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December 31, 2024

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Team Trump Warns Cabinet Nominees to Keep Their Mouths Shut

Donald Trump’s team is ordering Cabinet nominees to stay silent in the next few weeks.

December 11, 2024

Senior GOP Senator Secretly Refusing to Bend the Knee to Trump

Incoming Majority Leader John Thune has a plan to defy Donald Trump.

November 21, 2024

Trump Goes Full Dictator in Latest Threat to GOP Senators

Donald Trump had a clear message to the Senate: Fall in line.

September 19, 2020

Can Senate Democrats Run Out the Clock on Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee?

They should be able to delay until after the election—and if they take back the Senate in November, McConnell may not be able to get anyone confirmed.

January 25, 2017

Democrats are messing this up already.

March 6, 2014

Conservatives Score a Big Win in their Long War Against the Civil Rights Division

February 28, 2013

Why Did Democrats Give Jack Lew a Pass?