady
Posted October 23, 2019 at 2:54pm
Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Facebook, arrives to testify during the House Financial Services hearing today. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Facebook CEO grilled on anti-vaccine content

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted October 23, 2019 at 1:38pm
Protesters demonstrate against the Republicans’ health care legislation in 2017 outside the Capitol. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Obamacare plan rates to fall in 2020 for second time under Trump

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 23, 2019 at 6:00am
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in 2018. Facebook spent a record amount on lobbying this year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Facebook posts biggest quarterly lobby tab, as business, health interests dominate K Street

By Kate Ackley
Posted October 22, 2019 at 3:44pm
Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., cited statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing 1,479 cases of lung illness and 33 deaths stemming from vaping and e-cigarette usage. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House panel to take up $10B vaping tax Wednesday

By Roll Call Staff
Posted October 22, 2019 at 9:34am
Activists participate in a rally hosted by FreedomWorks on Sept. 26, 2018. (Alex Wong/Getty Images file photo)

Record lobbying tab racked up by FreedomWorks on health care

By Kate Ackley
Posted October 22, 2019 at 9:29am
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., called the practice of targeting U.S. citizens and residents at the border "absolutely unacceptable." (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House Dems move forward with drug pricing bill

By Andrew Siddons, Lauren Clason and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted October 17, 2019 at 6:53pm