They just passed a bill imposing election turnout standards on unions that they themselves don’t meet.
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The Meaning of Trump’s Working-Class ‘Buyer’s Remorse’
Trump voters are rejecting Republicans in large numbers. But they’re not coming back to Democrats yet.
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Here’s the Proposed Deal to Fund Most of DHS
Everything would be funded except ICE enforcement, and some reforms added, while Republicans would try a long-shot reconciliation bill for ICE money afterward.
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America, We Have a Super PAC Problem
Dark-money groups are spending more than ever to buy elections. But eradicating the super PAC plague could start with a simple pledge.
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Tom Steyer Is Trying Politics
To revive a dead political culture that could lead to a Republican becoming governor in one of the nation’s most Democratic states, the billionaire former investor is talking to voters.
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Trump’s Tunnel Vision Is Screwing Up a Hugely Important Infrastructure Project
A new rail bridge opens in New Jersey, but all eyes are on the Gateway Program’s tunnel funding crisis.
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Warrantless Spying Reform Just Got a Whole Lot More Interesting
House Republicans have threatened to hold a foreign surveillance extension hostage unless the Senate agrees to voter suppression. It may flip the script on superfluous government spying.
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Ol’ Donny Trump Has Really Stepped in It This Time
In Iran, he finally created a jam for himself it will not be easy to wriggle out of.
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The Quietest Government Shutdown
It’s been almost imperceptible, but the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t been funded since February. Avenues to resolve the standoff keep getting cut off.
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Competition for Jeff Bezos’s Shabby Washington Post
Robert Allbritton, who founded and then sold Politico, is launching a kind of rival to the Post.
