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Senator Angus King (I-ME) speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats who voted to restore government funding, in Washington, DC on November 9, 2025. ((Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images))

ACA subsidies teeter on the brink

Blaise Malley
Former Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as he greets U.S. veterans in the Capitol Rotunda on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

McCarthy: MTG was just the beginning

Alex Galbraith
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) speaks to the press on Capitol Hill on July 24, 2025. ( Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

GOP fears "rough" 2026 midterms

Garrett Owen
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Crockett roasts MTG over retirement

Alex Galbraith
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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, where he addressed the House vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Epstein files resolution heads to Trump

Alex Galbraith
Teresa Helm speaks during a news conference with fellow alleged victims of disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, their lawyers, supporters and members of Congress outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 03, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Epstein survivors demand no more secrets

Garrett Owen
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., after addressing a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Nancy Mace can't flee the Epstein trap

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

DOJ sues California over election map

Garrett Owen
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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is seen outside a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Rayburn building on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Gaetz accuser was homeless 17-year-old

Alex Galbraith
Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2024. (BASTIEN INZAURRALDE/AFP via Getty Images)

Dems prep for Pelosi retirement

Garrett Owen
Isiah Kiner-Falefa of the Toronto Blue Jays tags out Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers during the 2025 World Series. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Americans want a fair playing field

Kirk Swearingen
Paul Ingrassia announces the release of brothers Andrew and Matthew Valentin outside of the DC Central Detention Facility on January 20. (Photo by Pete Kiehart/Getty Images)

Racist texts tank Ingrassia nom

Blaise Malley
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President Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Oct. 17, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Democrats are exposing Trump's weakness

Heather Digby Parton
Rep. Dave Taylor, R-Ohio, speaks during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Tom Williams/Getty Images)

MAGA Rep. responds to swastika scandal

Alex Galbraith
The US Supreme Court is seen in Washington DC on May 25, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

This Supreme Court case could upend DC

Sam D. Hayes - The Conversation
US Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Republican of Georgia, speaks during a campaign rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Sunset Park in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 9, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

MTG blames GOP for shutdown

Garrett Owen
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Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva speaks at a primary election-night party at El Casino Ballroom on July 15, 2025 in South Tucson, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Adelita Grijalva wants to get to work

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Democratic state Rep. Justin Pearson of Memphis speaks on his phone while being expelled from the state Legislature on April 6, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Seth Herald/Getty Images)

Progressives see an opening in Tennessee

Russell Payne
House Speaker Mike Johnson shakes hands with President Donald Trump. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

House GOP seeks to rewrite Jan. 6

Heather Digby Parton
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speak at the U.S. Capitol on April 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Democrats seem to have grown a spine

Heather Digby Parton
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Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Patel grilled over Epstein files

Blaise Malley
Protesters outside Trump Tower in New York, July 4, 2025. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

GOP can't hide from their budget bill

Russell Payne
Congressman Jerry Nadler (Rob Kim/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Democrats have an age problem

Charlie Hunt - The Conversation
Rep. Marc LaHood, R-San Antonio, looks at a congressional redistricting map during debate of a congressional redistricting plan in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Austin. (Photo by Jay Janner/Getty Images)

Texas House passes Trump-approved maps

Alex Galbraith
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