Shutdown Looms and Priorities Stack Up as Congress Races Toward Session’s End

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and EMILY COCHRANE
NYT Politics
The largest impasse in a must-pass spending package is funding for President Trump’s wall, but lawmakers are looking at rolling in an array of other legislation.
Published date: December 10, 2018 at 04:07AM
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4 Things to Watch as House Democrats Usher In Divided Government

By CARL HULSE
NYT Politics
A dramatically different reality on Capitol Hill sets up the likelihood of two years marked more by conflict than cooperation, though House Democrats see some room for action.
Published date: November 7, 2018 at 08:24PM
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Democrats Capture Control of House; G.O.P. Holds Senate

By JONATHAN MARTIN and ALEXANDER BURNS
NYT Politics
Republicans were on track to add to their Senate majority, defeating Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana and holding onto Texas by beating back Representative Beto O’Rourke
Published date: November 7, 2018 at 05:36AM
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On Politics With Lisa Lerer: Midterm Canaries

By LISA LERER
NYT Politics
Races we’ll be watching for an early idea of how the election is trending; plus, dispatches from across the country, and final thoughts from our live polls.
Published date: November 6, 2018 at 12:57AM
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A ‘No’ on Kavanaugh Yields a Windfall for Heitkamp’s Campaign Coffers

By CATIE EDMONDSON and RACHEL SHOREY
NYT Politics
Facing an uphill battle for re-election, Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota raised a staggering $12.5 million in 17 days.
Published date: October 27, 2018 at 04:00PM
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A Red-Meat Rallying Cry for National Republicans: California

By ADAM NAGOURNEY
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California is being held up by Republican officeseekers in several states as an emblem of high taxes, lax immigration enforcement and overregulation.
Published date: October 22, 2018 at 12:00PM
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Charge of Treason Escalates Tensions in Close Arizona Senate Race

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
NYT Politics
Martha McSally drew national attention this week when she accused her Democratic opponent, Kyrsten Sinema, of treason.
Published date: October 19, 2018 at 08:33PM
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Seeking Work After Congress? Sharp Partisans Need Not Apply

By CARL HULSE
NYT Politics
Big trade groups in Washington are moving away from hiring former lawmakers, given a divisive political atmosphere.
Published date: October 19, 2018 at 01:59AM
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Walter Huddleston, Senator Toppled by Mitch McConnell, Dies at 92

By SAM ROBERTS
NYT
A two-term Democrat from Kentucky, he was narrowly defeated by Mr. McConnell, then a county judge and executive, in a Republican campaign engineered by Roger Ailes.
Published date: October 18, 2018 at 01:22AM
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Did Hell Freeze Over? My Republican Dad Is Voting for a Democrat

By SARAH VOWELL
NYT Sunday Review
Senator Jon Tester is less of a cookie-cutter Democrat and more of a Bull Moose wild card, “a Montanan who understands Montana.”
Published date: October 12, 2018 at 05:45PM
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Court Battle Shifts the Political Terrain for Senators in the Heartland

By JONATHAN MARTIN
NYT Politics
In North Dakota and other farm states, the heated debate over the Supreme Court has nationalized the fight for the Senate, elating Republicans and worrying Democrats
Published date: October 8, 2018 at 03:22AM
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Susan Collins Is the Worst Kind of Maverick

By JENNIFER FINNEY BOYLAN
NYT
She votes with the most right-wing members of her party, even while attempting to occupy some imaginary moral high ground.
Published date: October 6, 2018 at 09:20PM
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Jacky Rosen Wants to Flip Nevada for Democrats. But First, Kavanaugh.

By SYDNEY EMBER
NYT Politics
Ms. Rosen, a first-term congresswoman, is running against Senator Dean Heller, one of the most endangered Republican incumbents in November. The Kavanaugh nomination is a wild card in the race.
Published date: October 5, 2018 at 12:00PM
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Florida Senate Debate Turns Hostile as Rick Scott and Bill Nelson Trade Barbs

By PATRICIA MAZZEI
NYT
In their first debate, aimed at crucial Latino voters, the two candidates sharply disagreed on their records and exchanged barbs.
Published date: October 3, 2018 at 12:49AM
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McCaskill Battles Charges That She Is a Stranger in Her Own State

By STEPHANIE SAUL
NYT Politics
The Missouri Senator is in a neck-and-neck race to keep a crucial seat in Democratic hands, battling criticism from her opponent, Josh Hawley, that she’s a D.C. insider.
Published date: September 18, 2018 at 12:00PM
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Manchin Counts on Health Care to Stave Off Republican Tide in West Virginia

By TRIP GABRIEL
NYT Politics
In a heavily pro-Trump state, the Democratic senator has built a lead in polls based, in part, on his support for the Affordable Care Act.
Published date: September 8, 2018 at 08:00PM
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A Trump Endorsement Can Decide a Race. Here’s How to Get One.

By JONATHAN MARTIN and MAGGIE HABERMAN
NYT Politics
The president’s grip on G.O.P. primary voters is as strong as it has been since he seized the party’s nomination a little over two years ago.
Published date: August 27, 2018 at 07:07PM
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The Democratic Party Has Two Futures

By THOMAS B. EDSALL
NYT
Candidates in different states are testing out the electoral power of the left and the center.
Published date: August 9, 2018 at 01:06PM
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Maryon P. Allen, Made a Senator by Husband’s Death, Dies at 92

By WILLIAM MCDONALD
NYT
One of only two female senators from Alabama, she was picked to fill a suddenly vacant seat but lost a bid to keep it, undone perhaps by her outspokenness.
Published date: July 28, 2018 at 12:07AM
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With All Eyes on Joe Manchin, He Is All Ears at a Supreme Court Round Table

By ALEXANDRA YOON-HENDRICKS
NYT Politics
A discussion in his home state underscored the difficult decision the West Virginia senator and other red-state Democrats must make.
Published date: July 21, 2018 at 02:50AM
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