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In-depth reporting on Congress, campaigns, and the way Washington works from Joe Perticone.

GOPers Can’t Stop Going After Harris’s Race and Gender

Plus: More unnecessary impeachment resolutions

Jul 25 •

Congress’s Most Dysfunctional Committee Gets (Mostly) Serious

Harris is sitting on a mountain of cash.

Jul 23 •

Reagan’s Big Tent Party Is Now Trump’s Big Tent Revival

The Lord is everywhere at the Republican convention, wearing a bandage on his ear.

Jul 18 •

The ‘Law and Order’ Party Gives Menendez a Pass

If their criminally convicted presidential nominee can’t be condemned, then neither can a corrupt senator of the opposite party.

Jul 17 •

Kevin McCarthy is Doing Just Fine. No, Really. He is. Stop That.

All of his friends are just out of frame, laughing too.

Jul 16 •

Trump Assassination Attempt Disrupted Everything—We Just Don’t Know How

There is already movement back in Washington as well.

Jul 15 •

Abortion Change to RNC Platform Creates Rifts on Right

‘I think it’s a mistake to back away from the party’s longtime commitment,’ one lawmaker bluntly put it.

Jul 11 •

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