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  • Where Democratic senators stand on changing or eliminating the filibuster

    An analysis of the positions where Democratic senators stand on changing or eliminating the filibuster

    By JM Rieger and Adrián BlancoDecember 22, 2021
  • Analysis

    Dear Republicans: Your favorite president wants you to get vaccinated

    Recapping the former presidents various comments on the subject.

    By Aaron BlakeDecember 21, 2021
  • Analysis

    GOPers’ efforts to distance themselves from Jan. 6 face increasing scrutiny

    A new claim in court ties two of them more closely to the organizing of the rally than they let on. But they're not the first statements to be called into question.

    By Aaron BlakeDecember 21, 2021
  • Analysis

    What can happen to Mark Meadows and other Trump advisers who are ignoring Jan. 6 subpoenas?

    The special House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection and former president Donald Trump’s role in it has limited enforcement power to get Trump allies like Mark Meadows to talk. But they can try to put these people in jail.

    By Amber PhillipsDecember 21, 2021
  • Analysis

    What Joe Manchin doesn’t like about Build Back Better

    A lot of things.

    By Amber PhillipsDecember 20, 2021
  • Analysis

    Trump got his booster, after a Fox host goaded him to knock boosters

    The effort to seed vaccine skepticism, epitomized and obliged.

    By Aaron BlakeDecember 20, 2021
  • Analysis

    Manchin hits back at effort to ‘badger’ him, reinforcing Democrats’ gamble

    Assessing the Democrats' sudden decision to get tough on Manchin -- and their lack of leverage.

    By Aaron BlakeDecember 20, 2021
  • Analysis

    The White House’s extraordinary, furious statement about Joe Manchin

    White House press secretary Jen Psaki tore into Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W. Va.) for abruptly ending negotiations on Build Back Better.

    By Amber PhillipsDecember 19, 2021
  • Analysis

    The top 10 non-Biden Democrats for president in 2024, ranked

    It's become clear that Biden seeking reelection is no done deal. So what would happen then? Here's some early handicapping.

    By Aaron BlakeDecember 19, 2021
  • Analysis

    Democrats’ redistricting dilemma: Good government or ‘fight fire with fire’?

    Over the next decade, they have a decision to make. Do they become the first major party to forsake gerrymandering, and hope voters reward them for that?

    By Amber PhillipsDecember 17, 2021
  • Analysis

    Why there are so many vacancies in the Biden administration

    Senate-confirmed positions in the federal government have grown by more than 50 percent since 1960, leading to longer confirmation times, more vacancies and a greater willingness by presidents to rely on acting officials in the government.

    By JM RiegerDecember 17, 2021
  • Analysis

    Mitch McConnell is suddenly legitimizing the Jan. 6 committee. But why?

    It's clearly part of a concerted effort. And it harms GOP efforts to play this off as a partisan witch hunt.

    By Aaron BlakeDecember 17, 2021
  • Analysis

    Jim Jordan’s text makes a thoroughly weird case involving Alexander Hamilton

    Among the many desperate, dubious arguments for overturning the election, the idea Jordan shared is certainly up there.

    By Aaron BlakeDecember 16, 2021
  • Analysis

    What to know about the Texas abortion law

    The controversial state law and the legal battle over it, explained

    By Amber PhillipsDecember 16, 2021
  • Analysis

    The GOP’s ‘stolen election’ litmus test

    Two recent examples drive it home.

    By Aaron BlakeDecember 16, 2021
  • Analysis

    The filibuster debate is (maybe) coming to a head on voting rights. Here’s what could happen.

    Any compromise that keeps the filibuster intact likely means Democrats still don’t have enough votes to pass voting-rights legislation.

    By Amber PhillipsDecember 16, 2021
  • Analysis

    On Laura Ingraham’s defense

    It's not that she dismissed the Capitol riot. It's that she (and others) tried to separate it from the guy who obviously spurred it.

    By Aaron BlakeDecember 15, 2021
  • Analysis

    Will Mark Meadows be charged with a crime for not cooperating with the Jan. 6 committee?

    Walking through the legal case he has -- or doesn't have -- to stay out of jail.

    By Amber PhillipsDecember 15, 2021
  • The debt ceiling fight, explained

    For the second time this year, the United States faces the possibility of financial calamity if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling before Christmas.

    By Amber PhillipsDecember 15, 2021
  • Analysis

    The GOP plotted to overturn the 2020 election before it was even over

    New pieces of evidence place the effort to get Republican legislators to appoint alternate electors as taking place before the race was over -- and in one case on Nov. 4 in states that hadn't even been called.

    By Aaron BlakeDecember 15, 2021
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