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How the House Democrats handled the day after Trump killed the CR

Jeffries to Johnson: You’re on your own

This is not what a mandate looks like

Congress is cutting it close, as usual

4 highlights from my exit interview with Cori Bush

Cori Bush has something to say

AOC hopeful her anti-explicit deepfake bill can make Congress’s final cut

How House Dems will resolve the committee conundrums

It’s NDAA week in the House

The new Empire State of Mind atop the Tri-Caucus

“People are scared”

The seniority status quo

How Jeffries sees Congress’s big pre-Christmas to-do list

The culture wars arrive to Capitol Hill

Republicans reject Stabenow’s farm bill proposal before the ink could even dry

Senate Republicans play hardball with Schumer on judicial noms

“He ruins his successes”

How one border-state Dem is bracing for Trump’s mass deportation operation

The Ossoff of it all

Inside the fallout from Jon Ossoff’s private push to oust Georgia’s Democratic party chair

Dems’ filibuster about-face

The tool Democrats love to hate may be their saving grace

The Dem blame game reaches full force

Trump did it again

Choose your own adventure: The Election Day edition

3 reasons to feel hopeful for Harris on Election Day

The Harris campaign’s Gen-Z whisperer

“You matter”: How Maxwell Frost emerged as the Harris campaign’s Gen-Z whisperer

How Speaker Johnson bolstered Dems’ closing message

“It doesn’t have to be this way”

WH touts progress of post-George Floyd directive

Harris’s measured confidence

The two most memorable moments from Harris’s CNN town hall

Harris pitches economic plan to Latino men

Welcome to the Harris-Cheney show

Harris gets backup in the battlegrounds

Biden’s student loan legacy, Israel’s Hamas revenge & Olivia Benson’s Kamala endorsement

Trump’s women’s issue, Obama’s tough talk & Bush’s ceasefire tweet

Dems embrace Kamalanomics, Biden laments Milton misinfo, Senate GOP’s rosy poll numbers

Oct. 7 one year later, Hill Dems’ localized messaging & Biden’s Hurricane Milton prep

Trump and Vance’s abortion distraction, Harris’s active GOP army & Biden’s student loan win

Walz’s strong finish, Biden’s Iran quagmire & Harris’s new small biz coalition

How Tim Walz can win the VP debate

A woman’s worth

Harris to hit the blue wall again

Meet the LA congresswoman ensuring Black creators get their economic fair share

Johnson plows ahead with doomed funding plan

Let the next funding fight begin

House Dems plan to renew push for Hill action on gun safety

Florida abortion politics after Trump’s latest policy flip-flop

Even with Harris’s momentum, Hill Dems know they have to run their own races

What to expect from Harris’s acceptance speech

Dems to open convention in remarkable array

Kamala Harris cares a lot about the care economy

Biden, Harris and Hill Dems tout huge Medicare price negotiation milestone

What Hakeem Jeffries thinks about the recent Squad primaries

Harris previews economic, immigration policies on west coast swing

3 observations from Harris’s Wisconsin and Michigan rallies

Why young, diverse voters should be excited about Tim Walz

To the window, to the Walz

Madam Vice President, who’s it gonna be?

Senate Dems fail to advance major tax bill

“And here we are”: Senate passes first child online safety legislation in almost 30 years

Biden to embrace Supreme Court reforms activists have long lobbied for

The House hammers Harris on the border in its final summer act

Why this New York Democrat couldn’t stay silent about the Dump-Biden campaign

Jeffries keeps his powder dry on Harris’s presidential bid

Harris praises Biden at first public event since announcing presidential bid

How Harris seized frontrunner status for the nomination

Did Dump Biden Democrats give the GOP an RNC free pass?

How the JD Vance nomination makes Kamala Harris even more indispensable

How the Menendez verdict undercuts a core GOP talking point

Harris to travel to Michigan, North Carolina during RNC Week

How Democrats view the post-assassination-attempt political landscape

Biden campaign voices confidence in Harris following Vance pick

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Dems’ handwringing overshadows inflation downturn and House GOP floor defeats

Inside the latest chapter of the Biden-CBC kinship

Biden stands tall as anxious Dems return to DC

5 takeaways from tonight’s Biden-Stephanopoulos interview

Why the post-debate media coverage feels unfair to Biden

Biden plans Dem outreach as members dread down-ballot drag

Biden campaign expresses horror at Trump immunity decision

Once Upon a Hill’s guide to the first presidential debate

Harris, HUD, announce $85 million to bolster affordable housing supply

How the Dobbs decision taught Democrats to leave nothing else to chance

What I’m Watching: The clash over House funding bills

Kendrick Lamar was the perfect distraction from a kinda sleepy week on Capitol Hill

Biden heeds calls from Hill Dems, announces new anti-deportation protections

Biden looks to offer relief to undocumented spouses of US citizens

Will House Republicans have the votes to hold Garland in contempt?

