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How Jeffries outmaneuvered the House GOP on health care
Plus: Why Sarah McBride spoke out against a pair of anti-trans bills and what Eric Holder told House Democrats about the redistricting wars.
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Former top Senate aide takes on Bennie Thompson in MS-02
Evan Turnage was once Chuck Schumer’s top lawyer. Now, he’s challenging a longtime CBC member, arguing seniority hasn’t delivered enough economic…
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What House Democrats saw in the 2026 polling this morning
Plus: Senate Democrats on the Epstein files, Hakeem Jeffries on Susie Wiles and House Republican moderates fight for a show vote on extending the ACA…
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EXCLUSIVE: CBC puts 2028 hopefuls on notice
Plus: Crockett on her viral launch video, Instacart pushes back after Schumer seeks an FTC review, why OBBBA’s rural health fund falls short and a…
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Why Jasmine Crockett calls that launch video a “work of art”
Beyond the launch moment, Crockett talks Obama, succession optics back home, and how she plans to run a fast, turnout-focused Senate campaign.
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Senate standoff leaves ACA tax credits in peril
Plus: Senate brushes off Trump’s latest blue-slip crash out and Buy Now, Pay Later draws scrutiny as Americans stretch holiday budgets.
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Democrats take issue with GOP’s vision for national voter registration
Plus: Democratic women cast Trump as the Grinch this holiday season and the House advances NDAA in overwhelmingly bipartisan vote.
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Is Congress repeating its social-media mistake on AI?
Plus: SCOTUS hears arguments on key campaign finance law, Trump takes his affordability pitch to Pennsylvania and Jeffries blasts Trump’s farm bailout.
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Crockett makes Senate bid official
Meanwhile, Colin Allred suspended his Senate run and announced his candidacy for the redrawn TX-33, setting up a messy primary against his House…
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The increasingly sour Jeffries–Johnson partnership
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Dems bet ACA unity will force the GOP’s hand
Plus: Why the SCORE Act was pulled from the House schedule and how New Dems say their new health care agenda keeps small businesses and vulnerable…
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Jasmine Crockett sure sounds like a Senate candidate
The Dallas Democrat says how the unfinished work of voting rights, a changing political landscape and her own internal polling are pulling her closer to…
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