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Ro Khanna Wants to Be the Future of the Democratic Party

Khanna, a congressman who represents Silicon Valley, sees himself as a bridge between America’s faded industrial might and its digital future. In...

01.04.2024 6

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Why the National Guard Won’t Make the Subways Safer

Former police commissioner William Bratton calls the New York governor’s recent reforms “the equivalent of putting a Band-Aid on a hemorrhage.”...

09.03.2024 20

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Would Democrats Certify a Trump Win?

If the Supreme Court dodges the question of Trump’s eligibility, his victory could lead to another crisis on January 6. Near the end of the Supreme...

23.02.2024 6

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What Tom Suozzi’s Win Means for Democrats

His special-election victory offers his party a road map for rebutting Republicans on immigration this fall. Tom Suozzi’s victory in yesterday’s...

14.02.2024 6

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The Race for Control of Congress Starts on Long Island

Why next week’s special election for George Santos’s old seat could give Democrats hope for November In late 2021, Tom Suozzi made an announcement...

08.02.2024 9

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Elise Stefanik’s Trump Audition

Her future now depends on Trump’s—and whether he rewards her loyalty with the prize she so clearly wants. Elise Stefanik and I had been speaking...

25.01.2024 7

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Can Biden Win a Primary He Ignored?

To save the president from a humiliating defeat in New Hampshire, a small group of supporters is running an unprecedented write-in campaign on his...

23.01.2024 10

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The House Republicans Who’ve Had Enough

After a contentious and historically unproductive year, GOP lawmakers are racing for the exits. House Republicans didn’t exactly have a banner year...

05.01.2024 30

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Political Accountability Isn’t Dead Yet

Shame may have left politics in the Trump era, but consequences haven’t. On September 22, when federal prosecutors accused Senator Robert Menendez...

27.12.2023 10

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The Nikki Haley Debate

The fourth Republican presidential debate featured lots of attacks on Haley—not Donald Trump. Anyone watching the fourth Republican primary debate...

07.12.2023 3

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The Israel-Hamas War Is Straining Biden’s Coalition

How Biden’s support for Israel is straining his coalition Throughout the summer, the Progressive Change Institute, a prominent grassroots...

06.12.2023 7

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We Hardly Knew George Santos

The Republican representative’s brief congressional career was finished by a decisive vote to expel him. He was a performer until the end. So long,...

01.12.2023 2

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The Republicans Have No Majority

Speaker Mike Johnson averted a government shutdown by relying on the strategy that doomed his predecessor: a bailout from Democrats. How much longer...

15.11.2023 10

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The False Comfort of Comparing Biden to Obama

Yes, Obama won reelection despite Biden-esque polling numbers. But the comparison goes only so far. It’s a year before the presidential election,...

13.11.2023 10

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Trump’s Rivals Pass Up Their Chance

At the GOP debate, Trump’s challengers once again declined their opportunity to take on the absent frontrunner. “We’ve become a party of...

09.11.2023 20

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The Democrats’ Last Stand in Kentucky

If Governor Andy Beshear can stave off his Republican challenger, Democrats will retain the most powerful job in one of the nation’s reddest states....

06.11.2023 3

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The Election Reform That Could Help Republicans in a Swing State

Newly enacted in Pennsylvania by a Democratic governor, automatic voter registration might boost Trump in 2024. When Governor Josh Shapiro of...

01.11.2023 10

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A Speaker Without Enemies—For Now

Mike Johnson’s win was as sudden as it was improbable. When Representative Mike Johnson arrived in Congress in 2017, he received an important piece...

25.10.2023 3

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Jim Jordan Could Have a Long Fight Ahead

The Ohio representative failed to win the speakership in the first vote on the House floor. Now he faces the same amount of Republican opposition that...

17.10.2023 4

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Steve Scalise Bows Out

The unresolved speaker fight could determine whether the government stays open—and the future of U.S. support for Israel and Ukraine. When...

13.10.2023 10

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Kevin McCarthy’s Defeat Could Cost Republicans the House

“They just took out our best player.” Few Americans are shedding tears for Kevin McCarthy. The former House speaker engendered little public...

07.10.2023 20

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Kevin McCarthy’s Brief Speakership Meets Its End

A revolt by right-wing Republicans toppled the leader of the House in an unprecedented vote. Kevin McCarthy began his 269th day as House speaker by...

04.10.2023 50

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Kevin McCarthy’s Stunning About-Face

The speaker made a last-minute reversal to avert a government shutdown. It could cost him his job. For weeks, Speaker Kevin McCarthy seemed to face an...

01.10.2023 40

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Inside the Fight to Save the Federal Government

Trump and his allies have promised a war on the civil service. A coalition of former bureaucrats is gearing up. Of the many targets Donald Trump has...

24.09.2023 10

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The Republicans’ Exercise in Futility

As a shutdown looms, the House GOP is bickering over legislation that doesn’t even matter. Yesterday was not a good day for House Republicans or for...

20.09.2023 3

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Kevin McCarthy Is a Hostage

The speaker’s abrupt impeachment probe against Biden is the latest sign that he’s still fighting for his job. As Kevin McCarthy made his televised...

13.09.2023 20

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