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Florida State Representative Angie Nixon is seen speaking into a microphone and gesturing to the side.

Emma Janssen, The New Republic Staff

Can This Florida Dem Pull Off One More Big Surprise?

Angie Nixon’s scrappy, expectation-defying Senate campaign is starting to draw support from national Democrats like Chris Murphy and Bernie Sanders.

President Trump and Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano in the Oval Office

This Is the U.S. Government’s Most Maddening Poverty Trap

Supplemental Security Income is designed to prevent poor Americans from falling into destitution—but the program disqualifies recipients for saving even a dollar more than $2,000.

Why Did DOGE Exist? Now We Know.

Elon Musk makes a goofy face in the Oval Office

Why Did DOGE Exist? Now We Know.