Congress

The Race to Replace Jesse Jr.

The election is all about guns. Except when it's not.

The election is all about guns. Except when it's not.

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The Future Mr. Speaker

Chris Van Hollen has the talent to run the House. If he ever gets his chance.

Chris Van Hollen is talented enough to run the House. Will he ever get the chance?

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Courting Disaster

A new idea to limit drone strikes could actually legitimize them

On Sunday, Robert Gates, the former Pentagon chief for Presidents Obama and Bush, endorsed an idea that has been floated by Democratic lawmakers in the wake of John O. Brennan's confirmation hearings to be CIA Director: a drone court that would review the White House’s targeted killings of American citizens linked to al Qaida.

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Unmanned Oversight

How Congress whiffed on drones

How Congress whiffed on drones.

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Obama's outgoing Treasury Secretary assesses populism, Paul Ryan, and his work during the financial crisis.

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Why time has stopped in the Senate, and why the filibuster will likely survive.

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What to Talk About with California Pols at an Inauguration Party? Oscars, of Course.

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When I read the solution offered by Wayne LaPierre, the CEO of the National Rifle Association, to the ever-growing number of massacres at schools—that we need “good guys” with guns to protect us from “bad guys” with guns—I initially thought he was joking, a bad joke, yet joking nonetheless.

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Can we please stop abusing this poor can already?

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How would you like to learn about an app's terms of service?

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