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FISA deadline slips closer, Pulte fight deepens
Plus: Elizabeth Warren presses the Trump administration to defend its AI oversight strategy before Congress and a new poll offers Democrats fresh…
 • Michael Jones
A surveillance deadline and an immigration fight
Plus: New Dems explain how they’d pursue affordability and anti-corruption agendas in a Democratic House majority, and Hakeem Jeffries updates his…
 • Michael Jones
Trump’s fund still haunts the Senate
Plus: Why a House Democratic AI commission is publicly rebuking a bipartisan framework backed by one of its own members and a CBC-aligned group invests…
 • Michael Jones
The Senate’s college sports rescue plan takes center stage
Plus: Senate Republicans advance their immigration bill after two flashpoints nearly derailed it and Democrats’ close call in CA-06 renews scrutiny of…
 • Michael Jones
Trump’s DNI pick rattles surveillance talks
Plus: A preview of the Senate’s college sports hearing and why Hakeem Jeffries is embracing New York’s redistricting push while withholding support from…
 • Michael Jones
Trump fund pause fails to quiet Senate backlash
Plus: How James Talarico is courting Black voters in Texas and a bipartisan effort to require notice when the government accesses Americans’ emails and…
 • Michael Jones

May 2026

A legislative pile-up awaits Republicans as the calendar turns to June
Plus, a guide to this Tuesday’s slate of primaries and news and notes on what else to keep tabs on around the Hill this week.
 • Michael Jones
What SCOTUS’s First Step Act rulings mean for criminal justice reform
Plus: Dems express outrage that Pam Bondi’s Epstein files interview won’t be videotaped, band together to halt Trump’s ballroom project, and ask for an…
 • Michael Jones
Democrats see warning sign in ruling on Trump voting order
Plus: The SEC hires a crisis PR pro amid boycott calls over GOP gerrymandering, and James Talarico scores a major fundraising bump after Ken Paxton’s…
 • Michael Jones
The politics of the Senate college sports bill are already messy
Plus: LGBTQ+ lawmakers blast Colin Allred after his runoff victory against Rep. Julie Johnson and a new bipartisan push to reform partisan…
 • Michael Jones
Senate dealmakers take their shot at fixing college sports
Plus: News and notes on the new bipartisan push to reform partisan gerrymandering and some brutal polling for Susan Collins.
 • Michael Jones
How Cornyn’s fall rattled the Senate map
Ken Paxton’s victory over the four-term incumbent has forced Republicans into an expensive new general election fight while Texas Democrats elevated a…
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