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Back to SearchAugust 11, 2025: Trump sets his sights on D.C.
Today at 10 a.m., President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will deploy federal forces to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., in an …
8 months, 1 week ago
August 8, 2025: Trump’s ‘law and order’ gambit comes for D.C.
Last night, the White House announced that it will use federal law enforcement officers to patrol Washington D.C. in a striking escalation of the adm…
8 months, 1 week ago
August 7, 2025: Dems’ new dividing line
As the humanitarian disaster in Gaza shifts American politics and opinions about Israel, the entire issue is quickly becoming the Democratic Party’s …
8 months, 1 week ago
August 6, 2025: The next big gerrymandering fight
The White House is turning the screws on red-state elected officials to gerrymander new electoral maps and squeeze more GOP seats into existence ahea…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
August 5, 2025: August heats up
Today, the biggest story in Washington is about what’s happening everywhere else: from redistricting fights in Texas and California, to town halls in…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
August 4, 2025: The mess with Texas
Today, you can find Texas’ Democratic state legislators in Illinois, New York and Massachusetts. Where you won’t find many of them is Texas. That’s b…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
From 'The Conversation': Rep. Sarah McBride Won’t Be Baited by GOP ‘Provocateurs’
Freshman Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.) is the first out transgender member of Congress. Within days of her election this past November, she faced attac…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
August 1, 2025: Liberation Day, Part III
With the markets closed and the August 1 deadline having passed overnight, President Donald Trump followed through on his pledge to impose a wave of …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
July 31, 2025: Joe Biden’s next act
For more than five decades, Joe Biden led an incredibly public existence. But now, in his post presidency, he’s entered a quieter, lonelier stage of …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
July 30, 2025: How to gerrymander your way to a House majority
We’re halfway between the usual once-in-a-decade redrawing of congressional maps. So why are we talking about redistricting in 2025? As the White Hou…
8 months, 3 weeks ago