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Let the next funding fight begin
Thoughts on Speaker Johnson’s impossible governing task. Plus: Jahana Hayes on Project 2025 and public education, China Week in the House and why…
House Dems plan to renew push for Hill action on gun safety
The effort comes in the wake of the school shooting in Georgia this week. Plus: News and notes on the latest jobs report, the Harris campaign’s…
Florida abortion politics after Trump’s latest policy flip-flop
A Q&A with Florida state Sen. Shevrin Jones. Plus: the latest on the ceasefire talks following the weekend death of an American hostage and recap of the…

August 2024

Even with Harris’s momentum, Hill Dems know they have to run their own races
Plus: What’s next for the Harris campaign and the latest in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire-hostage negotiations.
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What to expect from Harris’s acceptance speech
Plus: RFK and Trump supporters allegedly deface Harris posters and why the Harris campaign thinks the Trump appeal to Black men is overrated.
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Dems to open convention in remarkable array
With cosmic enthusiasm for its new nominee and enormous gratitude for its outgoing president, the Blue Team can barely contain its palpable joy…
Kamala Harris cares a lot about the care economy
For proof, look no further than the economic she announced today featuring a new Child Tax Credit on top of the 2021 version plus proposals to lower…
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Biden, Harris and Hill Dems tout huge Medicare price negotiation milestone
Plus: Why the first-ever White House creator economy conference is such a big deal.
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What Hakeem Jeffries thinks about the recent Squad primaries
During an interview ahead of an event in his district, the top House Democrat also discussed the tension in the Middle East and the enthusiasm ahead of…
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Harris previews economic, immigration policies on west coast swing
Plus: US officials slam the latest Israeli airstrike, new polling favors Harris over Trump and GOP state AGs sue Biden administration to block DACA…
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3 observations from Harris’s Wisconsin and Michigan rallies
The latest from my campaign notes: Hill Dems hug veep after avoiding Biden on the trail, she takes the high road from an anti-Trump chant and Team…
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Why young, diverse voters should be excited about Tim Walz
For starters, one progressive advocate told me, even though they’re roughly 60 years old, they’re a generation younger than Biden and Trump, which…
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