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Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff celebrate on the final night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Thursday.

Campaigns

Harris makes ‘freedom’ the rallying cry as DNC wraps

Democrats frame election as turning point from recent traumas

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 23, 2024 at 12:33am

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks during the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention.

Campaigns

Anti-Trump Republicans at DNC offer tips on approaching swing voters

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 23, 2024 at 5:00am
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump gestures behind bulletproof glass as he concludes his remarks during a campaign rally at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro on Wednesday.

Campaigns

Trump jumps off script right from the start of event at border wall

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 22, 2024 at 5:34pm
The Supreme Court building is seen at sunset in Washington.

Policy

Supreme Court allows Arizona to enforce part of voting law

By Michael Macagnone
Posted August 22, 2024 at 4:01pm
John Legend, joined by Sheila E., perform Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” during day three of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Podcasts

Sweet (temporary) home Chicago

By Jason Dick, Aidan Quigley and Daniela Altimari
Posted August 22, 2024 at 9:50am

At the Races: Can ‘joy’ give Democrats the House gavel?

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 22, 2024 at 2:30pm
Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and Democratic vice-presidential nominee, is pictured on the United Center stage in Chicago on Wednesday after addressing the convention crowd. With him are, from left, his daughter Hope, son Gus and wife Gwen.

Capitol Lens | Wall-to-Walz coverage of Day 3 at the DNC

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 22, 2024 at 12:45pm

The Complete AI and ChatGPT How-To Guide For Government Affairs

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted March 29, 2024 at 5:13pm
Locked out railway workers outside of the CN Rail Brampton yard on Thursday in Brampton ON, Canada.

US industries prepare for hit from Canadian rail strike

By Valerie Yurk
Posted August 22, 2024 at 10:32am
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz delivers his acceptance speech during day three of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Fact-checking Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention

By FactCheck.org
Posted August 22, 2024 at 8:39am
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Democratic vice presidential nominee, and his wife Gwen, acknowledge the crowd after he spoke on the third night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on Wednesday.

Walz-ing with Tim at the DNC

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 22, 2024 at 12:27am

What Constituent Correspondence Reveals About Voter Sentiment

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted February 28, 2024 at 11:41am
Maryland Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks speaks during the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Democrats argue majority is still in their reach in November

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:35pm
Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride, a Democrat running for the state’s open congressional seat, attends the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Tuesday.

Democrats’ LGBTQ delegates cheer barrier-breaking candidates

By Daniela Altimari
Posted August 21, 2024 at 6:17pm
Then-Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is seen in the U.S. Capitol during senate votes on January 23, 2024.

Ethics review into Menendez closed after resignation takes effect

By Jacob Fulton
Posted August 21, 2024 at 5:47pm

2024 CQ Election Watch Briefing Series

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted April 22, 2024 at 12:11am
Former Sen. Bob Menendez attends a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing in 2015 on the impact of U.S. policy changes on human rights and Democracy in Cuba.

Cuba embargo backers lose advocate with resignation of Menendez

By Rachel Oswald
Posted August 21, 2024 at 5:36pm
Minnesota Gov. and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz does a podium check Wednesday before the Democratic National Convention resumes in Chicago. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

As GOP attacks, Democrats urge Walz to lean into military record

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 21, 2024 at 5:25pm
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the Democratic National Convention from Milwaukee after the roll call vote in Chicago on Tuesday.

Harris as a candidate, more than her stances, excites young Democrats

By Jacob Fulton
Posted August 21, 2024 at 4:22pm

FiscalNote Copilot for Policy

By Chhayrithy Chhuan
Posted July 15, 2024 at 8:45pm
A young female protester wearing a helmet faces down helmeted and armed police officers at an anti-Vietnam War demonstration outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August 1968. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

’68 coverage shows what’s changed, and what hasn’t, about party conventions

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted August 21, 2024 at 2:57pm
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama appear onstage inside the United Center in Chicago on Tuesday, the second night of the Democratic National Convention.

Capitol Lens | Rock and roll call — DNC, Day 2

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 21, 2024 at 12:48pm
Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., is seen outside the House Democratic Caucus leadership election in Longworth Building on Nov. 30, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. dies after career in New Jersey politics

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted August 21, 2024 at 12:28pm
Then-Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., talks with the media in the Capitol after a shooting at the Republican's baseball practice in Alexandria on June 14, 2017.

Ex-lawmakers seek to curb political talk that could spark violence

By Justin Papp
Posted August 21, 2024 at 11:47am
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Fact-checking Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention

By FactCheck.org
Posted August 21, 2024 at 10:45am
Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, led the field advancing to the November election.

Peltola finishes well ahead of rivals in Alaska primary

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:14am
Jennifer Pepper, the CEO and president of CHOICES, leads a morning staff meeting shortly after the announcement of the 2022 Dobbs Supreme Court decision that overturned the federal protection of access to abortion. In October, the Memphis-based CHOICES opened a second location in Carbondale after the Memphis abortion clinic stopped performing abortions.

Post-Roe, Illinois becomes haven for abortion access

By Sandhya Raman
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:00am
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic nominee for president, speaks during a rally to kick off their campaign at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia on Aug. 6.

In picking Walz, Harris upends notion of ‘women’s issues’

By Lia DeGroot, Sandhya Raman and Ariel Cohen
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:00am

Capitol Ink | Kamala la land

By R.J. Matson
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:00am
A shopper scans coupons in a grocery store in Washington, D.C., on May 23, 2024.

The economic case Trump needs to make 

By David Winston
Posted August 21, 2024 at 6:00am
Former President Barack Obama speaks during day two of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday.

Via Chicago: Obamas look to deliver for Harris

By Aidan Quigley and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 21, 2024 at 12:25am
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., walks through the Capitol basement on Sept. 12, 2023 after calling Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., “out of compliance" with an agreement he made with members of the Republican conference to win the speakership. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Gaetz wins Florida primary easily, Scott to face Mucarsel-Powell

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 20, 2024 at 8:39pm
A former contender for the vice presidential nomination, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., addressed a Democratic Party veterans council at the party's convention on Tuesday in Chicago. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Can toxic exposure law break GOP’s electoral edge with veterans?

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 20, 2024 at 8:12pm
Vice President Kamala Harris makes a surprise appearance on stage during the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

DNC works to stoke abortion anger, inspire women to back Harris

By Daniela Altimari
Posted August 20, 2024 at 6:40pm
Stephanie Murphy, then-candidate for Congress from Florida, speaks while flanked by the House Democratic women at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016.

Bullish on candidates who are bearish about Chicago attendance

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted August 20, 2024 at 5:48pm
Chicago’s United Center is hosting the 2024 Democratic National Convention this week.

Trump, Vance counterprogram DNC with some policy — and personal jabs

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 20, 2024 at 5:21pm
Delegates wave signs as President Joe Biden speaks during the 2024 Democratic National Convention on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

‘Unconventional’ party platform heavy on partisan attacks

By Mike Magner
Posted August 20, 2024 at 3:14pm
Vice President Kamala Harris waves from her seat flanked by Second gentleman of the United States Doug Emhoff and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Monday.

Looking to the future, with a nod to history at the DNC

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted August 20, 2024 at 2:08pm

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