A Quick Take on Team Cave's Big Win  —  I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the deal Senate Democrats' Team Cave made with the Republican Senate caucus tonight.  This is an embarrassing deal, a deal to basically settle for nothing.  It's particularly galling since …

“It's complete BS”: Dems go ballistic over Senate shutdown deal  —  Democratic lawmakers and liberal grassroots groups erupted Sunday night as moderate Senate Democrats moved to cut a deal with Republicans that would put an end to the government shutdown.

Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown  —  For 40 days, Senator Chuck Schumer kept his caucus unified.  But an end approached without Democrats achieving an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies.  —  After more than a month of stalemate, the Senate on Sunday took …

What Were Democrats Thinking?  —  Back in September, when I was reporting an article on whether Democrats should shut down the government, I kept hearing the same warning from veterans of past shutdown fights: The president controls the bully pulpit.  He controls, to some degree …

The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown … Most, but not all, previously held state-level office — including four former governors.  Most, but not all, come from presidential swing states.  Two have announced they are retiring from the Senate after their current terms end …

Trump made a huge blunder on the shutdown.  So why did Democrats cave anyway?  —  I've never really been on the same page as Congressional Democrats when it comes to shutting down the government.  In the spring, I thought they should pick a fight over Elon Musk and DOGE-related cuts, but they didn't.

Supreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn same-sex marriage ruling  —  The court turned away an appeal filed by Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who was sued after refusing to issue a marriage license to a gay couple.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away …