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DCCC targets are arithmetic wishes for Trump-won seats

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has released its latest iteration of the 2026 target list, and what emerges is less a strategic map and more an exercise in…

By Nikhil Raghavan · August 5, 2026

Procedure fails: Gluesenkamp Perez performs moderation in Washington

The mechanics of American democracy are supposed to be boring enough that we forget them until they break.

By Adele Rutherford · August 5, 2026

100 days out from Election Day, our insider shares his intel

The political class loves these countdowns—"100 days out," they call it—as if the calendar itself is some kind of predictive model for American stability.

By Josie Calloway · July 27, 2026