Can the populist Maine Democratic Senate nominee take back his own campaign?
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Trump’s Pander Diplomacy
At the White House Summit, Xi played Trump for a fool. It didn’t take much.
The House Districts Where Democrats Are Still Fighting Each Other
California’s Democrat-on-Democrat races mirror left-vs.-center primary battles we’ve seen across the country.
Republicans Had 690 Days to Oppose Trump
They’re trying to cram all the opposition into the last 40 before the election.
After Missouri, Mid-Decade Redistricting May Die a Natural Death
Republican gerrymandering in the state might be too shameless even for the Supreme Court.
Trump Administration Ignores Statutory Deadline to Declassify FISA Court Opinion
The director of national intelligence appears to be withholding an explosive court opinion that could give lawmakers all the more reason to meaningfully reform surveillance law.
Republicans Running Scared in the Rio Grande Valley
Trump’s economic and immigration policies have pushed South Texas voters away from the GOP, but that doesn’t mean they’ll vote blue no matter who.
Money Can’t Buy Me Votes
Republicans are going to try to solve their midterm problems with money. Good luck to them.
What Congress Actually Needs to Do About AI: Staff Up
In 1995, Newt Gingrich lobotomized Congress’s technical brain trust. It should be rebuilt.
DOGE Bills Could Come Back to Haunt Republicans
One bill in particular would threaten $500 billion in federal spending every year. Several House Republicans in tough races supported it.
