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Did Democrats win the shutdown fight?

Senate moves to revive DHS deal

Supreme Court to weigh birthright citizenship limits

Trump dangles dinner as DHS shutdown drags on

Johnson extends DHS shutdown fight into recess

House fate uncertain for DHS deal

Inside House Oversight’s shift from hearings to roundtables

Cherfilus-McCormick faces rare public ethics hearing

DHS shutdown clash meets GOP megabill push

Dems target Noem after DHS shakeup

ICE fight threatens DHS shutdown breakthrough

Mullin’s DHS is here

Waters pushes conference on housing bill

SCOTUS to weigh election day ballot deadline

Congress eyes key NBA expansion vote

House Dems tee up new war powers vote

Trump’s looming Iran funding ask sets up Hill fight

Fetterman emerges as Mullin swing vote

CBC rallies behind Stratton amid Pritzker questions

DHS shutdown fight spills into Mullin hearing

Trump anti-fraud push sparks Dem backlash

Illinois Dems to settle Durbin seat, key House fights

Jeffries moves to force DHS funding vote

Schumer says Dems ready for SAVE fight

Inside Democrats’ plan to tackle the caregiving crisis

Senate heads toward SAVE America Act showdown

Senate sends housing bill back to House

Democrats await Clyburn’s next move

Dems renew opposition to Trump education attacks

Mark Kelly’s big AI moment

Padilla leads push against SAVE America Act

Senate Democrats threaten war powers showdown over Iran

DHS shutdown blame game intensifies

Democrats seize on rising gas prices

Selma’s legacy looms over voting battle

DWC seeks changes to Mace harassment resolution

DHS fight continues after Noem firing

Democrats target Big Ag over groceries

Senate blocks effort to limit Iran war

Senate to vote on Iran war powers resolution

Iran war scrutiny intensifies on Capitol Hill

GOP farm bill faces showdown

Trump vows quick Iran campaign

America mourns as Iran war widens

Iran responds after Trump strikes

The next front in election wars

CBC-aligned ad jolts NC-04 primary

Clinton up next in Oversight’s Epstein probe

Dems pivot from SOTU to midterms

Dems head to NOVA following Trump SOTU

Trump’s “golden age” meets reality

Four years later in Ukraine

Dems draw line on Trump’s tariff back-up plan

Hill votes scrapped amid nor’easter

DHS shutdown sparks airport confusion

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs

The quiet DHS shutdown

Dems push back as Trump touts economy

Trump heads to Georgia as special voting opens

Trump defends record at Black History event

Wexner deposition deepens Epstein probe

How Jesse Jackson reshaped the modern Democratic Party

Allred to vote early in tense North Texas primary

Gen Z’s LGBTQ+ surge holds

Shutdown shadow over recess

Congress departs without DHS agreement

Dems turn up heat on ICE

GOP-backed proof-of-citizenship bill clears House

Bondi time

Dems double down in DHS standoff

House GOP escalates election fight

House fast-tracks bipartisan housing bill

No apology

NFL hiring cycle raises Hill concerns

NJ-11 goes down to the wire

Democrats insist they won’t take the GOP’s sanctuary city bait

Bessent’s back

Scoop: Dems sideline Noem impeachment to press ICE reforms

A very Washington long weekend

House reopens government as ICE fight enters next phase

Another Trump judicial rebuke

GOP races to prep funding bill for floor

Johnson’s next test

Jeffries forces Johnson to fund the government the hard way

WH agrees to strip DHS bill as shutdown looms

Schumer’s ICE strategy comes into focus

Trump backs Noem as House Democrats escalate impeachment threat

Schumer starts shutdown blame game

Senate Democrats gear up for an ICE shutdown fight

House clears final funding bills after GOP peels off DHS

“It’s that simple”: What House Democrats spoke about behind closed doors on the DHS funding bill

Jayapal returns from Minnesota with stark warning on ICE

House Republicans push anti-abortion bills as floor math tightens

Ex-Division I athlete presses fellow lawmakers to rethink college sports rules

Democrats say GOP stock trading bill doesn’t actually ban trading

AOC eyes House path as Senate clears deepfake bill

ICE fallout tests Democrats’ hard-won message discipline

Don’t look now, but housing policy is having a moment

GOP cries fraud as ACA subsidies head to Senate

Democrats brush off Trump impeachment warning to House GOP

How Congress marked five years since Jan. 6

Why Democrats distrust Trump’s Venezuela briefers

Trump’s Venezuela strike upends a packed January agenda