Special elections have gone sharply against Donald Trump’s successes in the 2024 election. This November, the GOP’s bid to pick up four Democratic seats could similarly fall flat.
Voting Rights
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Voter Suppression, Executive Order Style
Voting rights advocates, the Democratic Party, and state attorneys general are fighting President Trump’s midterms-timed attacks on American voters.
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Privacy Advocates Ambush Himes Over Clean FISA Push
Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), a leader on the House Intelligence Committee, faced protests over his support for a warrantless spying regime.
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Florida Republicans Find a New Way to Kill Teachers’ and Nurses’ Unions
They just passed a bill imposing election turnout standards on unions that they themselves don’t meet.
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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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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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How Trump Lost the Courts
With every passing day, another federal judge issues a scathing order to contain Trump’s autocracy and Trump keeps alienating the Supreme Court.
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Senate Democrats Should Kill the Filibuster
Republicans are trying to ram through Trump’s latest attack on voting rights. If they have to abolish the filibuster to do it, fine.
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Spring Training for the Election Canceler
Trump moves to preempt Texas Republicans’ upcoming Senate primary.
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A Sign of the Times in Texas?
Democrats weary of the hyper-partisan chaos on Capitol Hill opt for a mild-mannered white state representative over a bold Black House member.