Russell Berman

- Jan 7, 2026, 6:34 pm4 ptsRepresentative Seth Moulton is a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, but he learned about the U.S. military’s middle-of-the-night capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro the same way many Americans did: A... See more

- Nov 22, 2025, 4:55 pm7 ptsA junior member of Congress from Georgia announced her resignation last night, ending a brief tenure in the House that produced, well, not a whole lot. Marjorie Taylor Greene is no legislative powerhouse, and in the grand sweep... See more

- Nov 10, 2025, 7:28 pm22 ptsThis is how the government shutdown was always going to end. For the past 30 years, the party that has forced federal agencies to close their doors in a funding fight has never actually achieved the policy outcome it was deman... See more

- Oct 27, 2025, 4:33 pm45 ptsWhen I found Darshan Smaaladen earlier this month, she had joined several hundred of her neighbors at a “No Kings” demonstration in Orange County, California. Not that she was there to protest. “Rallies are great,” Smaaladen t... See more

- Oct 10, 2025, 6:20 pm49 ptsWith the government shutdown well into its second week, President Donald Trump’s strategy to break Senate Democrats has become clear: Maximize the pain of the closure to force them into retreat. His administration is firing ci... See more