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Democrats are confident they’ll have a general election nominee who can take on Illinois GOP Rep. Peter Roskam. The primary is on March 20. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Illinois House Primaries Will Be Early Testing Ground for Democrats

By Simone Pathé
Posted January 16, 2018 at 5:04am
Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., pictured arriving at the Capitol for a meeting to kick off 2018 spending negotiations, has a tough road ahead this year that could make him question his future in Washington. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Analysis: Tough Road Ahead for Ryan in 2018

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted January 16, 2018 at 5:02am
A standoff over marijuana guidance for federal prosecutors between Attorney General Jeff Sessions and pot-friendly states like Colorado is complicating efforts to fill the ranks of U.S. attorneys. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Pot Debate Latest Complication for Replacing U.S. Attorneys

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 16, 2018 at 5:00am
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is one of a few Democrats in the Senate who vocally support legalizing marijuana. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Why Democrats Don’t Want to Talk About Legalizing Marijuana

By Eric Garcia
Posted January 16, 2018 at 5:00am
President Donald Trump said Sunday that the deal on the DACA immigration program is likely dead and blamed Democrats. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Blaming Dems, Trump Says DACA Deal Likely ‘Dead’

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 14, 2018 at 12:20pm
Shirley Connuck of Falls Church, Virginia, right, holds up a sign representing a district in Texas as protesters demonstrate outside the Supreme Court on Oct. 3, 2017, as the court was hearing a case on partisan gerrymandering. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Texas Redistricting Case Heads to Supreme Court

By Todd Ruger
Posted January 12, 2018 at 4:38pm
North Carolina lawmakers have asked the Supreme Court to stop a lower court order that ruled the state needed to redraw its congressional districts. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

North Carolina Asks Court to Halt Congressional Map Change

By Todd Ruger
Posted January 12, 2018 at 3:11pm
Participants in a “Rock Your Mocs” fun walk/run in Shiprock, New Mexico, sponsored by the local Indian Health Service facility. (Courtesy Indian Health Service/Facebook)

Questions Could Derail Confirmation of Trump’s Indian Health Nominee

By Andrew Siddons
Posted January 12, 2018 at 2:57pm
Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin, left, and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham were both in a meeting with President Donald Trump when he reportedly referred to African nations and Haiti as “shithole countries.” (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

He Said, He Said: Lawmakers in Trump Meeting Appalled — Or ‘Don’t Recall’

By Eric Garcia
Posted January 12, 2018 at 2:21pm
Donald Trump, then president-elect, talks after a meeting with then-President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on Nov. 10, 2016. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump Again Waives Iran Sanctions — But With a Threat

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 12, 2018 at 2:09pm