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Peter Hamby • August 12, 2024

The Race to Define Kamala Harris

While the Harris campaign coasts on vibes and momentum, Republicans are sharpening new lines of attack on the economy and immigration. New polling shows Harris is particularly vulnerable on those two fronts—if Trump, the party’s least disciplined messenger, can effectively caricature her before she redefines herself.
Abby Livingston • February 5, 2024
The Circus on the Hill
James Lankford Kyrsten Sinema
News, notes, observations, and horrors surrounding the latest machinations on Capitol Hill.
Tina Nguyen • January 31, 2024
Law & Border
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The real inside conversation in the House about the G.O.P.’s nihilistic decision to convert the border crisis from a legislative matter into a stump issue (and convenient Trump talking point).
Speaker Mike Johnson can only afford to lose two votes next year if he wants to pass bills without relying on Democrats.
Tina Nguyen • December 20, 2023
The G.O.P. Hardliners Who Stole Christmas
As budget armageddon approaches and Ukraine funding runs out, Republicans on the Hill are increasingly divided about whether to force a compromise with Democrats, to ritually sacrifice Johnson, or to succumb to their own impossible purity tests.
Chris Christie is betting on a town hall strategy in New Hampshire, and making appeals to independents and Republicans who want to put Trump in the rearview.
Peter Hamby • December 4, 2023
Just Spoke to Christie…
A candid conversation with the two-time presidential contender about the delirious state of the ’24 race: his path to Super Tuesday, his beef with Nikki Haley, whether Trump should go to prison, and more.
Chris Sununu said there’s a “61 percent chance” he runs for president—his words—and 39 percent chance that he just plays the role of kingmaker in New Hampshire.
Tara Palmeri • May 18, 2023
Chris Sununu Talks ’24
The perennially on-the-precipice candidate offers his most candid thoughts yet on the White House, DeSantis, and whether he’ll soon face his “good friends”—Mike, Tim, Asa, and Nikki—on the debate stage.
Tara Palmeri & Julia Ioffe • July 14, 2022
Trump’s Announcement Bomb & Meadows’ Case of the Willies
Puck’s Washington experts reveal the inside conversation in D.C. regarding Trump’s defensive ‘24 posturing, DeSantis’ likability deficit, Congress’ olds problems, and the drifting immigrant voting bloc.
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Theodore Schleifer • October 14, 2021
Can Laurene Powell Jobs Save the World?
Ten years after Steve Jobs’s death, Laurene Powell Jobs has transformed Emerson Collective into a sprawling enterprise aiming to rebuild media, overhaul immigration, reform education, and save the planet. Can the operation scale alongside the ambition?
Pro-Trump protestors riot at the Capitol
Julia Ioffe • July 27, 2021
This Town After Trump: Nothing to See Here, Folks
Sometimes, Washington clutches its pearls so hard it risks choking itself. After January 6, Republicans just want to move on.