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After weeks of questions, McConnell provides information on health
Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday ended weeks of speculation about his health with a statement saying he’s on the mend. The Kentucky Republican, who was hospitalized June 14, i
Graham’s death upends primary season further
The sudden death of four-term Sen. Lindsey Graham this weekend has injected even more uncertainty into a turbulent midterm campaign season. At the time of his death, the South Carolina Republican was
Lindsey Graham, defense hawk and four-term senator, dead at 71
Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a long-standing foreign policy hawk who became a close ally of President Donald Trump during his final years, has died at 71 “from a brief and sudden i
Race for Platner alternative takes shape
Maine Democrats have begun laying out the process for replacing Graham Platner as the party’s Senate nominee, as candidates race to assemble campaigns for a weekslong sprint to set up a marquee Sena
Trump: Definitely not signing bipartisan housing bill
President Donald Trump on Friday put to rest any lingering hopes he would sign into law major housing legislation Congress recently cleared with overwhelming bipartisan majorities. The legislation, w
Government-seeded accounts could test Trump’s ‘communists’ claim
President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on democratic socialists who have won Democratic Party primaries could clash with his idea of creating investment accounts for American adults. The administra
After Thursday night firings, election commission has no members
President Donald Trump on Thursday night removed the remaining members of a federal commission intended to assist with federal elections, amid his broader effort to control voting procedures and elect
CBO: House highway bill would widen trust fund deficit
The House version of this year’s mega surface transportation reauthorization bill could increase the deficit anticipated in the Highway Trust Fund over the next five years despite the inclusion
As Trump threatens the Smithsonian, Congress is on the sidelines
As the White House accuses the Smithsonian Institution of “ideological capture,” it’s put members of Congress in a tough spot as they weigh what, if anything, they can do. A 162-page White House
Platner Is Proof Dems Will Overlook Anything for Power
With the Senate campaign of Maine's Graham Platner blowing up in their faces, Democrats everywhere are giving each other tearful gobs of solace and advice.
Maine Dems Seek Platner-Like Change Agent - Minus Baggage
After Graham Platner's implosion, Democratic voters in Maine, as one put it, are looking for a replacement with a clean bill of health.
The Trust-Fund Wunderkinds Who Enabled Platner's Rise
Graham Platner, the accused rapist with a Nazi tattoo running for Senate in Maine, has reportedly told staff he will formally end his campaign on Monday-the deadline for Democrats to replace him on th
Dems Should Unite With Socialists for Election Victories
Democrats seeking majority control of the House and Senate in midterm elections should avoid fighting with each other and unify around winners of primaries across the ideological spectrum - whether th
Dem Socialists Are So F*cking Stupid I Don't Know What To Say
James Carville delivered a monologue criticizing "insurgent" Democratic Socialists, arguing they are dividing the Democratic Party by targeting fellow Democrats instead of focusing on defeat
There's No Such Thing as 'Democratic' Socialism
It's not just the election of Mamdani & Co. If we are to believe Axios, socialism is the "new big thing" for both our political parties. Under the title "Why both left and right hav