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Trump puts Italy’s Meloni in high-pressure role as bridge to EU on tariffs

6 days ago | rollcall.com | John T. Bennett

ANALYSIS — “America first” met “Italy and Italians first” on Thursday at the White House, with tariffs atop the agenda as President Donald Trump huddled with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni — suddenly a key European leader who could help close the trans-Atlantic trade chasm.
At the Races: Only the young

6 days ago | rollcall.com | Mary Ellen McIntire |Daniela Altimari |Niels Lesniewski

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels LesniewskiA handful of young Democrats have announced primary challenges to longtime Democratic incumbents, a trend that gained support this week from a top Democratic National Committee official.
California sues to stop tariffs levied under economic emergency

1 week ago | rollcall.com | Olivia Bridges

California sued President Donald Trump and members of his administration Wednesday to stop the import tariffs levied under a 1977 law, saying the statute doesn’t give the president the emergency powers he used to justify the action. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California asks the judge to find the tariffs unlawful and void them. The complaint says the International Economic Emergency Powers Act doesn’t authorize the use of tariffs.
5 takeaways from first-quarter fundraising reports

1 week ago | rollcall.com | Mary Ellen McIntire |Daniela Altimari |Ryan Kelly

New federal fundraising disclosures show vulnerable senators on both sides of the aisle amassing large war chests in advance of the 2026 elections, with Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff leading the pack. And on the House side, Republicans running in battleground districts, on average, outraised their Democratic counterparts in similarly competitive districts during the first three months of the year, an analysis of the Federal Election Commission filings show.
Judge starts contempt of court process over US immigration moves

1 week ago | rollcall.com | Chris Johnson

A federal judge in Washington found Wednesday there was probable cause the Trump administration engaged in criminal contempt of court for refusing to comply with his order stopping the deportation of migrants under a centuries-old wartime law. Judge James E.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen trip seeks return of migrant deported in error

1 week ago | rollcall.com | Chris Johnson

Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen has taken a lead role among Democrats opposing the Trump administration’s high-profile mistaken deportation of a migrant to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador, announcing on Tuesday he was flying to the country with the intent to pay the man a visit.
Capitol Ink | Out For delivery

1 week ago | rollcall.com | R.J. Matson

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Former Colorado Rep. Greg Lopez running for governor

1 week ago | rollcall.com | Andrew Menezes

Former Colorado Rep. Greg Lopez will run for governor in next year’s election, joining a crowded Republican primary to succeed term-limited Democratic incumbent Jared Polis. “I believe in people over politics,” Lopez says in a campaign announcement video released Monday. “Together, let’s make Colorado a state that we can all be proud of.”Lopez served for less than six months representing Colorado’s 4th District following his victory in a special election for the seat vacated by Republican Ken Buck.
Rep. Josh Harder on why Democrats should be angrier at the status quo

1 week ago | rollcall.com | Jim Saksa

There’s a difference between being moderate and being complacent, at least according to Rep. Josh Harder. “We have to be the party that is the angriest at the status quo,” said Harder, who serves as a vice chair of the centrist New Democrat Coalition. As one of just 13 House Democrats who won last fall in a district carried by Donald Trump, Harder believes average Americans voted for change and ended up with chaos.
Trump has ‘do what we want’ mindset as 100th day in office nears

1 week ago | rollcall.com | John T. Bennett

ANALYSIS — Donald Trump’s second-term governing doctrine could be summed up by these nine words the president uttered last week: “No one leads us. We do what we want.” That’s been Team Trump’s approach, so far, at home and abroad — drawing praise from congressional Republicans and scorn from many Democrats, with his 100th day milestone coming on April 30.