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May 16, 2018

McConnell May Cancel August Recess to Keep Democrats From Going Home to CampaignMcConnell knows there are more incumbent Democrats than Republicans in competitive races. Threatening to keep them in D.C. could make them malleable.

By Ed Kilgore
Apr. 23, 2018

Senate Panel Poised to Reject Pompeo for Secretary of StateBut the CIA director is likely to get the promotion, anyway.

By Eric Levitz
July 3, 2017

A 2018 Anthony Kennedy Retirement Would Light Up a Fiery Battle for the SenateThe 2018 electoral landscape is currently focused on the House. But a postelection SCOTUS-confirmation fight could make every Senate seat matter.

By Ed Kilgore
Jan. 30, 2017

More Trouble for Tom Price on His Biomedical InvestmentsOn the eve of a committee vote on his confirmation, new evidence shows Price may have gotten a sweet deal on a dubious stock purchase.

By Ed Kilgore
the national interest July 4, 2016

Clinton and the Politics of ’90s Racial BacklashA political and cultural reexamination of a trying decade.

By Jonathan Chait