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Daniel Strauss

Daniel Strauss is a staff writer at The New Republic. He previously was a senior political reporter for The Guardian. Before that he spent four and a half years as a politics reporter at Politico. He has also been a reporter for Talking Points Memo and The Hill newspaper.

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June 9, 2023
The Soapbox,
The Republicans’ Ballooning 2024 Field
PLUS: How to save democracy, according to David Pepper
June 8, 2023
Bennie Thompson Lashes Out at Jan. 6 Text-Message Deleting Trump Administration Holdover
The former Jan. 6 committee chairman hasn’t stopped policing the insurrection beat.
June 5, 2023
The Soapbox
House Republicans Go on an Earmarks Orgy, and Democrats Aren’t Invited
Exclusive: Republican members made fewer earmark requests than Democrats—and got nearly three times as much in terms of dollars approved.
June 1, 2023
The Soapbox,
Who Wants to Crown Ron DeSantis?
PLUS: debt ceiling fatigue and Chris Christie chronicles
May 25, 2023
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Inside the Debt Limit Blame Game
PLUS: Mississippi’s hottest political race, and a conversation with Ben Terris
May 18, 2023
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Tim Scott Tiptoes Toward 2024
PLUS: Lawmakers eye A.I., and a quick and dirty election round-up.
May 18, 2023
The Soapbox
No Labels’ Old Allies Agree: The Group Is “Dangerous” and Must Be Stopped
Al From and Mark Penn were once close pals. You wouldn’t know that from the way From is talking today.
May 12, 2023
The Soapbox
Here’s Why Team Biden Is Going All In on Kamala Harris
The veep has not won a ton of converts with her performance so far. But there are reasons—two—why she might yet be an asset.
May 2, 2023
The Soapbox
How 18 Republicans Just Made Democratic Recapture of the House More Likely
They’re Republicans who represent districts Joe Biden carried. And they voted to cut popular domestic programs by 22 percent.
April 27, 2023
The Soapbox
Guess Which 2020 Biden State Democratic Insiders Are Worried About Holding? It May Surprise You.
Arizona? It’ll be close. Georgia. It too. But there’s one other state that worries Biden backers the most.
April 26, 2023
Critical Mass
David Grann’s Guide to Misinformation and Mutiny
“The Wager” is a story of resentment, insurrection, and a battle over the truth. Sound familiar?
April 19, 2023
The Soapbox
No Labels Took More Than $100,000 From Clarence Thomas Buddy Harlan Crow
The “nonpartisan” group also relied on Crow—whom it dubbed one of its “whales”—to reel in nearly two dozen other donors from 2019 to 2021.
April 14, 2023
The Soapbox
Look Who’s Fighting: Third Way Puts the Beatdown on No Labels
The centrist Democratic group forms a united front with its more liberal counterparts to trash a third-party candidacy that could elect Trump.
April 10, 2023
Magazine
The Democrat Who’s Betting Her Senate Bid on Gun Control
Elissa Slotkin made her bones in foreign policy. Now, the Michigan congresswoman is making gun legislation a centerpiece of her campaign for the upper chamber of Congress.
April 4, 2023
The Soapbox
Americans Think Trump’s Indictment Is Political—and Support It Anyway
A new poll challenges either-or assumptions about how voters will react to the president’s prosecution.
March 28, 2023
The Soapbox
No Labels’ Pitch to Donors Pretends Joe Biden Doesn’t Exist
A video obtained by TNR tries to suggest that both parties are being captured by extremes—but somehow forgets to acknowledge the sitting president.
March 7, 2023
The Soapbox
Passing the Infrastructure Bill Was a Huge Win. But How’s the Implementation Going?
A check-in with Mitch Landrieu, Joe Biden’s infrastructure czar, on whether stuff is actually getting built—and whether Biden will be able to claim credit by November 2024
March 1, 2023
The Soapbox
Republicans’ View on What They Can Do to Stop Trump: Nothing
Establishment Republicans really don’t want Trump as their nominee. What they can do to prevent it is another matter.
February 17, 2023
The Soapbox
Christopher Rufo Claims a Degree from “Harvard.” Umm... Not Quite
The activist who is now a leading education policy figure on the right actually matriculated at Harvard Extension School. There’s a difference.
February 9, 2023
The Soapbox
Progressives Saw Ron Klain as Their Line to the White House. What Now?
New chief of staff Jeff Zients lacks the organic relationships Klain had with the base. Can anyone on team Biden keep those lines open?

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