Kiss your swing districts goodbye
Gerrymandering: Depending on where you stand, it’s either the cause of, or solution to, many of America’s political problems. Here’s what that fight looks like — from the outside looking in, and from ...
19 Nov 202134min
CNN's Manu Raju vs. Jeff Flake: Cat and mouse
It’s one of the most demanding jobs in Washington journalism: tracking down a lawmaker who’s in the news but doesn’t necessarily want to talk. For the Congress press corps, scoring that story-making q...
12 Nov 202122min
The strategists who made the “Youngkin Republican”
For the first time in 12 years, a Republican won the governorship in Virginia. And it wasn’t just any victory — to claim the seat, Glenn Youngkin had to beat Terry McAuliffe, former governor and Democ...
5 Nov 202128min
The activists outside Joe Manchin's houseboat
All summer long, activists have pressured Democratic leaders for a reconciliation package that delivers on all of President Biden’s promises. That means Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin faced p...
29 Okt 202120min
Meet D.C.'s 'Lobbyist Hunter'
“Somebody’s gotta do it. It might as well be me.” So says Ivan Adler, the “lobbyist hunter” who plucks D.C.’s most idealistic Hill staffers and turns them into K Street top dogs. POLITICO’s Hailey Fuc...
15 Okt 202126min
Push it to the (debt) limit
What actually happens if the nation defaults on its debt? Planes fall out of the sky, the streets run red with blood — OK, not literally. But the reality could be economic catastrophe: "Market chaos, ...
8 Okt 202125min
Regulating crypto: The $2 trillion Rubik's Cube
Crypto trading! Bitcoin! Dogecoin! Stablecoin! Even if lawmakers don't understand blockchain, Capitol Hill is finally waking up to digital currency — Congress has introduced more than a dozen bills on...
24 Sep 202127min
Pelosi vs. everybody: Dems’ high-wire health care act
As Democrats' massive reconciliation bill makes its way through the machine, one item is getting all the attention right now: health care. It’s a fight that basically boils down to Nancy Pelosi versus...
17 Sep 202131min
