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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) departs a House Republican Conference Meeting at the U.S. Capitol on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Dems, GOP declare victory in DHS deal

Voters fill out their ballots at a polling station in New York City on Election Day, November 5, 2024. (LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump critics: Voter roll EO is illegal

ICE Police watch as Rep. Ilhan Omar, center, U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison, left, and U.S. Representative Angie Craig, (not shown) on right, make their way into the the entrance of the Whipple Federal Building in Fort Snelling, MN on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (Elizabeth Flores / Getty Images)

Trump threatens ICE airport deployment

Florida's Republican state Sen. Randy Fine speaks with the media after winning the 6th District race to replace GOP former Rep. Michael Waltz, who is now President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on April 01, 2025 in Ormond Beach, Florida. Mr. Fine beat his Democratic opponent, Josh Weil. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

"Bigot": Dems call for Fine to resign

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have a choice to make on opposing President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign ( SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Democrats must take a moral stand on ICE

Chauncey DeVega

Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, arrives to the U.S. Capitol for the last votes of the week on Thursday, June 15, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Dems crack over "legitimate" ICE funding

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speak at a press conference on June 11, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

To win, Dems should chuck their leaders

Trump supporters near the U.S Capitol, on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. The protesters stormed the historic building, breaking windows and clashing with police. Trump supporters had gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Shay Horse/Getty Images)

WH accuses Dems of J6 "insurrection"

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Nancy Pelosi attends the 67th GRAMMY Awards Pre-GRAMMY Gala & GRAMMY Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Jody Gerson on February 01, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Pelosi: GOP has "abolished Congress"

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a news conference after the House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

GOP revolts against Johnson on ACA vote

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a news conference after the House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Johnson shoots down ACA subsidies vote

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) walks off the House floor after speaking for 8 hours and 44 minutes as the House votes to pass Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)

Democrats split on impeachments

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AI fuels a new wave of political lies

Davina Hurt, Ann Skeet

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at the Capitol on Oct. 21, 2025. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Dems of all stripes say Schumer must go

Jason Kyle Howard

Then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., outside the White House on Dec. 11, 2018. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Nancy Pelosi’s lessons in power

Jason Kyle Howard

President of the Senate
Bill Ferguson (D) prepares as lawmakers work on the last day of the 90-day legislative session on April 7, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Newton/for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Top Md. Dem nixes redistricting

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is using her platform to demean democrats and tell schoolyard jokes. Critics call it endemic of the current climate in the White House. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

White House continues being “Mean Girl”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on September 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Dem. Rep calls for Leavitt to resign

Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr speaks during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, United States on February 24, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Jeffries: FCC chair "disgraced" himself

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speak at a press conference on June 11, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Dems should play hardball over shutdown

Chauncey DeVega

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President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will Dems cave in a shutdown standoff?

Heather Digby Parton

Zohran Mamdani, who won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, speaks at an endorsement event from the union DC 37 on July 15, 2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

"Vote blue," unless it's Mamdani?

White House Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard talks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"Coup": Gabbard pushes Obama "treason"

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens to President Donald Trump's address during a tour to an unfinished section of the border wall on June 30, 2021 in Pharr, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump floats GOP gerrymander of Texas

Cheyenne McNeill

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