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Blanche rejects Democrats’ claims of politicized DOJ
Plus: Clark splits with Jeffries on Israel aid, House GOP releases Reconciliation 3.0 blueprint and Trump pushes ICE to resume traffic stops.
22 hrs ago • Michael Jones
The House is finally back in business
Plus: DHS pauses ICE traffic stops, Senate Democrats block NDAA and inflation cools in June.
Jul 14 • Michael Jones
The future of Graham’s gavels
Plus: Darline Graham Nordone appointed to finish her late brother’s term and Speaker Johnson sets stage for Reconciliation 3.0.
Jul 13 • Michael Jones
DOJ subpoenas loom over Trump nominees
Plus: Can Mike Johnson unfreeze the House floor?
Jul 12 • Michael Jones
Lindsey Graham dies at 71
The South Carolina Republican leaves behind a three-decade congressional legacy, reshapes Senate politics and sets off an unusual race to replace him on…
Jul 12 • Michael Jones
Housing bill becomes law without Trump’s signature
Congress’s biggest bipartisan housing bill in decades became law without President Trump’s signature after he refused to approve it over the SAVE…
Jul 11 • Michael Jones
CBCPAC takes its organizing campaign on the road after Callais
Plus: The latest on the Graham Platner saga and Schumer seizes on Trump’s Air Force One switch.
Jul 9 • Michael Jones
Trump broadens foreign policy reset at NATO
Plus: The latest on the Graham Platner standoff.
Jul 8 • Michael Jones
Five things the Platner scandal tells us about Democrats
Plus: Trump meets Erdoğan to open the NATO summit, Maryland tees up a redistricting special session, and Kagan and Barrett to make a rare Capitol Hill…
Jul 7 • Michael Jones
Republicans’ Planned Parenthood funding fight enters a new phase
Plus: The White House touts Trump accounts, Hill foreign policy leaders travel to Turkey for the NATO Summit and Graham Platner denies new sexual…
Jul 6 • Michael Jones
EXCLUSIVE: McClellan pitches Democrats’ post-OBBBA family agenda
The Virginia Democrat argues the party should pair its attacks on Republicans’ domestic policy law with a competing vision centered on affordability…
Jul 2 • Michael Jones
Republican dysfunction spares Democrats a difficult Israel vote ... for now
Plus: Senate Democrats press Blanche over unanswered DOJ oversight, Trump debuts the Qatari-gifted Air Force One, and new polls tighten four key Senate…
Jul 2 • Michael Jones
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