Why Congress’s 2023 was so dismal
And be ready for a repeat in 2024.
Everything you should know about the House speakership battle
Four political scientists have a ‘good chat’ about what happened – and what comes next.
How did Congress avert a shutdown?
Just-in-time legislating is Congress’s specialty.
What does it take to depose the House speaker?
Hint: There’s a secret list of speakers in waiting
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New Yorkers used ranked-choice voting last month. Did it eliminate spoilers, as promised?
And how does it work, exactly?
Behind the Gaetz scandal, there’s a bigger issue: Most states have loopholes that let men exploit teenage girls
They can bypass statutory rape charges through marriage
Do political scandals even matter any more?
Increasingly, partisans back “their” candidate. For everyone else, too many scandals make it hard to focus on anyone.
How Liz Cheney survived the attempt to oust her from House leadership
The vote on Cheney was a big moment in the GOP’s battle over whether to be the Party of Trump