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Why piecemeal funding bills won’t solve the shutdown
Plus: The latest on the redistricting wars, House Dems demand Russell Vought reverse the RIFs and bipartisan senators team up for new conservation…
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Republicans are racing to save SNAP—from themselves
Plus: Hakeem Jeffries’ last-minute endorsement of New York City’s Democratic ticket and a Montana Democrat’s beef over Trump’s trade war.
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Jeffries, Johnson and the politics of silence after a death threat
Plus: Senate Dems block federal worker pay bill, House Dems called back to DC next week and a top Dem senator responds to the latest sports scandal.
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Dems throw cold water on Thune’s Plan B
Plus: News and notes on Jeff Merkley’s marathon floor speech, the key takeaways from three new polls and Trump’s bizarre beef post.
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What three November races will reveal about Democrats’ post-2024 rebuild
Almost a year into Trump 2.0, the contests in California, New Jersey and Virginia will show whether statewide strategy can translate into renewed…
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Johnson leans on far right while blaming Democrats for extremes
While blaming Democrats for bowing to progressives, Johnson stood beside the very conservatives whose hardline demands have deepened the GOP’s shutdown…
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“I am so upset about this”: Thune, Johnson vent as shutdown drags
The top two Republican leaders are showing rare flashes of anger as the shutdown grinds on, revealing the strain of trying to look in control while…
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No Kings Rally arises as latest flashpoint in shutdown standoff
Plus: Thune sets up vote on federal back pay legislation and New Jersey Democrats host Black girls empowerment conference.
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Exclusive: Waters noncommittal on major Senate housing bill
Plus: Senate Dems face critical shutdown test vote and inside the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act oral argument.
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The Voting Rights Act faces its next big Supreme Court test
Plus: The latest on Day 15 of the shutdown and what Bernie Sanders hopes you’ll take away from his CNN town hall with AOC.
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House Dems come back to Washington
Plus: The fallout continues from Trump’s sweeping reduction-in-force, Trump’s historic trip to the Middle East and a preview of Trump’s meeting with the…
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Johnson’s shutdown strain spills into public view
The speaker’s frustration mirrors a GOP conference under pressure to remain united, while Democrats press their case to reopen the government and…
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