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Senate Democrats invoke little-known law to force release of Epstein files

Can Roy Cooper calm Schumer’s grassroots critics?

“The Good Life”: House Dems pitch their vision as GOP sells the megabill

Black Caucus whip calls on Trump intel chief to resign over Obama smear

​​Morelle revives constitutional amendment to curb presidential immunity

Jeffries calls on Trump to reverse student loan interest restart

Democrats push back ahead of session to redraw Texas map

House sends landmark crypto bill to Trump’s desk, two more to Senate

Democrats push to restore union rights for federal workers

Jeffries on Johnson’s near-term agenda: “chaos, cruelty and corruption”

Inside Maxine Waters’ fight to block the House GOP’s crypto agenda

Democrats blast GOP Medicaid cuts in Louisiana, vow to fight ‘big, ugly law’ through midterms

When, not win: Democrats split over which election matters most

With megabill now law, Senate kicks off FY2026 markups

Republican holdouts fold yet again to send megabill to Trump’s desk

Trump’s megabill barely survives the Senate

All eyes on the House as Senate pushes Trump’s megabill toward the finish line

One year later: What Democrats learned from Biden’s fateful debate

SCOTUS strips Medicaid patients’ right to sue in Planned Parenthood case

House passes partisan military construction and veterans care bill to ramp up approps season

How Robert Garcia went from “dark horse” to House Oversight ranking member

Jeffries slams Trump admin for withholding post-strike intel

Democrats demand answers after Trump’s Iran strikes

Trump starts the clock on Iran

Slotkin stakes a claim on Democrats’ future

Dems decry Trump’s PEPFAR cuts before rescissions vote

How the Black Caucus is navigating the high-profile Oversight race

The House Dems’ Oversight race is officially on

Shontel Brown steps forward

House GOP passes Trump’s megabill after overnight procedural drama

Meet the Biden-loving Democrat tired of talking about his cognitive fitness

Johnson suffers setback as House conservatives stall GOP megabill

Scoop: Democrats rebrand the safety net as “basic needs”

The committee Democrats taking center stage as Republicans push their megabill

Williams and Scholten show up for moms

Katherine Clark’s message for moms

Jasmine Crockett’s committee play stirs CBC deliberations

House GOP to push Gulf renaming bill

Harris spotlights Hill resistance to Trump

Jeffries sets direction for next phase of Trump resistance

Trump 2.0 at 100 days: A tale of enablers and resisters

House GOP to kick off megabill markups

Durbin’s looming legacy

Van Hollen swipes at Newsom over immigration politics

Inside Van Hollen’s high-stakes El Salvador visit

Dems defend Social Security on Tax Day

Schumer blocks Trump U.S. Attorney picks in New York over rule of law concerns

How House Republicans quietly shielded Trump’s tariffs

House GOP pulls budget vote amid conservative rebellion

House Republicans pass bill to clip judges’ wings

Tariff tensions test Trump’s GOP grip

Senate GOP clears budget blueprint after overnight vote-a-rama

What fueled Booker’s 25-hour speech

Johnson stumbles on proxy voting gambit

Two Florida races, one early test of 2026 momentum

Trump’s national security picks test the merit standard

Lee, Khanna take aim at super PACs

CBO’s debt limit projection puts Congress on the clock

House Dems consider veterans’ event to address reported Trump Signal lapse

Trump team's intel breach sparks outrage

GOP’s judicial hypocrisy

Jeffries’ Medicaid reset

Schumer’s political purgatory

Dems target Trumponomics at retreat

Jeffries’ near-unified opposition

Jeffries doubles down

House Dem leaders spurn Johnson’s funding plan

Green’s House rebuke

10 House Dems vote to censure Al Green

Sewell leads new push for voting rights

Sewell’s new voting rights push

Hill Dems brace for Trump’s big speech

House Dems slam Trump’s trade war

Scoop: Crockett floats Ukrainian bipartisan show of unity

Dems’ new fault line

Rolling back Biden

Inside Dems’ Medicaid-focused GOP takedown strategy

Dems find footing by defending Medicaid

Jeffries to take to the steps

Senate GOP survive all-nighter, adopt budget blueprint

Bowman’s “no-brainer”

House Dems see opening to hammer Trump on the economy

Trump backs Johnson’s one-bill plan in GOP budget fight

How Dems plan to spotlight the GOP’s “parade of horribles” during recess

A post-reparations America

House Dems count on courts to curb Trump’s controversial orders

Schumer, Jeffries hustle to keep pace with Trump's actions and Democratic demands

Warnock sounds off on RFK Jr.: “Manifestly unqualified and unprepared”

Jeffries details House Democrats’ response to the Trump overwhelm

Hopes for DCA crash survivors were dashed this morning

Schumer, Senate Dems continue attacks on Trump’s federal funding freeze

“The chaos is the point”: Dems slam Trump WH for federal funding freeze

Why almost every Hill Democrat opposed the GOP’s latest anti-abortion bill

House GOP passes Laken Riley Act with help from 46 Dems

“I thought it was an awful decision”: Dems still lament Citizens United 15 years later

Where were Democrats during TikTok’s fake shutdown?

House GOP scores another immigration victory

House Dems reflect on Biden’s complicated legacy

GOP, Dems clash over spirit of trans sports ban

Senate Judiciary Dems have pressing questions for Pam Bondi

TikTok takes its case to SCOTUS

Jeffries sounds off on SALT Republicans

Inside the intriguing coalition of House Dems who supported the Laken Riley Act

3 reasons why the electoral vote count was a breeze

Johnson did it on the first ballot

Can Johnson hold on to his gavel?