In this week's edition of the INSIDE WASHINGTON newsletter: - Washington is leaving Haiti in limbo - Vibe check: Farm bill futures - Pet of the week newrepublic.com/post/179839/...
For Politico Magazine, I wrote about how one freshman Republican representative from New York helps explain the modern Republican Party. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Marc Molinaro arrived in Washington hoping to be a pragmatic lawmaker. Congress had other ideas.
I wrote about what's happening with Senate Republicans, and the role Mitch McConnell is playing right now. newrepublic.com/article/1787...
The GOP’s top dog in the Senate wants to push the big national security supplemental over the line, but too many of his colleagues are following the former president’s lead.
In this week's newsletter: - Lawmakers want a conversation about the Biden admin's plan with Yemen airstrikes - What the Supreme Court overturning the Chevron doctrine would mean for Congress - Pet of the week! newrepublic.com/post/178418/...
The administration's escalation of an open-ended conflict with the Houthis has reawakened the long-running debate over who has the power to go to war.
and the skyrocketing violent political threats and such doesn’t even touch on how Trump and his prominent allies have for years been working in a determined, sustained fashion to try to tilt the 2024 election to his / GOP’s favor long before Election Day 2024: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
WIC, the nutrition program to help poor moms and their kids, is facing a $1 billion funding shortfall. Without the funds to keep up with current demand, many states will likely implement waiting lists. newrepublic.com/article/1782...
The terms “pro-life” and “pro-choice” have long defined the struggle over abortion rights. But Dobbs catalyzed a shift in how politicians and advocates talk about abortion, with many no longer considering those terms sufficient to capture their principles. newrepublic.com/article/1757...
Every time the Pope tweets something like “God instructs us to be nice :)” a bunch of guys from Staten Island accidentally invent Anglicanism, which is still a better reason than being down bad for a French person
Ohioans will soon vote on two major ballot initiatives: A constitutional amendment on abortion, and a proposal to legalize recreational weed. Will having such hot-button topics on the ballot juice turnout? And will one help get voters excited for the other? newrepublic.com/article/1752...
All eyes are on the Buckeye State to see if a pair of ballot initiatives might juice turnout in an otherwise sleepy election year.
If Republicans flipped the VA Senate, Glenn Youngkin would be emboldened to enact a more conservative agenda, potentially including new restrictions on abortion in one of the last bastions for access to reproductive care in the South. newrepublic.com/article/1751...