After demolishing Gov. Janet Mills in Maine’s Democratic primary, the political newbie confronts a major challenge running against the Senate’s longest-serving Republican woman.
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Trump’s Bait and Switch on the Top Intelligence Job
Jay Clayton’s appointment as director of national intelligence is not much of an improvement over Bill Pulte.
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Republicans Are Triple-Dipping Funding for Mass Deportation
ICE and CBP have gotten nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars under Trump in the last year. The GOP is still trying to add more.
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Pulte or Not, the Surveillance State Won’t Stop
The government’s sweeping spying powers will remain in place for a year, regardless of who becomes director of national intelligence. Both sides are pretending that’s not the case.
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The Threat of Big Insurance
The industry is hugely lucrative, with endless sums of cash to influence lawmakers. A new report tracks 25 years of health insurance industry donations.
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The Right Voting Reforms—and the Wrong Ones
Insurgents are defeating establishment candidates across the country. But bad election laws and Trumpian interventions could frustrate these trends.
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The Republican Senate Chickens Out
With passage of funding for ICE and no limits on either ICE behavior or Trump’s slush fund, Republicans cave to Trump yet again.
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Debbie Downer
The sleazy fintech bro Republican running in her home district is as beatable as they come. So why is former DNC chair Wasserman Schultz carpetbagging in a historically Black district?
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How a Pro-Worker Bill May Advance in the House
Seven Republicans have joined every House Democrat to bring pro-union legislation to the floor next week.
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Senate Democrats Threaten to Punt FISA Over Pulte Appointment
President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence is roiling an emerging bipartisan extension of warrantless spying.
