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Sen. Rand Paul attends the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, on Capitol Hill on Jan. 27, 2021.

What Rand Paul’s Procedural Failure Says About Donald Trump’s Survival

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This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Sen. Rand Paul lost the very first procedural vote...

President Joe Biden is displayed on a screen while speaking after signing an executive order in the South Court Auditorium of the White House complex on Jan. 25, 2021.

In Less Than a Minute, Biden Changes U.S.-Russian Dynamics

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This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. It’s been a busy week in Washington. President Joe...

Kelli Ward, chair of the Arizona Republican party, speaks onstage at a protest in Phoenix, on Jan. 6, 2021.

No, Trumpism Isn’t Over. Look at What Just Happened in Arizona

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This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. They carried zero real-world weight. But in Arizona this...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, right, wears a protective mask while walking to his office from the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 2021.

Why Mitch McConnell Is Filibustering to Protect the Filibuster

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Garth Brooks performs at the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021.

The Healing Power of Garth Brooks

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Service members stand guard at the US Capitol ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris. on Jan. 20, 2021.

Biden Is About to Fulfill His Life’s Dream. What He Inherits Looks More Like a Nightmare

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President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One outside the White House in Washington, on Jan. 12, 2021.

Donald Trump Is on His Way Out of the White House, But Not Our Lives

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This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Donald Trump now has fewer than 24 hours to...

The D.C. Brief

What Rand Paul’s Procedural Failure Says About Donald Trump’s Survival

In Less Than a Minute, Biden Changes U.S.-Russian Dynamics

No, Trumpism Isn’t Over. Look at What Just Happened in Arizona

Why Mitch McConnell Is Filibustering to Protect the Filibuster

The Healing Power of Garth Brooks

Biden Is About to Fulfill His Life’s Dream. What He Inherits Looks More Like a Nightmare

Donald Trump Is on His Way Out of the White House, But Not Our Lives

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