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How Jeffries outmaneuvered the House GOP on health care
Former top Senate aide takes on Bennie Thompson in MS-02
What House Democrats saw in the 2026 polling this morning
EXCLUSIVE: CBC puts 2028 hopefuls on notice
Why Jasmine Crockett calls that launch video a “work of art”
Senate standoff leaves ACA tax credits in peril
Democrats take issue with GOP’s vision for national voter registration
Is Congress repeating its social-media mistake on AI?
Crockett makes Senate bid official
The increasingly sour Jeffries–Johnson partnership
Dems bet ACA unity will force the GOP’s hand
Jasmine Crockett sure sounds like a Senate candidate
Discharge petition? Senate vote? Centrist deal? Congress enters crunch time on ACA extension
Clock ticks on ACA subsidies as Congress leaves for Thanksgiving
House to repeal controversial Senate phone-records provision
Congress isolates Trump, moves fast to release Epstein files
“Panic mode”: Democrats say Trump’s Indiana map push shows he’s on his heels
“Sanctimonious”: Inside the blowback to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s rebuke of one of her own
House passes funding bill to end historic government shutdown
Inside House Democrats’ plan to keep health care front and center
Senate clears way for bipartisan deal to end shutdown
Trump’s filibuster obsession plays right into Democrats’ hands
Democrats’ dominant off-year wins put Trump’s GOP on notice
Could Republicans be headed for No Kings déjà vu?
Jeffries visits Brooklyn pantry as SNAP lapse hits home
New SNAP work rules to take effect as shutdown threatens November benefits
SNAP, troop pay and air travel test Democrats’ health care message
Why piecemeal funding bills won’t solve the shutdown
Republicans are racing to save SNAP—from themselves
Jeffries, Johnson and the politics of silence after a death threat
Dems throw cold water on Thune’s Plan B
What three November races will reveal about Democrats’ post-2024 rebuild
Johnson leans on far right while blaming Democrats for extremes
“I am so upset about this”: Thune, Johnson vent as shutdown drags
No Kings Rally arises as latest flashpoint in shutdown standoff
Exclusive: Waters noncommittal on major Senate housing bill
The Voting Rights Act faces its next big Supreme Court test
House Dems come back to Washington
Johnson’s shutdown strain spills into public view
How Speaker Johnson’s political missteps worsened the shutdown standoff
The first full shutdown week begins
Democrats stand firm against Vought’s slash-and-burn shutdown tactics
How Democrats spent the day before the shutdown
Jeffries, Schumer to take their government funding demands straight to Trump
How Trump’s megabill has defined the shutdown fight
EXCLUSIVE: Dems detail toll of Trump’s trade war in new report
Congress grows restless with Trump’s TikTok delays
Funding fight deepens: Democrats demand healthcare as GOP releases stopgap
House to take further aim at D.C.’s autonomy with crime package
The Sun’s future and the fight for pay equity put the WNBA under Congress’s glare
Jeffries and Schumer draw a line on health care as Democrats demand a broader fight
House takes up must-pass defense policy bill
Are sports fans being priced out of America’s games?
Surprise bipartisan coalition shields McIver from GOP censure push
“We are not playing”: California Democrats plot redistricting revenge
The Senate finally got its recess
Texas redistricting showdown draws CBCPAC solidarity with state Dems
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
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
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
Dems target Trumponomics at retreat
Jeffries’ near-unified opposition
House Dem leaders spurn Johnson’s funding plan
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
Inside Dems’ Medicaid-focused GOP takedown strategy
Dems find footing by defending Medicaid
Senate GOP survive all-nighter, adopt budget blueprint
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
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