Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson, two of the Maga movement’s most prominent figures, have broken with Trump in recent months.
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If a Supreme Court justice retires before the November midterms, this is how Trump and Senate Republicans can successfully confirm a successor.
The forecasts are moving in the Democrats direction, especially for taking control of the House.
Trump’s net approval has never been lower, while Democrats had a 25-point swing in their favour in a federal special election.
Trump promised to fix the economy, and that helped increase his Latino support in 2024. But the cost of living and ICE raids may be bringing Latinos back to the Democrats in 2026.
Special election results have anticipated recent midterm outcomes. With Democrats now overperforming, that could spell trouble for the GOP in 2026.
The House has passed a bill to require proof of citizenship for voting. Although it likely won’t become law, the bill raises constitutional questions.
Although she’s the world’s reigning pop star, attitudes toward Swift are split markedly along both partisan and gender lines.
Why does health care reform keep failing despite decades of attention and expanding costs? A scholar of Congress has some answers.
Congress has a legal, constitutional and even moral responsibility to assert itself as a branch when it comes to military actions by the US, says an expert on war powers.
US health care policy will remain fractured until lawmakers address the core question of who is responsible for health care costs.
Should all points of view be heard from? Defending certain values and ideas makes it a bit more complicated than simply listening to all sides.
In 1946, young men in khaki shirts marched through Atlanta performing Nazi salutes and promising racial vengeance. They lasted 10 months. Today’s fascists aren’t as easily banished.
Whether Maine’s Graham Platner wins or loses, his campaign to knock off longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins already points to a deeper question: Can Democrats do more than rent rural authenticity?
Culture wars once arose from impromptu events that struck a nerve among Americans, but they are now started by partisan agitators who introduce them to politicians and watch them take hold.
Politicians get blamed for government shutdowns. But does the fault lie also with citizens, who are more invested in punishing partisan rivals than in demanding competent government?
House speakers have had the power to determine when the oath is administered, and courts have been reluctant to weigh in on that influence.
Democrats have emerged from US elections triumphant, but they should temper their optimism.
Mamdani’s child care plans could set an example for other policymakers to follow, as Democratic and Republican voters say child care costs are a major problem.
The Republicans have tried to blame Democrats for the shutdown. But in US politics, the president owns the economy, for better or worse.
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