Political Theater: Protest, retreat, hide? Congressional behavior, 2025-style
In the early days of the second Trump administration, congressional Republicans and Democrats face decisions about how to react to White House-led actions. For Democrats, it can be boiled down to: Fig...
6 Maalis 202520min
CQ Budget: Stopgap spending decision time
A continuing resolution to head off a partial government shutdown is caught in the political crossfire of federal employee layoffs, funding freezes and a partisan dispute over the power of the purse. ...
3 Maalis 202524min
Political Theater: ‘Yeah, I don’t love that,’ or how the House learned to start jamming the Senate
In recent days, the Senate and House have both passed versions of their own budget resolution, one of the key steps in constructing a so-called reconciliation bill that will cut spending and taxes and...
27 Helmi 202524min
Political Theater: ‘Yeah, I don’t love that,’ or how the House learned to start jamming the Senate
In recent days, the Senate and House have both passed versions of their own budget resolution, one of the key steps in constructing a so-called reconciliation bill that will cut spending and taxes and...
27 Helmi 202524min
CQ Budget: Pivotal test for House budget
A House vote this week will test the unity of Republicans for a budget blueprint that would pave the way for a sweeping package of tax cuts, border security, defense funding, spending cuts and more. C...
24 Helmi 202521min
Political Theater: 'If I can get you to feel' -- politics, wrestling and connecting with people
For someone who has dominated politics for going on a decade, Donald Trump still controls the narrative in a way that leaves his opponents flat-footed. Trump's connection to professional wrestling off...
19 Helmi 202540min
CQ Budget: Budget reconciliation pressures mount
The Senate's plan for a slim budget blueprint focused on border security and defense could be upended by President Donald Trump's new endorsement of the House push for "one big, beautiful" reconciliat...
19 Helmi 202523min
Equal Time: Has the fringe gone mainstream?
In 2025, you don’t have to reach very far to reach those dark corners of the internet where fringe conspiracy theories and racist memes once hid. In award-winning journalist Elle Reeve’s book, “Black ...
18 Helmi 202548min
