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Trump’s immigration crackdown is expected to start on Day 1

Trump’s immigration crackdown is expected to start on D...

The president-elect is expected to take a series of actions aimed at restricting...

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Meet the pillars of the next Trump resistance

Meet the pillars of the next Trump resistance

These are the governors, attorneys general and advocacy groups preparing to batt...

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Dems who overcame GOP tide urge party to focus on 'kitchen-table issues'

Dems who overcame GOP tide urge party to focus on 'kitc...

Sens.-elect Elissa Slotkin and Ruben Gallego diagnosed their party’s ills on the...

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Kamala Harris raised $1B-plus in defeat. She’s still sending persistent appeals to donors.

Kamala Harris raised $1B-plus in defeat. She’s still se...

The Democratic Party is flooding Harris’ lucrative email donor list with near-da...

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Name dropped for a White House job? The speculation could be as good as the job itself

Name dropped for a White House job? The speculation cou...

A time-honored Washington tradition is hitting its peak as Trump 2.0 approaches.

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Dearborn’s Arab Americans feel vindicated by Harris’ loss

Dearborn’s Arab Americans feel vindicated by Harris’ loss

Dearborn residents swung toward Trump. It was a protest vote against Harris and ...

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‘We know what is coming’: Federal bureaucrats wrestle with fight-or-flight response to Trump election

‘We know what is coming’: Federal bureaucrats wrestle w...

Key agencies are bracing for a wave of departures in the coming months, amid ris...

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How blue states are plotting to thwart Trump

How blue states are plotting to thwart Trump

They’re prepping lawsuits and legislation to stymie the incoming administration.

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A Brit’s take on Election Day? Americans are on another level.

A Brit’s take on Election Day? Americans are on another...

This reporter from London couldn't resist the D.C. watch parties.

November 2024

Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker.

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Top contentious ballot measures that could bring drastic policy changes

Top contentious ballot measures that could bring drasti...

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Stacey Abrams is the ghost haunting Georgia’s presidential vote

Stacey Abrams is the ghost haunting Georgia’s president...

Abrams was once the Democrats’ rising star, on Joe Biden’s short list for VP. No...

Rogan says he rejected Harris campaign’s interview cond...

Podcast host Joe Rogan declined the Harris campaign’s offer to record an intervi...

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They were lobbying on legislation before his committee. They were also employing his son.

They were lobbying on legislation before his committee....

Brendan Neal, son of the Democrats’ longtime Ways and Means leader, has collecte...

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Inside the battle to run the Trump White House

Inside the battle to run the Trump White House

There's a three-way race for chief of staff, and the “knife-fighting is underway.”

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How hurricane misinformation will haunt Americans longterm

How hurricane misinformation will haunt Americans longterm

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October 2024

Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker.

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School board fracas highlights Chicago mayor’s turbulent tenure

School board fracas highlights Chicago mayor’s turbulen...

Brandon Johnson is enduring a bruising series of controversies less than two yea...

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5 people who might want Eric Adams' job

5 people who might want Eric Adams' job

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Hochul’s careful conversations

Hochul’s careful conversations

HOCHUL MANAGES: As Mayor Eric Adams fights a five-count federal indictment on fr...