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At the Races: Never-ending redistricting

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. Redistricting has already thrown a long shadow over the 2026 midterm elections, and we’re not done yet. As our colleague…

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‘Shall I project a world?’ — ‘The Crying of Lot 49’ episode

Real estate magnates, secret societies, alternative means of communicating, psychedelic drugs used as therapy? It’s not our world; it’s the world of Thomas Pynchon’s “The Crying of Lot 49.” Jason Dick, Sean Carswell and Alan Tuszynski discuss Silent Tristero’s Empire and whether we’re living in it. Show Notes:

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Budget resolution to unlock immigration funds adopted in Senate

The Senate adopted a GOP-written budget resolution early Thursday morning that marks a critical first step toward providing roughly $70 billion for immigration enforcement for the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term. After a marathon “vote-a-rama” on amendments that stretched through the night, the Senate voted 50-48 for a budget…

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Budget ‘vote-a-rama’ for immigration funds kicks off in Senate

Senate Republicans are aiming to adopt a budget resolution by Thursday as the first step toward providing roughly $70 billion for immigration enforcement through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term. The Senate kicked off a marathon voting session, known as a “vote-a-rama,” Wednesday evening that was expected to run…

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Judge warns attorney for Jan. 6 pipe bomber suspect

A federal judge on Wednesday admonished a defense attorney for a man accused of planting pipe bombs in Washington the night before the 2021 attack on the Capitol, telling the attorney he did not follow a protective order and warning him to be “more careful.” At issue in the back…

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Senate ‘slipping further down the slope’

As senators headed Wednesday into their latest “vote-a-rama,” one thing was clear: Not many of them were happy. The procedural hallmark involves a series of unlimited amendment votes and is often bemoaned because of its marathon pace, twilight-hour votes and embarrassingly large pizza deliveries to the U.S. Capitol. But Republicans’…

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Virginia judge blocks certification of redistricting referendum

A Virginia judge sided Wednesday with Republicans challenging the commonwealth’s new redistricting process for the third time, a day after voters approved a new map that would favor Democrats. After a hearing Wednesday, Judge Jack Hurley Jr. of the state Circuit Court of Tazewell County issued a ruling blocking the…

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Democrats celebrate Virginia redistricting win as Jeffries vows ‘maximum warfare’

Democrats’ narrow victory in Tuesday’s redistricting referendum in Virginia gives the party up to four pickup opportunities in the commonwealth in this year’s midterm elections. But it also puts both parties near parity in the monthslong arms race over redrawing congressional lines that has been a defining storyline of the…

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2 ways Congress can improve its standing with Americans

ANALYSIS — In a time of bitter partisanship, there’s one thing that brings the country together: hating Congress. But while Capitol Hill is consistently and deeply unpopular, there are at least two specific actions members of Congress could take to improve their standing, if they have the courage. The numbers…

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Republican hopefuls in swing seats aren’t walking away from Trump

Voters in Nebraska’s open 2nd District have twice rejected Donald Trump, but the presumptive Republican nominee for the seat is “humbled” to have the president’s backing. Trump has been “doing great things,’’ said Brinker Harding, an Omaha City Council member seeking to succeed retiring GOP Rep. Don Bacon. “We’ve got…

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Future for voter ID bill unclear in Senate

Five weeks ago, Senate Republicans said they were bracing for an extended fight as they kicked off debate on their marquee election overhaul bill. Now, they have quietly set aside what’s known as the SAVE America Act. The question is: For how long? And is there an appetite to return…

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Supreme Court hears arguments on US power to strip green cards

Supreme Court justices grappled over a president’s power over immigration enforcement Wednesday during oral arguments over a technical challenge to the government’s ability to take away someone’s green card as they enter the country. Over the course of more than an hour of oral arguments, the justices delved into what…

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Georgia Rep. David Scott dies at 80

Democratic Rep. David Scott, a 12-term congressman representing Georgia’s 13th District, has died. He was 80. Combined with prior stints in the Georgia statehouse, Scott was in public service for over 50 years. He was first elected to the House in 2002 and became the first African American chair of…

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Virginia voters approve new Democrat-drawn congressional map

Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment to redraw the commonwealth’s congressional map, giving Democrats an opportunity to pick up as many as four additional House seats in this fall’s midterm elections. The pro-redistricting “yes” side was leading with just over 50 percent of the vote when The Associated…

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Senate agrees to take up budget resolution for immigration funds

The Senate voted Tuesday to take up a budget resolution that is designed to provide enough funding for immigration enforcement agencies through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term. On a strictly party-line vote of 52-46, the Senate agreed to proceed to a GOP-written budget resolution that marks the first…

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More air traffic control modernization funding needed, Duffy says

Efforts to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system are moving along with the support of funds provided in last year’s reconciliation law, but the Transportation Department will need even more money from Congress to finish the job, Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday. Congress authorized $12.5 billion in funds to…

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He assassinated James Garfield. The story doesn’t end there

At the beginning of the Netflix limited series “Death by Lightning,” about the rise and fall of President James Garfield in 1880–81, his soon-to-be assassin tries to excuse his checkered past before the parole board of the infamous New York prison known as “The Tombs.” “Are we not a nation…

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Cherfilus-McCormick resigns minutes before sanctions hearing

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick announced her resignation from Congress Tuesday, minutes before the House Ethics Committee was set to consider what punishment she should face for numerous ethics violations. With the Florida Democrat’s resignation, the Ethics Committee loses jurisdiction over her case and how she handled money flowing to her congressional…

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Warsh vows Fed independence; Democrats assert financial conflicts

Kevin Warsh, the nominee to be next chairman of the Federal Reserve, promised senators Tuesday that the central bank would maintain its independence from the White House under his leadership and that he would divest assets that raised conflict-of-interest concerns among Democrats. Warsh tried to reassure lawmakers at the Senate…

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Johnson willing to ‘lead’ push for sexual misconduct overhauls

As revelations of sexual misconduct continue to ripple through Congress, calls for change are dominating the halls — so much so that Speaker Mike Johnson said he’d lead the cause himself. “We are looking at every potential avenue to tighten up the rules and make sure that women have an…

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Supreme Court sounds ready to back agency authority over violations

The Supreme Court appeared ready to back limited forfeiture powers for federal agencies during oral arguments Tuesday, in a pair of challenges to the ability for the Federal Communications Commission to impose fines on alleged lawbreakers. Telecommunications giants AT&T and Verizon asked the justices to toss more than $100 million…

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Hunting enthusiasts notch farm bill win with greyhound ban fix

The 2026 farm bill is on its way to the House floor as soon as next week with a subtle change to the sweeping legislation’s greyhound racing ban after an outcry from hunting advocates. The latest version of the bill, released by the Rules Committee last week, would axe language…

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At the Races: Virginia is for voters

Welcome to a special edition of At the Races! Throughout the 2026 primary season, watch for these updates from the CQ Roll Call campaign team on what you need to know for election day. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Mary Ellen McIntire…

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Chavez-DeRemer exiting Trump Cabinet amid misconduct investigations

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the former one-term congresswoman from Oregon whose tenure has been marked by allegations of misconduct including an “inappropriate” relationship with a subordinate, is departing her Cabinet post. Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the administration for an undisclosed position in the private sector, White House Communications Director Steven…

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Budget resolution for immigration funding headed to Senate floor

Senate Republicans plan to release their budget resolution and take a procedural vote as early as Tuesday, kicking off the cumbersome process for a reconciliation bill designed to help end the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R.S.D., said Monday he hopes to confine…

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