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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Project 2025 author announces Senate run

Cheyenne McNeill
President Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz (R), takes a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office on March 13, 2025. (Getty Images Andrew Harnick)

Dems tear into Waltz over Signalgate

Cheyenne McNeill
Care advocates attend 24-hour vigil at U.S. Capitol to share stories and urge lawmakers to protect Medicaid on May 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Caring Across Generations)

Senate approves Trump's Medicaid cuts

Cheyenne McNeill
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) pauses while speaking at a rally for Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at York Exposition Center UPMC Arena on October 2, 2024 in York, Pennsylvania. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Fetterman: BBB is ruining my vacation

Cheyenne McNeill
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The U.S. Capitol Building is seen as the sun sets on June 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Medicaid cuts struck from GOP bill

Cheyenne McNeill
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to press in the U.S. Capitol on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Schumer asked if he's "a liability"

Alex Galbraith
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol, June 1, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images)

GOP's magic math undermines Trump's plan

Samarth Gupta
Senator Ted Cruz speaks during a campaign event on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Houston. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

GOP panic grows amid Trump tariff spin

Griffin Eckstein
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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to press in the U.S. Capitol on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Schumer: Dems had "no leverage" on CR

Alex Galbraith
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) appears for a news conference following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on November 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Schumer: Trump is "lawless"

Griffin Eckstein
Hundreds of people gathered in Brooklyn, New York, to protest Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on March 14, 2025. (Griffin Eckstein/Salon)

Dems to Schumer: Fight back or get lost

Griffin Eckstein
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

McConnell wrote blueprint on obstruction

Griffin Eckstein
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Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Education, testifies during her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 13, 2025.

Dems rip McMahon in Senate hearing

Griffin Eckstein
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters during a press conference ahead of a vote on the foreign aid package in Washington, DC on April 23, 2024. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump blasts McConnell after RFK vote

Griffin Eckstein
The US Capitol is seen in Washington D.C., United States on January 22, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"Debanking" dispute reaches Congress

Daria Solovieva
Former Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought testifies before a US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2025. (JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images)

Project 2025 head confirmed as OMB chief

Griffin Eckstein
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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a Cesar Chavez Day event at Union Station on March 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Senate grills RFK Jr. on vaccine misinfo

Griffin Eckstein
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, speaks during her confirmation hearing before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on January 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)

Noem confirmed as Homeland Security head

Griffin Eckstein
Fox anchor Pete Hegseth interviews entrepreneur and venture capitalist Peter Thiel during "FOX & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios on August 09, 2019 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Hegseth confirmed as defense secretary

Alex Galbraith
Pete Hegseth attends the new All-American Christmas Tree lighting outside News Corporation at Fox Square on December 9, 2021 in New York City. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Murkowski, Collins vote no on Hegseth

Griffin Eckstein
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Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., questions Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Treasury secretary, during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Thursday, January 16, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Democrats help pass Laken Riley Act

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Arizona Democratic candidate for US Senate Ruben Gallego speaks during the Arizona Democratic Party Election Night at the Hilton Phoenix Resort at the Peak in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 5, 2024. (REBECCA NOBLE/AFP via Getty Images)

Democrats help advance Laken Riley Act

Tatyana Tandanpolie
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Why Hegseth's misogynist past matters

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General Pam Bondi meets with incoming Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) in his office at the Hart Senate Office Building on December 02, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Bondi's "office-peddling" career

Russell Payne
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