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Rainier Ehrhardt / AP / Katie Martin / ... A Republican Rising Star’s Plan to Reopen America
Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina is keenly aware that COVID-19 is especially dangerous for African Americans. He’s also worried about small businesses.
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Tom Brenner / Reuters The Solemn Absurdity of Trump’s Impeachment Trial
As senators embarked on their first day of proceedings, the occasional yawn and rubbing of the eyes emphasized the pointlessness of the whole affair.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Nothing Will Persuade White Evangelicals to Support Impeachment
New polling suggests that Trump’s base is totally unified behind the president, no matter what investigations might reveal.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Question Democrats Have to Answer Before They Can Impeach
The lawmakers who most want to oust President Trump don’t agree on what the party’s strongest case against him is.
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Rich Koele / Shutterstock / The Atlantic Why Steve King’s Supporters Are Staying Loyal
The Iowa Republican’s racist comments have made him a pariah among Democrats and Republicans alike. But his voters may be more devoted to him than ever.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Why Democrats May Not Want Steve King to Resign
Several 2020 candidates have called for the congressman to step down following comments he made about rape and incest. But he represents the party’s best hope in Northwest Iowa.
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Charlie Neibergall / AP / Arsh Raziuddin / ... How Steve King Could Turn Iowa Blue
For J. D. Scholten to have a real chance in Iowa’s Fourth District, he’ll need the incendiary congressman to win his Republican primary.
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Andrew Harnik / AP How Mitch McConnell Persuaded a Senior House Democrat to Back Impeachment
It wasn’t Robert Mueller’s testimony that pushed Representative Katherine Clark over the edge.
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Lee Corkran / Sygma via Getty The Clarence Thomas Effect
The notoriously quiet Supreme Court justice has had a far-reaching influence on the personnel of the Trump administration, which may be his most lasting legacy.
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Lizzie Gill The Real Turning Point for Women’s Political Power
Female lawmakers needed a critical mass in Congress before they could begin chipping away at the inequalities baked into the nation’s laws.
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Charlie Neibergall / AP Tim Ryan Just Wants to Make a Good Impression Tonight
The 2020 hopeful is hoping to stand out on the debate stage. But he’ll have only a couple of minutes to say something memorable.
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Barry Thumma / AP Why Democrats Ditched the Hyde Amendment
There used to be a middle ground in the national conversation on abortion. Not anymore.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Why Pro-impeachment Democrats Are Still Siding With Pelosi
They might be calling for an inquiry on Twitter and MSNBC, but they don’t plan to publicly challenge the speaker.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Rank and File Are Starting to Defy Pelosi on Impeachment
The shift in attitudes suggests that more House members are viewing the party’s current investigative strategy as ineffective.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Moderate House Women Who Want Voters to Know They Exist Too
Centrism is notoriously unsexy, even if it’s pervasive within the Democratic Party.
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Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images The Democratic Party Just Ticked Off Its Youngest Organizers
In an attempt to protect the House majority, the DCCC may have compromised its relationship with some of the party’s most loyal activists, the College Democrats.
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Jared Soares Can a Rust Belt Yogi Save the Democratic Party?
While Democrats debate which voters to prioritize in 2020, Representative Tim Ryan, a potential presidential candidate, argues that they don’t have to choose.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Fight Over Ilhan Omar Is a Fight Over the Identity of the Democratic Party
A House vote on bigotry underscored powerful changes in the party’s coalition, including among young Muslims.
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Eduardo Munoz / Reuters Joe Crowley Just Played Into Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Hands
Since the start of her campaign, the freshman Democrat has railed against special interests. Now the lawmaker she defeated is becoming a lobbyist.
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Evan Vucci / AP Why Trump Isn’t Sweating a Shutdown This Time
The president says he doesn’t like Congress’s border-funding deal. But he’ll probably sign it anyway.
