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June 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
Do not shed a tear for the Republican senators complaining about the health care bill’s secrecy.
June 15, 2017
Sam Fossum
Two people aren’t happy about the new sanctions against Russia: Vladimir Putin and Rex Tillerson.
June 13, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Senate is restricting journalists’ ability to question Republicans about their secret health care bill.
June 13, 2017
Clio Chang
Senate Democrats need to go nuclear on Trumpcare right now.
June 13, 2017
Clio Chang
How Democrats Can Save Medicaid For Good
Despite becoming a middle-class entitlement, Republicans still aren’t scared to gut the program. Why?
June 12, 2017
Sarah Jones
The Senate is about to hear from two of the worst possible “experts” on Islam.
June 8, 2017
Alex Shephard
James Comey is mad as hell.
May 31, 2017
Alex Shephard
Al Franken’s Memoir Is the Best Political Book of 2017
The senator from Minnesota is the rare politician with a funny bone.
May 24, 2017
Alex Shephard
House Republicans screwed Senate Republicans on Trumpcare.
May 4, 2017
Alex Shephard
The healthcare bill that the House just passed is so good the Senate is going to completely disregard it.
April 6, 2017
Clio Chang
The Republicans have pulled off the heist of the century to fill Antonin Scalia’s seat.
February 10, 2017
Joe Miller
The Shady Ascension of Luther Strange
Jeff Sessions’s successor rides into the Senate leaving a cloud of controversy back in Alabama.
February 8, 2017
Alex Shephard
Mitch McConnell only made Elizabeth Warren stronger.
January 10, 2017
Alex Shephard
Mitch McConnell’s usual tricks aren’t working when it comes to repealing Obamacare.
December 14, 2016
Adam Gaffney
Congress Just Quietly Handed Drug Companies a Dangerous Victory
The 21st Century Cures Act has been lauded as a bipartisan success. It's actually the result of a long war on drug regulation.
November 28, 2016
Brian Beutler
The GOP’s Insanely Reckless Trump Gamble
Republicans could rein in Trump's worst excesses—but they first have to secure their regressive tax cuts and a Supreme Court nominee.
November 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
Harry Reid isn’t holding anything back.
November 10, 2016
Laura Reston
Can Senate Democrats Stop Donald Trump?
In the Obama era, Republicans nearly perfected the art of obstruction. It's an open question whether Democrats can do the same.
November 9, 2016
Alex Shephard
No Democrat deserved to lose more than Evan Bayh.
November 4, 2016
Scott Lemieux
The GOP’s Dysfunction Is Our Dysfunction Now
The fight to fill the vacancy in the Supreme Court is at the center of a new, broken era of American politics.

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