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January 17, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Republicans Want to Punish Divorced People to Fund Tax Cuts
House Republicans are trying to find ways to save money.
January 15, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
The Most Terrifying Answer in Trump’s Budget Chief Hearing
Donald Trump nominated Russell Vought to run the Office of Management and Budget.
January 9, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Elon Musk Suddenly Backtracks on His Biggest DOGE Promise
Musk is finally admitting the Department of Government Efficiency is going to be a total bust.
December 19, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Hakeem Jeffries Lets Mike Johnson Dig His Own Spending Bill Grave
Mike Johnson has been scrambling to appease Elon Musk and Donald Trump with his spending bill.
December 18, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Elon Musk Is Bullying Mike Johnson to Drive Government Into Shutdown
Musk is now cyberbullying the speaker of the House.
August 23, 2023
Grace Segers
The GOP War on Wokeness Could Shut Down the Government
Partisan procedural brinkmanship is back, thanks to the House Freedom Caucus’s crusade against military policy.
February 22, 2021
Alex Shephard
No One’s Buying the Republicans’ Deficit Fearmongering Anymore
It worked against Obama. But GOP attacks on the Democrats’ Covid stimulus bill are falling on deaf ears after four years of Trump.

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