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The birthright citizenship fight is a Black issue too
Plus: Kamlager-Dove eyes DPCC opening, Missouri map fight reaches SCOTUS and DCCC steps up its ground game.
 • Michael Jones
College sports chaos hasn’t moved House Democrats
Plus: House passes Israel boycott bill, Dems press DHS on election security funds and Pappas to bring in Warren, Kelly before primary.
 • Michael Jones
House Dems confront fallout from rule revolt
Plus: Civil-rights groups launch poll-watcher operation, Democrats see an opening on corruption, Frost targets homeless detention policies and AOC backs…
 • Michael Jones
Golden, Gluesenkamp Perez stun House Democrats
Plus: U.S. launches a new round of strikes inside Iran, Hayes eyes Education and Workforce post, Warren presses Trump housing officials and HMP expands…
 • Michael Jones

August 2026

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…
 • Michael Jones
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.
 • Michael Jones
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…
 • Michael Jones
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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