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Nancy Pelosi Lloyd Doggett
WASHINGTON July 3, 2024
Support for Biden is plunging on Capitol Hill as members panic about their political futures, raising the prospect that the former Senate fixture’s political career may be undone in the same arena where he first made his name.
joe biden Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
WASHINGTON June 25, 2024
Bed-wetters or altruists, down-ballot Democrats are going out of their way to help the president, and seemingly without asking for anything in return, at least for now.
larry hogan
WASHINGTON June 3, 2024
Larry Hogan, the popular former Maryland governor and Republican Senate candidate, is getting the shiv following his measured call to “respect the verdict and the legal process” in the Trump trial. It’s the latest example of the self-defeating penalty for misalignment with Trump’s G.O.P.
joe biden
WASHINGTON March 11, 2024
News and notes on the latest murmurs, enticements, mood swings, and anxieties in the D.M.V.


Mitch McConnell John Barrasso John Thune John Cornyn
WASHINGTON February 28, 2024
A chaotic Senate leadership fight beckons as McConnell, the long-reigning top Republican, prepares to step down—ushering a three-way succession battle royale.
James Lankford Kyrsten Sinema
WASHINGTON February 5, 2024
News, notes, observations, and horrors surrounding the latest machinations on Capitol Hill.
WASHINGTON January 12, 2024
News and notes on the congressional swirl: reading between the lines of Mike Rogers’ Trump genuflection, the latest Senate fundraising intrigue, and more.
Ever since Hamas insurgents attacked Israel on Oct 7, the collective left has been watching with bewilderment as a stunning divide has emerged among its ranks.
WASHINGTON January 2, 2024
Assessing a complex, nightmarish, and occasionally tragic generational divide within Democratic House offices.


The never ending Kevin McCarthy vs. Matt Gaetz feud is playing out in proxy fights across several states.
WASHINGTON December 26, 2023
The 2024 election will be one of the ugliest in history. Will party infighting at the House race level exacerbate the chaos?
The question is whether Mike Johnson can keep up this fundraising pace over the coming year, or if this was simply an outlier.
WASHINGTON December 20, 2023
Notes on the latest surprising twists in the congressional fundraising race.
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