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Jason Dick and Sean Carswell discuss Thomas Pynchon’s novel “Vineland,” how it leads to Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie “One Battle After Another,” the conversation those two works have about American culture and politics, as well as the 1960s left, the Nixonian right, Reaganism, the drug war, Trumpism and, for good…

Trump called for Senate Republicans to end the shutdown by using the so-called "nuclear option" to eliminate the legislative filibuster.

Senate Democrats are raising concerns about trust after only Republicans were briefed on U.S. strikes against alleged Venezuelan drug boats.

President Trump touted deals on key issues with Chinese President Xi — but Democrats were worried he would get burned.

The Trump administration organized a Republican-only classified briefing on military strikes in the Caribbean, angering Democrats.

Discount drug program requires drug companies to sell deeply discounted drugs to hospitals that serve high numbers of low-income patients.

Lawmakers face building pressure to end the partial government shutdown ahead of critical deadlines for food stamps and health care.

Republican leaders say Democrats are trying to gain political cover for the shutdown by demanding relief on food stamp issue.

For House interns who arrived in the fall, it’s been a strange semester, to say the least. Congressional offices are feeling it too.