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A voter casts their ballot at a polling station at Chesterbrook Elementary School in McLean, Virginia, on Nov. 4, 2025.Graeme Sloan—Bloomberg via Getty Images The last decade taught us painful lessons ...

After the 2013 government shutdown ended, Republican leaders made clear they had only been humoring Sen. Ted Cruz and his plot to defund Obamacare. “It was not a smart play. It had no chance of ...

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Buckle up, we're heading into holiday season again and we all know what that means: It's time to decide how much we want to talk about politics with family over a meal. Get excited. I'll just be ...