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November 21, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Vladimir Putin Is “Gleeful” Over This Trump Cabinet Nomination
At least someone is happy with Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks.
November 21, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Goes Full Dictator in Latest Threat to GOP Senators
Donald Trump had a clear message to the Senate: Fall in line.
November 20, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Defense Secretary Pick Is so Bad His Team Is Making New Plans
Pete Hegseth’s nomination may already be sunk.
November 20, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Lindsey Graham Has Disgusting Reason for Supporting Matt Gaetz
Graham doesn’t think the accusations against alleged sex pest Matt Gaetz are disqualifying.
September 3, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Panicking RFK Jr. Sues Key Swing State to Help Trump
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is struggling to execute his spoiler plan.
May 15, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Nikki Haley Doing Shockingly Well for Someone Who’s Not Even Running
Haley had strong showings in the Nebraska, Maryland, and West Virginia primaries.
August 26, 2021
Greg Greene
How the Senate Botched the Afghanistan Withdrawal
Lawmakers in the upper chamber deserve blame for their failure to staff the State Department ahead of the unfolding crisis in Kabul.
September 29, 2014
Brian Beutler
Killing the "Nuclear Option" Will Not Save the Senate. It Will Ruin Obama's Final Two Years.
August 1, 2013
David Fontana
Obama is Actually Doing Smart Things on Judicial Appointments
April 26, 1993
Jacob Weisberg
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