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Sam Brodey
Sam Brodey is MinnPost’s Washington correspondent. Reach him at sbrodey@minnpost.com and follow him on Twitter at @sambrodey.
D.C. Memo: That’s wall, folks
Government shutdown continues; Cohen testimony postponed; Supreme Court to take up Second Amendment case; and more.
Collin Peterson explains his ‘Give Trump the money’ remarks: ‘I’m probably the only one left that has the guts to say what I said’
The wall may be a waste of money, but, according to Peterson: “We’ve wasted money on stupider things than this.”
‘Problem Solvers’ and problem pointer-outers: Minnesota’s Democrats embrace different approaches to trying to end the shutdown
It’s not exactly common to see brand-new House members meeting directly with the president to negotiate over a crisis, or storming into the Majority Leader’s office to remind him he “works for the American people,” not the president.
D.C. Memo: Art of the 2 for $5 Deal
Shutdown fight continues; Trump’s Russia ties; AG nominee; and more.
With control of the U.S. House, Democrats have real power to investigate the Trump administration. But where should they start?
Potential topics of investigation into Trump administration actions numbering in the dozens — as many as 85, by one estimate.
‘Catastrophic’: Minnesota’s tribal communities face deep service cuts, tough choices as government shutdown drags on
Minnesota’s tribes signed treaties ceding their land to Washington in return for financial support. Those obligations aren’t being honored during the shutdown.
D.C. Memo: Wall brawl turns into slat spat
Shutdown continues; no one wants to run Defense Department; no longer too early to look at 2020 presidential field; and more.
Should tackling political corruption be House Democrats’ first priority?
Democrats’ first bill sounds a lot like what Rep. Dean Phillips campaigned on.
5 themes that defined the news out of D.C. in 2018
The victory of the #Resistance; Congress spins its wheels; and more.
Immigration advocates try to make sense of chaotic situation at the U.S.-Mexico border
Two Minnesota immigration attorneys, Kara Lynum and Ana Pottratz Acosta, are among the lawyers and advocates who have traveled to U.S. ports of entry to assist asylum-seekers.
D.C. Memo: ‘Trump: Season 2’ running out of plot twists
Washington is closing out 2018 in the most 2018 way possible: cramming as much news as possible into a short period of time.
Who’s afraid of Ilhan Omar? Saudi Arabia, for one
Plenty of people were excited about the election of two Muslim women to Congress in the 2018 midterms. The rulers of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia weren’t among them.
With a new House membership comes a Green New Deal — and new attention to climate change on Capitol Hill
The climate rhetoric coming from the new Democrats is as radical as Congress has ever heard.
D.C. Memo: Where’s wall, though?
The impending government shutdown; Mueller investigation; Congress passes Farm Bill; and more.
No one knows what Trump’s wall would cost or if it would make any difference on border crossings. It may shut down the government, though.
In a Tuesday meeting with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, the president said he’d be “proud” to shut down the government over the wall.
D.C. Memo: In victory for civility, Trump avoids insulting dead president
The Bush funeral; Mueller investigation; the trade truce; and more.
The 2018 midterm elections weren’t marred by foreign meddling. That doesn’t mean the U.S. election system is secure
Fixing the problems won’t be cheap.
Will the Congressional Progressive Caucus become the Freedom Caucus of the left?
The group is expected to have more than 95 members in the 116th Congress, which is even more than it had during the first two years of Barack Obama’s presidency.
D.C. Memo: President Individual 1
Trump’s legal troubles; Klobuchar’s presidential star rises; Gillibrand’s presidential star sinks; the return of Al Franken; and more.
