Senators might lose their ‘French working week’ under Trump. That could be a very good thing, writes Eric Garcia

Kennedy has met with multiple Republicans throughout the week about his confirmation to lead the Department of Health and Human Services

House lawmakers overwhelmingly approve a third attempt at a short-term funding bill to keep the government running before Christmas

‘That’s the kind of s*** you run into when you started listening to people who aren’t elected,’ one Democratic senator tells The Independent

Trump and Elon Musk had commanded Congress to derail bipartisan resolution and bring on shutdown

Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have raged against the bill while the president-elect remained silent until the final hour

ANALYSIS: Republicans ranging from Mitt Romney to Chuck Grassley are either keeping their head down or brushing off Trump’s actions, writes Eric Garcia

The progressive Democrat went from being an insurgent to trying to be an ally of the Democratic caucus. The vote for Oversight shows the limits of that strategy, Eric Garcia reports

McConnell is now trying to save the Republican Party from themselves. But it’s unclear whether they’ll listen

Trump also says he is not a fan of mandates as Robert F Kennedy heads to Capitol Hill

This is a preview of how Republicans will approach such issues in the future, writes Eric Garcia

From Elon Musk to RFK, the right has developed an obsession with pushing two seemingly contradictory — but equally damaging — theories on autism, writes Eric Garcia. And this obsession is bleeding into everything from Trump cabinet picks to policy

Their remarks show a changed attitude among the GOP toward Trump’s cabinet picks, writes Eric Garcia

A Republican trifecta in Washington should be a good sign for a bipartisan dealmaker like Thom Tillis. Instead, Eric Garcia reports, he’s getting squeezed by all sides as he faces re-election

In West Palm Beach, Eric Garcia meets the MAGA superfans who are camping outside Trump’s estate at all hours

Hegseth’s mother tried to downplay the impact of an angry email she sent her son in 2018

The Democratic gerontocracy may be crumbling, reports Eric Garcia

AOC accuses the Biden administration of issuing ‘a record-low number’ of pardons — and hopes Biden pardoning his son isn’t the end of them

Once again, Joe Biden saddles his party with defending the indefensible. This has been going on for a while, says Eric Garcia

Eric Garcia explains what he saw coming, what he got wrong — and what that taught him about future elections