After Americans said goodbye to 2025, dozens of lawmakers will soon say the same to Congress after deciding not to run for reelection in 2026. After Americans said…
Read more They’ve had enough — dozens of lawmakers won’t seek reelection to Congress in 2026 – WTOP NewsIs there a dumpster somewhere to torch and bury this year of bedlam, 2025? We near its end with equal amounts relief and trepidation. Surely we can’t be…
Read more Commentary: America tried something new in 2025. It’s not going wellWASHINGTON — A federal court on Tuesday blocked Texas from moving forward with its new congressional map, hastily drawn in hopes of netting up to five additional Republican seats and…
Read more ‘Played with fire, got burned’: GOP control of House at risk after court blocks Texas mapGov. Gavin Newsom strode onstage in Houston on Saturday to a cheering crowd of Texas Democrats, saying Proposition 50’s victory in California on election day was a win…
Read more Newsom appears onstage at Texas rally to celebrate Prop. 50 victory, take swipes at TrumpWASHINGTON — The hurried push to revise California’s congressional districts has drawn national attention, large sums of money, and renewed hope among Democrats that the effort may help counter a…
Read more As Californians decide fate of Prop. 50, GOP states push their own redistricting plansIs President Trump going to restart nuclear weapons testing? When will this federal shutdown end? Will Californians pass Proposition 50, scramble the state’s congressional maps and shake up…
Read more News Analysis: Prop. 50 is just one part of a historically uncertain moment for American democracyAs California voters receive mail ballots for the November special election, which could upend the state’s congressional boundaries and determine control of the House, billionaire hedge-fund founder Tom…
Read more Billionaire Tom Steyer drops $12 million to support November redistricting ballot measureA handful of seats are all that keep Republicans in control of the House, giving President Trump untrammeled sway over, well, pretty much everything, from the economy to…
Read more Commentary: Here’s why the redistricting fight is raging. And why it may be mootSACRAMENTO — California became center stage for the national political fight over House seats Friday when Gov. Gavin Newsom welcomed Democratic lawmakers from Texas who fled their home state to…
Read more Newsom welcomes Texas Democrats who fled to foil Trump’s redistricting planJudging by recent headlines, young men and women are more politically divided now than ever before. “A new global gender divide is emerging,” the Financial Times data journalist…
Read more Are Gen Z Men and Women Really Drifting Apart?Democrats yesterday continued to perform better at the polls than in the polls. Even as many Democrats have been driven to a near panic by a succession of…
Read more Republicans Can’t Figure It OutFor the 150 or so people who filled a church hall in Toledo, Ohio, for a Thursday-night campaign rally last week, the chant of the evening featured a…
Read more The Next Big Abortion FightBy almost any historic yardstick, President Joe Biden is beginning the reelection campaign he formally announced today in a vulnerable position. His job-approval rating has consistently come in…
Read more Joe Biden Isn’t Popular. That Might Not Matter in 2024.One of the few absolute constants of American politics is that every election cycle brings its own surprises. Which, like good drama, makes elections interesting and entertaining—and, often,…
Read more Honey, We Dumped the Playbook: 10 Ways the Midterms Rewrote American Politics in 2022The list of investigative priorities for the House Judiciary Committee that the incoming chairperson, Jim Jordan, sent to the Justice Department earlier this month reads like an assignment…
Read more The House GOP’s Investigation ConundrumRemember Paul Ryan? He was House Speaker in 2018, the last time Republicans were in control. He left Congress quietly in the middle of the night. Well, not…
Read more House of Horrors: The Marjorie Taylor Greene Congress Is Upon UsTuesday afternoon, the gloom kept rolling in from smart Democratic operatives. The party would lose its House majority, but also kiss the Democratic Senate majority goodbye. The most…
Read more “There’s No Red Wave in the Data”: The Pollster Who Got the Midterms RightJen Psaki was in familiar territory last week, fielding questions from a room full of people on topics like whether President Joe Biden should run again and the…
Read more “My Job in This Role Is to Not Guess”: Jen Psaki’s TV Career Is Getting Off the GroundThe final stretch of Summer Lee’s congressional campaign is feeling familiar. With less than a week to go until the election, a super PAC tied to the pro-Israel…
Read more Why Democrats Are Beginning to Panic About a Typically Safely Blue Pittsburgh House RaceA few weeks back, Kristi Noem appeared with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, and in her best Dracula voice, said to the ManningCast camera, “I vant to take your…
Read more Kristi Noem, National MAGA Star, Is Facing a Pesky Reelection Fight at Home
