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To the delight of Vladimir Putin, further U.S. support for Ukraine is in real doubt for the first time since Russia invaded 21 months ago.
California’s formerly powerful representative has to choose this week whether to run — and stick with the Orange Jesus — or be his own man.
The Constitution gives Congress wide discretion to deal with bad-boy members like Santos and Menendez. In practice, though, it must balance institutional integrity against the voters’ will.
Donald Trump is the only U.S. president in history to be so damned by so many who were part of his inner circle. Here’s an anti-Trumper cheat sheet.
Republicans’ fiscal brinksmanship has real consequences, adding to the deficit and downgrading U.S. credit.
Speaker Mike Johnson and his fractious Republican majority in the House won’t govern. Too bad the country can’t fully function until they do.
This week’s scary 2024 polls only get scarier when you contemplate what the former president and his allies have in mind for a Trump presidency 2.0.
If Elvis’ cousin Brandon Presley can win the governorship in blood-red Mississippi, it will be a shot in the arm for Joe Biden and company. It’s all about the Black vote.
The new House Speaker Mike Johnson is little different from Matt Gaetz and the rest of the ‘Crazy 8s’ who ousted Kevin McCarthy three weeks ago.
You may think Democrats should offer up votes to get the House running again, but in reality, there’s no Republican to negotiate with.
