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Michelle Cottle

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Kentucky Had an Easy Choice Between Massie and Trump

The president wants a loyal Republican Party — even if the country might not.

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MAGA Women Are Leading a #Me2.0 in Washington

MAGA Women Are Leading a #Me2.0 in Washington

These G.O.P. crusaders might be the perfect people to fight sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill.

18.05.2026 10

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What on Earth Is Happening in California? Your Guide to a Very Weird Election.

Why is the country’s most populous state stuck with such a bad choice for governor?

04.05.2026 10

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‘People Here Do Not Consider Themselves Poor. They Consider Themselves Broke.’

Big parts of the Rio Grande Valley turned against the party in recent years. One candidate is trying to win it back, one quinceañera at a time.

23.04.2026 10

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How Many People Heard About Swalwell and Did Nothing?

Why no one is surprised when another member of Congress is accused of sexual misconduct.

14.04.2026 9

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Enough With the Nepo Candidates, Democrats

Democrats smother their best message — change — when they try to reserve public offices for relatives and cronies.

06.04.2026 30

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Hoosiers Hate Cheaters, and Other Reasons a Trump Revenge Campaign Might Fail

In the Indiana primaries, a crucial test of the MAGA loyalty machine.

01.04.2026 10

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The Scrappy Mayor Showing Democrats How It’s Done

Democrats can’t just sit back and expect the prevailing political winds to produce a blue wave.

17.03.2026 50

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What Kristi Noem Should Do After President Trump Fired Her

It’s hard out there for a MAGA woman.

05.03.2026 20

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In Texas, the Old, Kinder, Gentler G.O.P. Faces Its Alamo Moment

John Cornyn says his challenger doesn’t have the character to serve in the Senate. MAGA voters might not care.

01.03.2026 20

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The Baby-Steps Strategy for Democrats to Win in Texas

A shock Democratic victory in a Texas special election shows what the party needs to do to win more there — and many other places, too.

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Trump Steaks, Trump University, Trump International Airport? This Has to Stop.

The president wants to change the public landscape to honor himself. It’s not the worst thing he’s done, but it will require fixing.

10.02.2026 30

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Democrats Are Holding the Clintons in Contempt? Way to Go!

As Democrats work to regain the public trust and to shed their image as the party of elites, they cannot be seen as treating elites in their party as...

28.01.2026 10

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Suddenly, Alaska Is in Play

Mary Peltola’s entry into the Alaska Senate race is a building block in an electoral strategy Democrats have been working on for months.

15.01.2026 60

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The Rare Republican Who Brawls With Trump — and Is Ready for More

Thomas Massie says his primary against a Trump-supported challenger will be a referendum on whether you can “have a thought that diverges from the...

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The 2025 Politics Yearbook: Most Likely to Be Extreme and Chaotic

How much more chaotic could a second Trump term be? 2025 did not disappoint.

31.12.2025 30

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Yes, Nancy Pelosi Says, the Country Is Ready for a Woman to Be President

The speaker emerita is disappointed and a little surprised that the presidential glass ceiling remains intact, but confident that it will change.

19.12.2025 30

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Why Republicans Are Starting to Inch Away From Trump

Rare pushback from his party and troubling poll numbers reflect the newly precarious situation in which Trump finds himself.

04.12.2025 20

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‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father

Caregivers are at the brink of despair.

24.11.2025 80

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The Three G.O.P. Women Who Broke Trump’s Grip on Congress

Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace resisted pressure from the president and made the vote to release the Epstein files possible.

19.11.2025 10

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Democrats Need a Wartime Consigliere. Hakeem Jeffries Isn’t One.

The House Democratic leader’s fatal flaw may be that he is too unobjectionable for a Democratic Party spoiling for a fight with President Trump.

14.11.2025 10

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Rock Star Glamour and Centrist Pragmatism: Democrats Had It All

The constructive, if messy, path forward is for the party to embrace an all-of-the-above approach.

06.11.2025 40

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Adelita Grijalva Just Wants to Get to Work. The House Speaker Won’t Let Her.

Mike Johnson, the speaker, won’t swear in the Democratic representative-elect from Arizona.

28.10.2025 10

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When the Gerrymander Comes for MAGA

When the president starts rigging the system for his own benefit, no one is safe.

22.09.2025 30

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‘Weak, Woke and Whiny’ No More

The Democratic Party is counting on a new type of leader to counteract Trump.

27.08.2025 30

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‘It’s Completely Unappealing’: Why the Senate Is Broken

Creative obstructionism in the Senate, says Tina Smith of Minnesota, has become “a fine art” that has nearly paralyzed the institution.

04.08.2025 20

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‘The High Road’s Not Available to Us’: Texas Democrats Have Had Enough

The Republican redistricting effort in Texas has emerged as a clear opportunity for Democrats to prove they have the stomach for a fight.

31.07.2025 20

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Governors Should Be the Face of the Democratic Party

The state leaders may be the party’s best shot at reconnecting with the American people.

14.07.2025 10

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How the Ravages of Age Are Ravaging the Democratic Party

Democrats need to figure out how to elevate new voices.

25.05.2025 10

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Matt Gaetz Fell From Grace. But Not Too Far, Apparently.

As he strives to stay relevant, Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman, is showing how, in Trump World, political resurrection remains a...

14.04.2025 20

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What Ocasio-Cortez Wants for the Democrats

The New York progressive believes economic populism is the path forward for Democrats. Can she unite her party around that?

30.03.2025 10

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