Republicans

House conservatives and Senate Republicans are fighting over DHS funding, but the real argument is about whether the GOP is still a governing party or a permanent protest movement.

The GOP wants to extend tax cuts, fund the border, and increase defense spending, all in one bill. Someone has to find the money. Nobody can agree on where.

The Florida special election near Mar-a-Lago is getting framed as a referendum on Trump. It's actually a test of whether Republicans can turn out voters when the president isn't on the ballot.

Republicans are calling the path to end the DHS shutdown a victory. A government that needs an emergency deal to fund its own security apparatus every few months isn't winning anything.