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jeffrey epstein files signs white house
Abby Livingston August 11, 2025
Republicans fled D.C. early for August recess to avoid votes on releasing the Epstein files. But the issue has been waiting for at least some of them in their home districts—and will be unavoidable when they return to town in September.
Greg Abbott trump
Abby Livingston August 4, 2025
Washington insiders worry that Trump’s push to slice up the Texas congressional map could destabilize politics nationwide, sparking an arms race that pits members against members, makes it easier to topple incumbents… and placing Capitol Hill at the mercy of state legislators with their own agendas.
Roy Cooper
Abby Livingston July 28, 2025
Democrats have had a sluggish start to fundraising for the midterms amid the party’s lingering post-election identity crisis. And yet, there are emerging signs that angry donors who swore off giving are slowly overcoming their trust issues and returning to the fold.
donald trump
Abby Livingston July 21, 2025
Inside the Epstein anxiety on Capitol Hill, where Republicans can’t begin their recess quickly enough as the fracas continues to intensify—and Trump keeps making it worse. Yes, Democrats are benefitting from the scandal, but mostly as a chance to message…


elon musk
Abby Livingston July 14, 2025
Musk is threatening to go scorched-earth on the G.O.P., and the party has responded, so far, with a collective shrug. How much damage can one scorned billionaire do?
David Valadao
Abby Livingston July 7, 2025
Democrats see Trump’s signature legislation as an obvious liability for the G.O.P.—and a wide-open path to flip the House in the midterms. But Republicans have a sales pitch of their own.
Zohran Mamdani
Abby Livingston June 30, 2025
Democratic strategists and operatives are processing Zohran Mamdani’s shocking victory in New York in real time: the implications for incumbents, lessons for candidate recruitment, the challenge of managing the far left, and why the Israel issue isn’t going away. Herewith, some of their early takeaways.
Mike Johnson
Abby Livingston June 24, 2025
Republicans are bracing for an emergency landing of their Big Beautiful Bill, on or around the July Fourth holiday, whether they want it or not. It may not be pretty, but “it will pass,” a source close to G.O.P. leadership assured me—“one way or another.”


Hakeem Jeffries, Nancy Pelosi
Abby Livingston June 16, 2025
Senate Democrats (and a few Republicans) are reviving efforts to ban stock trading by members of Congress—a surprisingly complex issue with bad actors on both sides of the aisle.
Trump Mike Johnson
Abby Livingston June 9, 2025
The Big Beautiful Bill will likely return to the House with cuts to the SALT deduction that blue-state Republicans can’t stomach—forcing them to decide between aggravating Trump or their constituents, with the fate of the G.O.P. majority on the line.
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