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Democrats are ready to campaign on expired Obamacare subsidies
Obamacare subsidies used by more than 20 million expired Thursday. Now Democrats are ready to make them a centerpiece of…
7 takeaways from Jack Smith’s congressional testimony
House Republicans decided to publicly release the transcript of special counsel Jack Smith’s Dec. 17 closed-door deposition…
How Donald Trump could upend Congress' next spy-powers fight
Privacy advocates have tried again and again over the past decade to rein in a major U.S. spy program that targets…
Place Your Bets: A 2026 Political Quiz
In the spirit of the late William Safire’s long-running “Office Pool,” I bring you this column’s predictions for 2026 — from…
Time for Congress to find a new top watchdog for Trump to nominate
For the first time in nearly two decades, Congress is on the hunt for a new boss at the federal government’s top watchdog…
The turbulent trajectory of Trump’s ‘Nazi streak’ acolyte
A conservative activist who had caught Donald Trump’s attention with flattery via Substack ahead of the 2024 presidential…
4 ways China-US relations could fracture in 2026
The message from Capitol Hill on both sides of the aisle is clear: Get ready for U.S. relations with China to spiral all…
3 policy heavyweights endangered by redistricting
Members of both parties have yet to reckon with one inevitable consequence of the redistricting fight that’s rippling across…
The internal dispute that could derail the GOP’s 2026 agenda
With the midterms bearing down on them, Republicans are facing a nasty intraparty fight early next year over their…
These 3 Republican senators are giving John Thune headaches
As Senate Majority Leader John Thune rushed to advance a new funding package this month, he faced a familiar roadblock: a…