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July 18, 2017
Clio Chang
How Obamacare killed Trumpcare.
June 28, 2017
Sarah Jones
Yes, the Senate health care plan is actually monstrous.
June 28, 2017
Bryce Covert
Trumpcare Is a Giant Slush Fund
A provision in the Senate's bill gives states near-carte blanche to spend health care money on whatever they want.
June 28, 2017
Clio Chang
The Senate health care bill is far from dead.
June 27, 2017
Clio Chang
Trumpcare Will Kill People. Why Is That So Hard to Accept?
Despite what the GOP's allies have suggested, talking about preventable deaths is not a partisan cheap shot.
June 26, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump’s “No one will lose coverage” is turning out to be the worst campaign promise since “Read my lips.”
June 23, 2017
Clio Chang
Does Donald Trump know what’s in the Senate health care bill?
June 22, 2017
Clio Chang
Republicans are lying about Medicaid.
June 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
Do not shed a tear for the Republican senators complaining about the health care bill’s secrecy.
June 15, 2017
Sam Fossum
Two people aren’t happy about the new sanctions against Russia: Vladimir Putin and Rex Tillerson.
June 13, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Senate is restricting journalists’ ability to question Republicans about their secret health care bill.
June 13, 2017
Clio Chang
Senate Democrats need to go nuclear on Trumpcare right now.
June 13, 2017
Clio Chang
How Democrats Can Save Medicaid For Good
Despite becoming a middle-class entitlement, Republicans still aren’t scared to gut the program. Why?
June 12, 2017
Sarah Jones
The Senate is about to hear from two of the worst possible “experts” on Islam.
June 8, 2017
Alex Shephard
James Comey is mad as hell.
May 31, 2017
Alex Shephard
Al Franken’s Memoir Is the Best Political Book of 2017
The senator from Minnesota is the rare politician with a funny bone.
May 24, 2017
Alex Shephard
House Republicans screwed Senate Republicans on Trumpcare.
May 4, 2017
Alex Shephard
The healthcare bill that the House just passed is so good the Senate is going to completely disregard it.
April 6, 2017
Clio Chang
The Republicans have pulled off the heist of the century to fill Antonin Scalia’s seat.
February 10, 2017
Joe Miller
The Shady Ascension of Luther Strange
Jeff Sessions’s successor rides into the Senate leaving a cloud of controversy back in Alabama.

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