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Ken Paxton
Leigh Ann Caldwell & Marianna Sotomayor May 20, 2026
After a tense phone call with Majority Leader John Thune, Trump did what many felt he'd wanted to all along.
Derek Dooley
Leigh Ann Caldwell May 20, 2026
News and notes on the contest to challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. Plus what happens when six Republican senators are no longer beholden to Trump.
james blair
Leigh Ann Caldwell May 19, 2026
James Blair and Chris LaCivita are set to embark on an ambitious midterm agenda, working amid a sprawling web of interlinked super PACs, LLCs, and dark money groups that make it difficult to know who’s funding whom—and how much anyone is getting paid. It’s either sinister or brilliant, depending on one’s politics, but almost certainly both.
Bill Cassidy
Leigh Ann Caldwell May 17, 2026
Plus, Trump’s ballroom gets a Byrd bath.


Bill Cassidy
Leigh Ann Caldwell May 15, 2026
A Saturday primary will provide another test of Donald Trump's grip on the Republican party as he seeks to unseat Sen. Bill Cassidy.
Tom Suozzi, Brian Fitzpatrick
Leigh Ann Caldwell May 15, 2026
News and notes on the latest bipartisan anti-gerrymandering effort, plus exclusive new polling from the America's ag belt.
Donald Trump
Leigh Ann Caldwell May 13, 2026
A new poll shared exclusively with Puck takes voters' temperatures in battleground districts, and some Dems are open to a gas tax holiday.
Rep. Adrian Smith
Leigh Ann Caldwell May 13, 2026
Congressman Adrian Smith, one of three Republicans representing all of Nebraska, offers his candid thoughts on Trump’s soybean diplomacy, the tariff backlash, his beef with Canada, the party’s “affordability” balancing act, and more.


Donald Trump
Leigh Ann Caldwell May 12, 2026
What Trump is saying privately about that wildly expensive no-bid contract, plus exclusive news on new endorsements from the PAC founded by Biden alums who resigned over Gaza.
Chip Roy
Leigh Ann Caldwell May 12, 2026
With the clock ticking down to the Texas runoff, an environmental group is inserting itself in an effort to swing the A.G. race.
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