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December 11, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Senior GOP Senator Secretly Refusing to Bend the Knee to Trump
Incoming Majority Leader John Thune has a plan to defy Donald Trump.
November 21, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Goes Full Dictator in Latest Threat to GOP Senators
Donald Trump had a clear message to the Senate: Fall in line.
September 19, 2020
Walter Shapiro
Can Senate Democrats Run Out the Clock on Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee?
They should be able to delay until after the election—and if they take back the Senate in November, McConnell may not be able to get anyone confirmed.
January 25, 2017
Clio Chang
Democrats are messing this up already.
March 6, 2014
Sam Kleiner
Conservatives Score a Big Win in their Long War Against the Civil Rights Division
February 28, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Why Did Democrats Give Jack Lew a Pass?

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