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No, Trumpism Isn’t Over. Look at What Just Happened in Arizona
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. They carried zero real-world weight. But in Arizona this weekend, the public censures against the incumbent Republican Governor, a former Republican Senator and the widow of a second Republican…
Why Mitch McConnell Is Filibustering to Protect the Filibuster
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. It’s a rare thing on Capitol Hill for a lawmaker’s team to try and play down their power. But that’s what is happening right now in the Senate. In…
The Healing Power of Garth Brooks
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. This is not something I ever imagined writing. That’s something I’ve thought way too frequently over the last few years, but this is the first time in a long…
Biden Is About to Fulfill His Life’s Dream. What He Inherits Looks More Like a Nightmare
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Good morning from a chilly Washington. The U.S. capital looks like a city at war. Military equipment is parked on street corners. Public numbers indicate there are five times…
Donald Trump Is on His Way Out of the White House, But Not Our Lives
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Donald Trump now has fewer than 24 hours to wield presidential power. By this time tomorrow, he will be in Florida — stripped of his unchecked right to issue…
Joe Biden’s Pick to Lead the Pentagon Was on Shaky Ground. Then the Insurrectionists Came
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Almost everything about the deadly insurrection at the Capitol last week will make President-elect Joe Biden’s hard job harder when he takes office next week. But there is one…
GOP Leaders Seem to Want a Trump Divorce. But They Can’t Bring Themselves to Sign the Papers
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday If you were having flashbacks to a school playground yesterday with echoes of “Psych!” ringing in your ears, there was a good chance you were watching Congress impeach President…
Republicans Are Breaking Ranks on Impeachment. That’s Good for Democrats — and Bad for Trump
As the Democrats prepare to impeach Donald Trump for a second time, a few Republican votes could prove helpful for the Democrats. Here's why
This Time, Impeachment Seems to Be a No-Brainer for Democrats
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. The last time House Democrats moved on impeaching President Donald Trump, it took 44 days for a whistleblower complaint to become a House investigation, and another 78 days to…
In the Long Game, Even Insurrection May Not Disqualify Presidential Hopes
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. A black mask partially covered Mitt Romney’s face while his colleague spoke. But it was clear to anyone who has spent a half a minute with the Utah senator…
The Breach of the Capitol Spooked Us — As It Should Have
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. There was no doubt that the dark red smear left on the first-floor bust of Zachary Taylor was blood. Nor was there doubt that rioters had ransacked the second-floor…
A Surreal Scene Unfolds in Washington as Donald Trump Tries to Undo the Election
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Around this time in January 1993, the last incumbent President to lose his re-election bid flew to West Point, N.Y., to stand before a sea of cadets in their…