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Kevin McCarthy Really Did It

Kevin McCarthy finally did it. On Wednesday, by an overwhelming bipartisan vote including the vast majority of Republicans, the House finally passed...

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The Quirky Conservative Who Saved the Economy and McCarthy

Thomas Massie drives a Tesla with a “friends of coal” vanity plate and walks around Capitol Hill wearing an electronic debt clock on his lapel...

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CPAC Is Rocked by a Resignation

A top leader in the organization that puts on CPAC, the highly influential conference of conservative leaders, resigned on Tuesday night, citing...

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Ron DeSantis’s very online and very disastrous 2024 campaign announcement

Ron DeSantis’s campaign has been predicated on his competence. Unlike the undisciplined Donald Trump, he won’t lash out on Twitter, get consumed...

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Who is Tim Scott, the newest 2024 Republican presidential candidate?

South Carolina’s Republican Sen. Tim Scott will formally announce Monday that he is running for president in 2024. The announcement, which will be...

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Jamaal Bowman Is Getting Into It

Recently, some of the most attention-getting debates in Washington have been outside Congress. As in literally just outside Congress. That’s where...

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Democrats’ plan to boot George Santos from Congress just failed

If Democrats have their way, Rep. George Santos (R-NY) will join two felons and three Confederate sympathizers in being expelled from the House of...

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The overlooked Republican faction that could decide debt ceiling negotiations

Over the past decade, the United States has gone through a series of standoffs over the federal budget and the debt limit with an ever-changing cast...

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How George Santos’s federal indictment could shake up Congress

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of wire fraud and money laundering in federal court in New York and was released...

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How George Santos’s reported federal indictment could shake up Congress

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) will reportedly be indicted on Wednesday in federal court in New York. The federal charges come after Santos has faced a...

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The GOP knife fight in the race for Kentucky’s governorship

The biggest race of 2023 is in Kentucky, and it’s not the Derby. Instead, the reelection bid by the state’s Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear will be...

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The secret delegate battle that will decide the 2024 Republican nominee

One of the great reminders for many Americans during the course of Donald Trump’s two presidential elections was how little the popular vote matters...

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The Democratic Party’s completely rewritten primary calendar, explained

Joe Biden’s announcement of his candidacy released Tuesday is the incumbent’s fourth bid for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. It will...

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Republicans finally have a debt ceiling plan. Will Democrats blink?

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy jump-started the game of chicken over whether the United States will default on its debt when he announced the...

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George Santos is running for reelection because “good isn’t good enough”

Embattled incumbent Rep. George Santos (R-NY) announced on Monday that he would seek reelection to Congress. Santos’s announcement, posted on...

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Joe Biden’s newest primary challenger is an anti-vaxxer Kennedy scion

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed paperwork on Wednesday to challenge Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential primary. It’s the third time a member of...

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Trump’s Indictment Has Become His Platform

Most criminal defendants would not immediately go on national television and attack the judge and the judge’s family only hours after being...

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The most important election of 2023 is for the Wisconsin Supreme Court

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Trump’s indictment has united the Republican Party in apocalyptic rage

Thursday night was the most cringe moment in American politics since the high times of the #resistance in the early Trump administration. After news...

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GOP Insiders Say Everything’s Coming Up Trump

This week, Donald Trump faced indictment and Ron DeSantis faced Piers Morgan, and it’s clear DeSantis is the one hurting. It’s not just that...

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Trump can run for president from prison. Just ask Eugene Debs.

If there is any American politician who Donald Trump resembles the least, it’s Eugene Debs. Debs ran for president five times for the Socialist...

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Steve Bannon’s go-to funder Guo Wengui just got indicted for fraud

Some call him Miles Guo. Others call him Guo Wengui. To top Trump allies like Steve Bannon and Jason Miller, he is an ally and a business partner....

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Did George Santos lie about everything?

The biography of newly elected Congress member George Santos seemed quite impressive. The 34-year-old son of immigrants had graduated from Baruch...

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The sexual battery allegations against conservative power broker Matt Schlapp, explained

A Republican operative identified himself Wednesday as the man who filed a January lawsuit alleging sexual battery and defamation against Matt Schlapp...

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CPAC Was a Janky Half-Empty Trump Convention

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was once a marquee event on the political calendar where Republicans seeking the favor of the...

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Donald Trump is now fully at war with the Republican Party’s past

Donald Trump is many things, but whatever he is, it’s not a Reagan Republican. Speaking in one of his trademark discursive speeches to the...

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CPAC used to be a barometer. Now it’s all about Trump.

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was once the place to capture the pulse of the conservative movement. The annual conference, which...

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For now, the one thing Congress seems to agree upon is China

In 2023, just as in 2022, a select committee of the House of Representatives held its first hearing in primetime and discussed a topic that everyone...

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The Hecklers Have Won: The Polite State of the Union Is Dead

Americans have long admired the raucous debate in the British Parliament. John McCain even ran for president promising to bring Prime Minister’s...

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The Hecklers Have Won. The Polite State of the Union Is Dead.

Americans have long admired the raucous debate of the British Parliament. John McCain even ran for president promising to bring Prime Minister’s...

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The Democrat Who Could Take Down Kyrsten Sinema

Ruben Gallego has a problem. It’s not just that he is on stop 22 of what seems to be a never-ending media tour after announcing his U.S. Senate...

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Something’s Still Not Right at the Baseball Hall of Fame

For ten long years, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds loomed over the electoral process that determines who gets inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame....

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Kevin McCarthy’s Tarnished Triumph

Kevin McCarthy wanted to be Speaker in the worst way possible. And early Saturday morning, he got his wish. After more than four days, 15 ballots, and...

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A House Without Rules Makes for C-Span Gone Wild

Once people would come to Congress for entertainment. The visitors gallery on Capitol Hill was a hot ticket for those looking to watch human drama and...

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Kevin McCarthy Is Stuck in Place

In his efforts to appease the far right of his conference, Kevin McCarthy has gone to just about every length possible over the past two years. From...

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