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Science Delivers the COVID-19 Vaccine. Too Bad Not Enough People Want It
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. Coronavirus fatigue is real. Most of us have been cooped-up at home for months, venturing out only as needed for food and supplies. ‘Over it’ doesn’t begin to cover…
In Georgia, a President’s Grudge and the Balance of Power in the Senate Collide — With Disastrous Prospects for Republicans
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. F. Scott Fitzgerald would never be mistaken for a Southern author. But these days, I can’t help but wonder if The Great Gatsby scribe weren’t an unwitting prophet about…
Lots of Coronavirus-Relief Packages Are Floating Around the Hill. That Doesn’t Mean Help Is on the Way
The headlines coming out of Capitol Hill this week might have you think much-needed COIVD-19 relief is just a few details away
For Years, Republicans Ignored Donald Trump’s Tweets. Now They’re Using Twitter as an Excuse to Attack Biden’s Budget Chief Pick
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. As soon as Neera Tanden’s name emerged as President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to run the nitty-gritty of the entire government, Washington heard the political manifestation of a record scratch.…
Democrats Are Already Looking Ahead to 2022 Midterms
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. Only one big job remains up for grabs in Democrats’ House Leadership elections, and the contest to see who will helm their campaign arm for the next two years…
Facing an Election Loss, President Donald Trump Turns to Raw Political Power to Try to Bend the Outcome
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. During his failed campaign to win another four years in office, President Donald Trump repeatedly used the power of his office to boost his chances, employing the White House…
Unemployment Is Rising. COVID-19 Cases Are Spiking. And the Senate Just Went on Vacation.
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. Unemployment claims are rising, coronavirus cases are spiking, the nation’s biggest school systems are closing…and the Senate is on vacation. Yes, you read that right. Members of the Senate…
Why Joe Biden Needs Mitch McConnell to Govern
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. More than anyone in the Cabinet or elsewhere on the West Wing seating chart, one figure above everyone else will determine the success of the incoming Biden Administration: Sen.…
Georgia’s Twin Senate Races Could Be a Billion-Dollar Boost to the State’s Economy
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. In normal times, the state of Georgia is home to one of the 10 largest economies in the country. It trails economic giants like New York and California, but…
Donald Trump Is Starting to Catch On That He Lost — Maybe
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 most curious headspace in Washington right now belongs to President Donald Trump. As a nation, we are watching a President process the stages of grief in real-time. As…
Trump Made the Economy His Message. Biden Won It
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. President Donald Trump ran on his stewardship of the U.S. economy before the coronavirus pandemic hobbled almost every corner of the American marketplace and his promise to bring it…
Democratic Defectors Bailed on Biden. Some Theories on Why
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. Now, for an update to a column that ran exactly a week ago looking at how Joe Biden’s otherwise successful presidential campaign failed to win back about 90% of…