Congress
Your guide to what’s happening on Capitol Hill.
Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan — and now faces a far bigger test.
Left candidates have romped in blue state primaries. A Michigan general election will be a different challenge.
Two key Republican senators drew a line in the sand. It wasn’t far from where Trump already stood.
Four years ago, Michigan Rep. Andy Levin lost his primary to Haley Stevens. He tells us how he got on AIPAC’s bad side.
Sen. Ed Markey wants another term. Rep. Seth Moulton is taking him on. What does the Democratic base care about more?
The left has a vision. Do moderates? Astead Herndon digs in for the first edition of The Midterms, Actually.
3 takeaways from Astead Herndon’s conversation with Jim Clyburn.
Israel is breaking the party in half.
The ghosts of 2016, 2020, and 2024 have all come to Michigan.
Congress’s new housing law won’t fix your rent. It still matters.
His career explains why so many Republicans made peace with Trump — and what they gave up to do it.
In the swing House districts, the establishment has been getting its way.
Candidates going hard on Israel and immigration politics are trying to shake up the Colorado party establishment.
The NYC mayor endorsed three congressional candidates against the Democratic establishment. They all won.
The suspension of Trump’s weaponization fund shows how the system is (kind of) working.
Why some on the left are feeling warmly toward Tom Steyer and other very wealthy contenders.
Progressive caucus chair Rep. Greg Casar on his movement’s new playbook.
How a senator’s downfall paved the way for Donald Trump.
Trump’s gerrymandering efforts are backfiring.
An interview with the senator Swalwell called his “best friend.”
The accusations that forced out the frontrunner in California’s governor race — and could push him from Congress next.
Sen. Chris Murphy explains how blatant corruption is undermining faith in democracy.
The former House speaker on the midterms, Trump, and democracy.
It would give $3,000 to every American in a household earning less than $150,000.
Why Rep. Ro Khanna isn’t done talking about the Epstein files.
America has remade itself every few decades. Are we due?
The US Senate candidate from Texas on why she believes voters — and nonvoters — are hungry for politicians like her.
Alex Pretti’s death has pushed more and more lawmakers into saying something must be done.
Why an “America First” true believer is giving up.
Conservatives haven’t taken health policy seriously for decades.
After 43 days, the government is almost open again.
A political scientist explains the Democrats’ bizarre shutdown strategy.
Democrats are finally fighting back in the redistricting war.
The government shutdown and the new war on food stamps.
The diehard MAGA lawmaker’s new fight with the GOP, explained.
Four questions about the ongoing deadlock, answered by an expert.
There’s only so much you can do without a majority.
How the Democrats came to embrace shutdown politics.
Trump is threatening to fire federal workers if the government shuts down.
Trump’s prosecution of Rep. LaMonica McIver may be the most anti-democratic thing he’s done since January 6.