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November 10, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Mike Johnson Shows the Dems’ Shutdown Deal Is Already Backfiring
The House speaker has repeatedly indicated this would be the case, and yet eight senators still caved.
November 10, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Dems Break into Civil War After 8 Senators Cave to Trump on Shutdown
The deal does not actually include extending Obamacare subsidies.
March 15, 2025
Jason Linkins
Vote the Bums Out
Nine Democratic senators lent their imprimatur to Donald Trump’s plan to destroy the government. Voters must make them pay.
March 8, 2023
Pablo Manríquez
Republicans Hate “Transgenderism”—but Is That All They Hate?
They insist they see a distinction between the -ism and the human beings. But the legislative attack on trans rights continues apace.
September 30, 2022
Daniel Strauss
January 6 Was a Dark Day for America. But Can Democrats Win by Running on It?
Some Democrats are hitting their GOP opponents with tough January 6 ads. Will they work? Control of the Senate could depend on it.
April 18, 2022
Michael Tomasky
The Not-Too-Early Guide to the Upcoming Senate Primaries
Democrats have a path to keeping control of the Senate, but it’s a treacherous, multistate tightrope walk that they’ll have to execute perfectly.
April 27, 2020
Walter Shapiro
Who Will Be Joe Biden’s Pick for Vice President?
The fraught quest to find a woman to unite the party—and win over swing voters all at the same time
October 21, 2011
Jonathan Cohn
Daily Deadline: Leaving Las Vegas
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