Aaron Blake

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Biden won’t claim debt ceiling win, because he must play the owned lib

By: Aaron Blake

Biden on Sunday declined to say whether he cut a good deal on the debt ceiling, in a remarkable sign of the times.

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McCarthy’s secret speaker deal takes a bizarre turn

By: Aaron Blake

Who could have imagined forging a speakership based on a mysterious handshake deal would cause problems?

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McCarthy’s critics shy away from threat to oust him

By: Aaron Blake

Amid the first big clash between the speaker and the right, the "motion to vacate the chair" hasn't proven an effective weapon, for a host of reasons.

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Trump’s favorite DeSantis stat is a very bad one

By: Aaron Blake

Trump is trying to cut into DeSantis’s electability argument with his usual trifecta of wrong, utterly misleading and frequently stated.

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Senate debt ceiling vote puts a feather in McCarthy’s cap

By: Aaron Blake

A much higher percentage of House Republicans voted for the bill than Senate Republicans. Here’s why -- and what it means for McCarthy.

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Trump and DeSantis: The pot vs. kettle primary

By: Aaron Blake

On issue after issue, Trump and DeSantis attack one another for positions they once held themselves.

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Coming soon to a 2024 GOP debate: Appeasement of Russia

By: Aaron Blake

Republican hawks have made some progress in arresting the party's drift away from supporting Ukraine. Enter a candidate talking about giving Russia "major" territorial concessions.

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A big GOP split on the debt ceiling: Pre-Trump vs. post-Trump

By: Dan Keating, Aaron Blake

The House vote was bipartisan. But Republicans elected in the Trump era were much more likely to vote "no" (41 percent) than others (17 percent).

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The electoral threat of another Trump indictment

By: Aaron Blake

New data suggests a classified documents indictment would be more problematic for Trump than the hush money indictment, with half of Americans saying a conviction would be disqualifying.

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Pence’s pained response on indicting Trump

By: Aaron Blake

“No one’s above the law." Pause. “But."