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Before getting too enthusiastic that Congress avoided a federal budget default, claiming somehow that indicates bipartisan action works, consider the facts.

The Supreme Court gave Trump a partial victory by delaying his trial to consider the former president's claim of immunity.

The Supreme Court gave Trump a partial victory by delaying his trial to consider the former president's claim of immunity.

Around six months ago, when speculation raged that Senator Joe Manchin might join a third-party presidential ticket on behalf of the centrist group No Labels, he privately consulted with Richard Gephardt, the former congressman who has taken up the cause of stopping No Labels in its tracks. Gephardt showed Manchin private polling that he’d bankrolled himself, illustrating that such a bid could only help Donald Trump beat President Biden, according to a person familiar with the conversation. Geph

As Democrats try to hold the Senate through defending red states, a look at the rise and fall of split Senate outcomes in presidential years.KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— In the post-World War II era, there have been nearly 200 instances of states voting for one party for president and another for Senate in presidential election years.— This type of ticket splitting has generally been to the benefit of Democrats, who have been out of the White House for a slight majority of that timespan.— The split-ticket trend has been declining, but Democrats will want to reverse that to some degree t...