We don’t know how the government-shutdown fight will end. We only know that all the players will come out looking bad. So why are they battling?
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In one state and for one candidate, the 2018 midterm election isn’t over.
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Stacey Abrams lost to Republican Brian Kemp by 54,723 votes, 50.2% to 48.8%. Turnout was 3.9 million, the biggest ever in a Peach State ...
It has been gratifying to see George H.W. Bush finally receive the recognition he deserves.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders knows what he wants. In a Washington Post op-ed last week, the democratic socialist from Vermont laid out a legislative agenda for the 116th Congress’s first 100 days.
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Since leaving office, former President Obama and his attorney general, Eric Holder, have made congressional redistricting reform a top priority.
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Nancy Pelosi’s struggles continue.
Sixteen Democrats – incumbent U.S. House members, representatives-elect, and two Democrats whose House races have yet to be decided – released a letter Monday announcing their opposition to the bid of House Minority L...
Can self-proclaimed “master legislator” and “astute leader” Nancy Pelosi convince enough Democrats to make her speaker of the House again? It won’t be as easy as you might think.
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The election’s outcome feels like the end of an elementary-school soccer season.
Everyone gets a ribbon. Everybody leaves with something to brag about. A very favorable electoral map allowed Republicans to expand their lead in the Senate.
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