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Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during a Senate hearing on June 24, 2025. (ill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Ossoff bets his race on affordability

Jason Kyle Howard
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a press conference on Oct. 15, 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Why Democrats can’t stay united

Chauncey DeVega
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NY, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (R), D-NY during a ceremony in the White House in Washington, DC, on April 6, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

AOC urged to challenge Chuck Schumer

Garrett Owen
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

House Republicans rip Senate GOP payday

Garrett Owen
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at the Capitol on Oct. 21, 2025. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Dems of all stripes say Schumer must go

Jason Kyle Howard
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speak to the media outside the Capitol on April 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Shutdown vote blasted as "pathetic"

Garrett Owen
U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks at a press conference alongside alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on September 3, 2025, announcing the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which calls for the release of all unclassified documents in the Jeffrey Epstein case. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images via AFP)

Greene again puts shutdown blame on GOP

Garrett Owen
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 05: U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford hold a press conference at the U.S. Department of Transportation Headquarters on November 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. Secretary Duffy and FAA Administrator Bedford spoke of the need to cut thousands of flights due to lack of FAA staffing at airports because of the ongoing government shutdown. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

FAA cuts flights amid shutdown chaos

Blaise Malley
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Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Nov. 4, 2025. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Mamdani's message has broad appeal

Chauncey DeVega
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 5: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to Senate Republicans at a breakfast in the State Dining Room of the White House on November 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is speaking with Republican senators as the U.S. government shutdown has reached day 36. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump says shutdown hurt GOP elections

Garrett Owen
(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Andrew Harnik / Joe Raedle / Michael M. Santiago / Universal Images Group)

Social misery in the Age of Trump

Chauncey DeVega
US comedian Michael Che (ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Che rails at SNAP freeze: "F**ked up"

Alex Galbraith
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A grocery store with sign in the window accepting Electronic Benefit Transfer cards and food stamps in St. Paul, Minnessotta. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Stop asking who’s “winning” the shutdown

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

Johnson pushes House into irrelevance

Charlie Hunt - The Conversation
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the annual Halloween at the White House event on Oct. 30, 2025. ( Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The horror of Donald Trump's America

Brian Karem
A sign alerting customers about SNAP food stamps benefits is displayed at a Brooklyn grocery store on December 5, 2019 in New York City, United States. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)

MAGA salivates at cutting food stamps

Sophia Tesfaye
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The East Wing of the White House was demolished on Oct. 23, 2025. (Eric Lee/Getty Images)

Trump’s demolition shakes MAGA base

Sophia Tesfaye
California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a bill signing event after the state legislature passed a constitutional amendment referendum to redraw the state’s congressional maps. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Newsom deploys Guard to feed California

Joy Saha
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
The silhouette of a commercial airplane flies over skyscrapers (Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Shutdown making flight delays worse

Brian Strzempkowski, Melanie Dickman - The Conversation
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President Donald Trump holds a press availability on Oct. 15, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump puts despotism at our doorstep

Brian Karem
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a press conference on Oct. 10, 2025. (nna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Mike Johnson's support may be eroding

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Oct. 9, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

How far will Trump go to sell a lie?

Brian Karem
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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