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Trump is in a mess of his own making
Plus: Dems slam Republican leaders for Iran war powers delay and block GOP women’s museum proposal as the DNC finally releases the 2024 autopsy.
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Republicans implode over Trump’s reconciliation demands
Plus: Democrats test new anti-corruption messaging for 2026 as Jeffries ties Supreme Court reform to affordability and fresh polling shows deep…
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Michael Jones
Democrats smell victory on Iran vote
Plus: Schumer and Jeffries to lead Hill Dems in joint event against GOP immigration budget bill, the House passes major housing bill and Warnock calls…
May 21
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Michael Jones
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Senate GOP backs away from Trump ballroom funding
Plus: Why Gavin Newsom’s meetings with Jeffries and the CBC turned heads among Democrats who are thinking beyond 2026.
May 20
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Michael Jones
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Massie falls, Ossoff waits and Senate Republicans scramble
Kentucky, Georgia and Pennsylvania primaries exposed the coalitions shaping 2026 while Senate Republicans race against the clock to finish the Byrd Bath…
May 20
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Michael Jones
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Congress Nerd Sunrise
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Trump is in a mess of his own making
Plus: Dems slam Republican leaders for Iran war powers delay and block GOP women’s museum proposal as the DNC finally releases the 2024 autopsy.
10 hrs ago
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Michael Jones
Democrats smell victory on Iran vote
Plus: Schumer and Jeffries to lead Hill Dems in joint event against GOP immigration budget bill, the House passes major housing bill and Warnock calls…
May 21
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Michael Jones
3
Massie falls, Ossoff waits and Senate Republicans scramble
Kentucky, Georgia and Pennsylvania primaries exposed the coalitions shaping 2026 while Senate Republicans race against the clock to finish the Byrd Bath…
May 20
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Michael Jones
6
Inside the most expensive House primary in U.S. history
Trumpworld tries to finish off Thomas Massie. Plus: House GOP leaders pull SCORE Act, Pelosi picks her preferred successor and the DWC opposes MAGA-fied…
May 19
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Michael Jones
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Steve Cohen on retirement, Trump and the breakup of Memphis
The southwest Tennessee Democrat discusses retirement, redistricting and why he considers opposing Trump the defining work of his career.
May 18
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Michael Jones
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Republicans implode over Trump’s reconciliation demands
Plus: Democrats test new anti-corruption messaging for 2026 as Jeffries ties Supreme Court reform to affordability and fresh polling shows deep…
22 hrs ago
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Michael Jones
Senate GOP backs away from Trump ballroom funding
Plus: Why Gavin Newsom’s meetings with Jeffries and the CBC turned heads among Democrats who are thinking beyond 2026.
May 20
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Michael Jones
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Democrats, NAACP escalate pressure campaign after SCORE Act collapse
Plus: Senate Democrats advance Tim Kaine’s Iran war powers resolution, protest the Callais voting-rights ruling and Mark Warner targets Trump Mobile’s…
May 19
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Michael Jones
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Thune cools expectations for House housing bill redo
The Senate majority leader signaled senators may not simply accept the House’s latest bipartisan housing package as lawmakers clash over what belongs in…
May 18
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Michael Jones
Democrats eye a new “Freedom Summer” after Alabama protests
Democratic lawmakers and civil rights groups say the Alabama demonstrations could become a broader Southern organizing campaign against GOP-led…
May 17
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