The State of the Union address made sure that Republicans will preside over a year of inaction in our nation’s legislature.
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Brad Lander Is Building a United Progressive Front
The former New York City comptroller and councilmember is running for Congress. To unseat incumbent Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman, he’ll have to consolidate the progressive left.
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The SOTU Clips That Should Prove Disastrous for Trump and the GOP
Democrats should stream and broadcast the president’s odes to our economy over and over again.
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Prediction Markets May Have Inadvertently Outed Themselves as Casinos
By intervening in individual bets, companies like Kalshi and Polymarket are not acting as neutral market makers, as they have claimed in litigation.
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A New Age for Houston Politics?
The Democratic primary for Texas’s 18th Congressional District pits two generations of politicians—represented by Christian Menefee and Al Green—against each other.
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Bestowing Medals, Vilifying Democrats, Clinging to Tariffs
No wonder Trump’s State of the Union took two hours.
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AI Goes to Bat for Valerie Foushee
A super PAC funded by Anthropic, makers of Claude, is spending nearly $1 million to get the North Carolina congresswoman, who sits on a key AI commission, re-elected.
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The Big Lie at the Heart of Republican Electoral Strategy
To combat the nonexistent threat of noncitizen voting, the GOP is determined to keep Democrats from the polls.
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Q&A: Talarico or Crockett? A Threshold Choice in Texas.
The Prospect talks with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee’s Adam Green about the Democratic U.S. Senate primary in the Lone Star State.
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Trump’s Steady Loss of Support From Republicans and Courts
Every day’s headlines produce another Trump tantrum and more defections from House and Senate Republicans—and court decisions.
