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Past articles by Benjy:

Analysis: Here's why Arizona is the nightmare scenario driving election reform

With "Stop The Steal" candidates poised for victories, there's new urgency for laws to prevent future attempts to overturn elections. → Read More

Analysis: How did Democrats and Republicans agree on a $280 billion tech bill?

The short answer is China, but the bill also points to changes in how Congress looks at the economy. → Read More

Analysis: How the election reform bill might stop the next one from being stolen

The worst case scenarios for 2024 don't look like January 6th. A new bipartisan bill acknowledges the threat. → Read More

Mitch McConnell ratchets up effort to stop the Biden agenda

After a rare stretch of limited bipartisan deals, the Republican Minority Leader is back to his old ways. → Read More

Flashback: When Biden opposed Roe; when Trump supported it

The president who ended the right to abortion and the president now leading the charge to restore it switched places later in life. → Read More

These key counties are telling the story of America's shifting political landscape

"Meet the Press Reports" gets on-the-ground looks at five key counties that will help determine the shape of the 2022 midterm elections and beyond. → Read More

Democrats and Republicans each have one big advantage in close Virginia race

Each of the candidates in the Virginia Governor's race has one particular advantage, and in a close contest, everything matters. → Read More

Southwest grapples with impacts from a megadrought that has no end in sight

Recent natural disasters have focused attention on climate change, but those in the Colorado River basin states are also experiencing slow-moving disasters. → Read More

What's keeping democracy experts up most at night? An overturned election

Analysis: Amid all the voting changes in state laws, giving more power to partisan officials to overturn an election is at the top of the list of concerns. → Read More

Biden's on track for two big achievements. Here's how it all could get derailed

Biden’s on track for two big legislative achievements, but here are three different ways his hopes could get derailed. → Read More

What do Republicans want on the economy? They're not sure anymore

While the conservative grassroots rally behind Donald Trump, Republican leaders can't seem to whip them against President Biden's agenda. Here's why. → Read More

How Biden's taxes hit the richest but skip the suburban base

Analysis: Democrats see an opportunity to pit billionaires against even well-off professionals by taxing wealthy investors. → Read More

Whether struggling or thriving, odds are you're getting some stimulus cash

Democrats went big in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, with significant benefits for most taxpayers. Here's how four sample households will fare. → Read More

What's in the $1.9 trillion Covid bill Biden just signed? You might be surprised.

President Joe Biden signed the massive Covid-19 stimulus bill into law touting the provision that will put money into the pockets of millions of Americans. → Read More

Some Democrats in Congress are worried their colleagues might kill them

After the deadly Capitol riot, members of Congress are expressing something once unthinkable: that some of their own colleagues may be endangering their lives. → Read More

Republicans warned this day would come. Then they forgot.

Many of Trump’s former rivals warned of something like Wednesday’s deadly insurrection at the Capitol but their concerns melted away once he was elected. → Read More

Restaurants worry bipartisan coronavirus deal is cutting them out

A coalition of restaurants fear that the emerging Covid-19 relief plan will leave them without enough aid to get through the darkest days of the pandemic. → Read More

ACA open enrollment ends today. Is it reaching the right people?

Obamacare is a key pandemic safety net, but some fear the Trump administration's neglect is limiting its benefits. → Read More

As coronavirus surges, countries spend more on economic aid. But not the U.S.

Unlike Western Europe and Canada, the U.S. is asking citizens to face the Covid-19 pandemic without any additional financial cushion from their government. → Read More

Beloved businesses are going bankrupt waiting for federal help. It will get worse

Republicans and Democrats are still holding out for their preferred relief deals, and legislation could be delayed until President-elect Joe Biden takes office. → Read More