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Trump ignites new phase of data-center debate
Plus: SCOTUS lets Trump keep building his ballroom, Johnson pitches GOP case for Iran war, Democrats press Trump on Russia sanctions and Harris backs…
 • Michael Jones
LaMonica McIver weighs her next move
Plus: Inside the week ahead in the House, Clyburn backs Supreme Court expansion to 13 justices, Senate Republicans target mifepristone access and…
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EXCLUSIVE: Reproductive Freedom for All backs 17 House challengers
Twelve of the abortion-rights group’s picks are DCCC Red to Blue candidates as it deploys a $23.5 million midterm program to help flip the House.
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A little summer reading
The story behind my congressional press credential and the independent newsroom it helped me build.
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What four years of the IRA taught Democrats
Plus: Jeffries keeps his distance from the left’s agenda, House Dems take ICE oversight to Maine and Florida Dems face tests of ideology and…
 • Michael Jones
Abortion’s next test is the midterms
Plus: Trump’s Harvard pressure campaign hits a legal wall, lawmakers advocate for better post-disaster pet reunification and DNC listens in on 2024…
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CBC readies agenda for a Democratic House
Plus: Durbin and Booker defend First Step Act ahead of SCOTUS, Pallone probes airlines over surveillance pricing and Ossoff seizes on Collins’s Jan. 6…
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Inside the left’s looming moment of truth
Plus: Jeffries to headline NABJ newsmaker plenary, study estimates major savings under Medicare for All and Planned Parenthood lines up behind El-Sayed.
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Democrats confront what comes after FCC ownership vote
Plus: Trump orders overhaul of childhood vaccine schedule, Hegseth invokes Graham in Pentagon spending push, House Dems push Johnson for AI CEO hearings…
 • Michael Jones
Senate Republicans left themselves a September squeeze
Plus: Netanyahu rejects Trump-backed Gaza plan, Cortez Masto targets construction worker suicide, Dems face two more Midwest tests and SC GOP to pick…
 • Michael Jones
Where the Senate stands before recess
Plus: Kamlager-Dove moves to impeach Vought, progressives propose AI tax to fund jobs and new Democratic poll shows Jackson ahead in Maine.
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How El-Sayed plans to turn a primary upset into a Senate win
Plus: Democrats seek Pentagon watchdog probe, Senate confirms CDC director and Chuck Edwards calls it quits amid House Ethics fallout.
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