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Special Report: Capitol Police disciplinary reports show pattern of misconduct
CQ Roll Call reporter Chris Marquette reveals his explosive story on the Capitol Police on how court documents show a pattern of misconduct and abuse, including soliciting sex, unsecured guns and derogatory comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi
SCOTUS fight scrambles Senate schedule, campaigns
We thought we were in the home stretch of the 2020 campaign season, with the primaries over and early voting beginning, and then on Sept. 18, another political earthquake shook us when Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. Niels Lesniewski and B
Health: FDA head pushes back against politics and says his agency will make the decisions about future vaccine approvals
Andrew Siddons offers why FDA head Stephen Hahn came out today stating that his agency will make all future decisions about approvals for COVID 19 vaccines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Defense: Is Elon Musk's SpaceX charging too much for spy satellites
After promising to be a cheaper alternative, SpaceX is poised to charge more — much more — at least for the first in a series of forthcoming spy satellite launches than its competitor United Launch Alliance. CQ Roll Call’s John Donnelly breaks down what w
Introducing "Equal Time"
Award-winning journalist Mary C. Curtis tackles policies and politics through the lens of social justice, illuminating the issues that have been, and still are, dividing the country. After all, the world is not so black and white. Learn more about your a
Transportation: Democrats redefine infrastructure
CQ Roll Call's Jessica Wehrman looks at how the Democratic party has been redefining infrastructure so it includes climate change and not just potholes and roads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Health: How RBG’s death will impact health policy
CQ Roll Call’s Mary Ellen McIntire unpacks what’s at stake for different health policies now that Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing opens up a slot on the Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Budget deep dive: House Democrats draft stopgap funding bill without Republican support
With only days remaining in the current fiscal year, congressional leaders are struggling to pass a stopgap funding measure to avoid a partial government shutdown. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman explain how a partisan dispute over farm pay
The case for caution with central bank digital currencies
FT Alphaville editor Izabella Kaminska and Citi exec Tony McGlaughlin warn that central bank digital currencies could have unpleasant consequences for banking, lending and the balance of power in the monetary system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi
Congress: Why Nancy Pelosi is playing chicken with GOP over virus relief
In this CQ Roll Call Policy Brief, Shawn Zeller offers an analysis as to why House leader Nancy Pelosi is willing to play chicken with the GOP over virus relief, even as some other Democrats thinks the party should compromise. Learn more about your ad cho