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Daniel Strauss

Daniel Strauss is a staff writer at The New Republic. He previously was a senior political reporter for The Guardian. Before that he spent four and a half years as a politics reporter at Politico. He has also been a reporter for Talking Points Memo and The Hill newspaper.

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May 2, 2023
Daniel Strauss
How 18 Republicans Just Made Democratic Recapture of the House More Likely
They’re Republicans who represent districts Joe Biden carried. And they voted to cut popular domestic programs by 22 percent.
April 27, 2023
Daniel Strauss
Guess Which 2020 Biden State Democratic Insiders Are Worried About Holding? It May Surprise You.
Arizona? It’ll be close. Georgia. It too. But there’s one other state that worries Biden backers the most.
April 26, 2023
Daniel Strauss
David Grann’s Guide to Misinformation and Mutiny
“The Wager” is a story of resentment, insurrection, and a battle over the truth. Sound familiar?
April 19, 2023
Daniel Strauss
No Labels Took More Than $100,000 From Clarence Thomas Buddy Harlan Crow
The “nonpartisan” group also relied on Crow—whom it dubbed one of its “whales”—to reel in nearly two dozen other donors from 2019 to 2021.
April 14, 2023
Daniel Strauss
Look Who’s Fighting: Third Way Puts the Beatdown on No Labels
The centrist Democratic group forms a united front with its more liberal counterparts to trash a third-party candidacy that could elect Trump.
April 10, 2023
MagazineDaniel Strauss
The Democrat Who’s Betting Her Senate Bid on Gun Control
Elissa Slotkin made her bones in foreign policy. Now, the Michigan congresswoman is making gun legislation a centerpiece of her campaign for the upper chamber of Congress.
April 4, 2023
Daniel Strauss
Americans Think Trump’s Indictment Is Political—and Support It Anyway
A new poll challenges either-or assumptions about how voters will react to the president’s prosecution.
March 28, 2023
Daniel Strauss
No Labels’ Pitch to Donors Pretends Joe Biden Doesn’t Exist
A video obtained by TNR tries to suggest that both parties are being captured by extremes—but somehow forgets to acknowledge the sitting president.
March 7, 2023
Daniel Strauss
Passing the Infrastructure Bill Was a Huge Win. But How’s the Implementation Going?
A check-in with Mitch Landrieu, Joe Biden’s infrastructure czar, on whether stuff is actually getting built—and whether Biden will be able to claim credit by November 2024
March 1, 2023
Daniel Strauss
Republicans’ View on What They Can Do to Stop Trump: Nothing
Establishment Republicans really don’t want Trump as their nominee. What they can do to prevent it is another matter.
February 17, 2023
Daniel Strauss
Christopher Rufo Claims a Degree from “Harvard.” Umm ... Not Quite
The activist who is now a leading education policy figure on the right actually matriculated at Harvard Extension School. There’s a difference.
February 9, 2023
Daniel Strauss
Progressives Saw Ron Klain as Their Line to the White House. What Now?
New chief of staff Jeff Zients lacks the organic relationships Klain had with the base. Can anyone on team Biden keep those lines open?
January 31, 2023
Daniel Strauss
How Much Damage Can Marjorie Taylor Greene Do on Her Committees?
On the Homeland Security Committee, she’ll have access to highly sensitive information about domestic right-wing terrorism. Comforting?
January 25, 2023
Daniel Strauss
Kyrsten Sinema May Not Be Called “Senator” for Long
Ruben Gallego’s rollout was strong. And a credible Democratic candidate means Sinema’s path to reelection is awfully narrow.
January 20, 2023
Daniel Strauss
Experts: Biden Doc Probe Should End in Six Months. Unless ...
There’s no reason this investigation needs to get long and complicated. At least, no reason that we know of now.
January 12, 2023
Daniel Strauss, Grace Segers
The Biden White House Is Going Big on the Middle Class
In an interview with The New Republic, presidential adviser Anita Dunn laid out the contrast with Republicans the White House plans to offer over the next two years.
January 10, 2023
Daniel Strauss
Lauren Boebert Was a Loser in the House Speaker Fight, but You’d Never Know It From How She’s Acting
The Colorado congresswoman is declaring last week a big win for her. The Democratic opponent she barely defeated, and many of her voters, beg to differ.
January 5, 2023
Daniel Strauss
George Santos’s Adviser Has a History of Working for Sleazeballs
One client pleaded guilty and resigned from Congress. Another lied about his business past and climbing Mount Everest. But Chris Grant makes no apology for advising them.
December 21, 2022
Daniel Strauss
The Holes in George Santos’s Record Were Just Sitting There
A combination of inaction and inattention allowed the newly elected Republican lawmaker to win office despite having apparently fabricated wide swaths of his biography.
December 19, 2022
Daniel Strauss
Arizona Representative Ruben Gallego Is Definitely Eyeing a New Campaign, Based on Who He’s Talking To
The Arizona congressman is one of the top Democratic prospects for the Senate in 2024, since Kyrsten Sinema announced she is now an independent.

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