Will the war in Gaza still matter come Election Day?

EXCLUSIVE: How to talk about the war in Gaza with Biden skeptics

Senate Dems’ birth-control bill unsurprisingly falls flat

Senate border vote fails as Biden mulls executive action

“We’re going to receive him warmly”: Dems gear up to give Kenyan president the royal treatment

Why Senate Dems are taking another shot at that doomed border bill

Biden avoids embarrassment at Morehouse

It’s Infrastructure Week and President Biden wants you to stop and take notice

“Put your money where your mouth is”: Las Vegas Aces stars talk pay equity ahead of 2024 season

Dems brace for fierce farm bill battle

“His life’s legacy”: Durbin leads another push to expand Dreamer protections

Kamala Harris keeps beating the reproductive freedom drum

The Senate trio dead set on ending “reefer madness”

“Members will be members”: House Dems grow tired of rogue colleagues ahead of Johnson removal vote

Happenings: April 30, 2024

What to know about the 4 urgent issues facing Congress right now

Why TikTok is just the start for lawmakers

The Supreme Court takes on another high-stakes abortion case

The House finally gets it done on foreign aid

“Something is not right”: Democrats reflect on the state of the Black maternal health crisis

Alabama congressional candidate demands opponent take down false attack ad

So much for the Republicans’ Home Appliances Week

Arizona becomes latest abortion rights battleground

Biden’s big student-debt relief rollout

Did you know 23 million US households are about to lose internet access?

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What I’m watching: The shutdown countdown

”It was very quick”: House Dems sound alarm about the TikTok bill’s speedy passage

Biden imminent budget • TikTok’s House peril • SOTU odds and ends

SOTU 2024: What 5 congressional Dems thought of Biden’s big speech

Biden’s big primetime moment

Is America fulfilling the promise of the Civil Rights Act 60 years later?

“Old battles have become new again”: Bloody Sunday brings current battlegrounds into focus

House Dems outvote GOP to keep government open again

SCOOP: Alabama’s top House Democrat gets big money from GOP donors

Biden and company raise the stakes on Johnson

“A season of service”: Why Hill Harper left showbiz for a longshot Senate bid

Start the shutdown clock again

“None of this is by accident”: Reproductive rights advocates rail against Alabama IVF ruling

WH ups Ukraine pressure campaign on Johnson, House GOP

“Bring this bill to the floor”: Schumer calls on Johnson to break with Trump, House conservatives on foreign aid bill

Why a top streamer got hundreds of fans to door-knock 40,000 Ohioans during Super Bowl weekend

House Dems stand by their man

Of course the border deal rollout devolved into a mess

“This time feels different”: Senate Dems believe public sentiment against Big Tech is on their side

On Biden and Black men

Heinrich roundtable shows the depth of the gun violence epidemic

Antsy senators wonder if and when border deal will arrive

Democrats, Biden to remind voters abortion is on the ballot

Dem candidate for second majority-Black Alabama district raises $250,000 in nine weeks

Will enough House Dems warm up to the Wyden-Smith tax bill?

Summer Lee earns coveted endorsement from top three House Democrats

The Wyden-Smith tax plan, Cruz’s unfunny Cancun joke, Pritzker’s eyebrow-raising presser

Biden elicits praise, rebuke after Houthi payback airstrikes

House Dems bristle at proposed Child Tax Credit provisions

House conservatives pressure Johnson to renege on funding deal

Congress delays the inevitable a little more than a week from partial shutdown

Ultra-conservatives freeze House floor to kick off new session

Hunter Biden infuriates House GOP with surprise appearance

Congressional leaders split on how to avoid a government shutdown

Happenings: January 10, 2024

The House is back tonight, but Dems expect continued GOP chaos

Happenings: January 9, 2024

Schumer expresses new-year optimism on government funding, border talks

“The truth is under assault”: Biden takes his pro-democracy agenda to church

What to know about the Schumer-Johnson topline funding agreement

Happenings: January 8, 2024

Biden takes Trump to task fiery first campaign speech of 2024

House Dems reflect on Jan. 6th, steel their resolve to defeat Trumpism

Domestic programs could see $73B in cuts if Congress fails to pass new funding bills

Schumer on border talks: No deal yet

Happenings: January 2, 2024