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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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Discharge petition? Senate vote? Centrist deal? Congress enters crunch time on ACA extension
Plus: Jasmine Crockett sounds like she’s running for Senate, a preview of the TN-07 special election and everything you need to know about this year’s…
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November 2025

Censure city
The House’s first full week back was filled with partisan rebukes, Trump signs off on the release of the Epstein files, Indiana rejects Trump’s…
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Clock ticks on ACA subsidies as Congress leaves for Thanksgiving
Plus: The September jobs report reveals an uneven economic outlook, House Dems unveil proposal to lower prescription drug costs and the DCCC raises…
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House to repeal controversial Senate phone-records provision
Plus: Schumer demands a briefing on Trump’s military plans in Venezuela, senators introduce a bill targeting algorithmic rent-setting and a senior…
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Congress isolates Trump, moves fast to release Epstein files
Plus: New House calendar leaves room to avoid another government shutdown, House Dems move to block Trump’s Caribbean strikes and Senate Dems push…
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“Panic mode”: Democrats say Trump’s Indiana map push shows he’s on his heels
Plus: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s disapproval resolution survives House Democratic leadership’s takedown effort, top Democrats demand a halt to the…
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