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Mar 6 · 4 min read ·US Policy

Daines Won't Run

Montana's senator withdrew minutes before the filing deadline -- and Trump had a replacement ready the next morning.

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Mar 6 · 4 min read ·US Policy

The Gonzales Affair

He admitted it, dropped the runoff, and is still in Congress -- the Tony Gonzales scandal ended in 72 hours

Mar 6 · 3 min read ·US Policy

Measles in the Tent City

The nation's largest ICE detention facility has a measles outbreak

Mar 5 · 5 min read ·US Policy

GOP Blocks Iran War Powers Resolution

The Senate voted 47-53 to let the president keep waging war without congressional approval -- again.

Mar 4 · 4 min read ·US Policy

Can Talarico Really Take Texas?

A 36-year-old seminary student just won the Democratic primary. The answer depends on which Republican he faces.

Mar 3 · 4 min read ·US Policy

The Supreme Court Emergency Trans Ruling

A 6-3 ruling blocks California from shielding trans students -- and the dissent is furious

Mar 3 · 4 min read ·US Policy

Spring Forward Sucks

Americans agree the clock-switching is miserable -- they just can't agree on what to replace it with

Feb 27 · 2 min read ·US Policy

Who Decides What AI Won't Do?

The Pentagon wants Anthropic to remove its safety guardrails. Anthropic said no.

Feb 27 · 4 min read ·US Policy

ICE Came to Campus

Federal agents posed as police, detained a student, and set a precedent.

Feb 27 · 5 min read ·US Policy

The Clintons and the Epstein Question

Accountability, selective outrage, and the wife who has to explain her husband, again.

Feb 26 · 4 min read ·US Policy

The LAUSD Search Warrants

FBI agents raided the nation’s second-largest school district. There are many unanswered questions.

Feb 26 · 4 min read ·US Policy

SOTU Reactions

Two hours. Three Americas. Nobody heard the same speech.

Feb 26 · 4 min read ·US Policy

Casey Means for Surgeon General: Disruptor or Unqualified?

RFK Jr.'s pick to run health policy has supporters calling her a revolution and critics calling her a liability.

Feb 26 · 3 min read ·US Policy

Marie Hurabiell's San Francisco Gambit

A recent Republican turned centrist Democrat entered a four-way primary. San Francisco isn't sure what to make of her.

Feb 25 · 4 min read ·US Policy

Trump's SOTU & Tariffs

The president says America is booming. The country heard three different speeches.

Feb 25 · 4 min read ·US Policy

The ICE Whistleblower

An ICE whistleblower says the agency gutted its own training program. DHS says he's lying.

Feb 23 · 3 min read ·US Policy

The Tariff Whack-a-Mole

The Supreme Court struck down Trump's tariffs. He imposed new ones the same day.

Feb 19 · 4 min read ·US Policy

Don't Worry About It

Trump repealed the legal basis for all U.S. climate regulation. The debate is whether it ever had one.

Feb 19 · 3 min read ·US Policy

Proving American

The SAVE Act requires citizenship documents to vote. Who that protects and who it blocks depends on who you ask.