Only 20% of Political Wire members got every question right on the Weekly News Quiz.

Can you join them? Take the quiz.

I’ve completely rebuilt the Favorites feature on Political Wire — and since many members probably didn’t even know it existed, it’s worth a quick re-introduction.

Favorites are the easiest way to save a Political Wire post you want to come back to later.

You’ll now see a small bookmark icon next to the Comments link beneath each headline. If you’re logged in, just click the icon and that post will automatically be added to your My Favorites page.

That gives you one place to keep stories, analysis or other posts you may want to reference again without having to search for them later.

And when you’re finished with something, you can remove it from your Favorites page with a click.

It’s a simple feature, but one I think makes Political Wire much more useful as an archive — especially if you regularly find yourself thinking, “I’m going to want to find this again.”

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Political Wire has a new Polling Dashboard tracking President Trump’s approval rate, the generic congressional ballot and eight key Senate races.

And there are some additional changes to the Trending News page as well.

Political Wire’s timeline game Hindsight has been completely revamped and is now called The Way It Was.

There’s a new game every day — and it’s now available to all readers.

Give it a try!

(And let me know if there are any bugs.)

Just finished up a fun discussion on this week’s primaries with the great Julie Mason.

You can listen here.

Only 17% of Political Wire members got a perfect score on this week’s news quiz.

Think you can join them?

Take the quiz.

Today’s Yea or Nay takes you back to 2013 when Congress considered gun control and immigration reform.

It’s a new day, which means there’s a new Yea or Nay challenge waiting.

Here’s a fun new game for political junkies.

Yea or Nay gives you five senators and three bills each day — and challenges you to guess how each senator actually voted.

It sounds easy. It’s not. But it’s surprisingly addictive. And there’s a new game every day.

Play Yea or Nay.

Here’s fun way to test just how well you know the U.S. Senate.

Yea or Nay gives you five senators and three bills each day — and challenges you to guess how each senator actually voted.

It’s deceptively hard, highly addictive and a lot of fun.

We’re putting together a summer mailbag episode of Trial Balloon for later this month and we want your questions.

Ask us about the latest political developments, the 2026 midterms, the future of the two political parties, what goes on behind the scenes at Political Wire — or anything else you think we should tackle.

We’ll answer as many as we can on the podcast. And if the mailbag is overflowing, I’ll answer the rest in some members-only posts.

So what do you want to know? Send your questions our way.

A popular suggestion in the recent member survey was to offer a way for readers to weigh in on the biggest political stories of the day beyond just commenting.

So I’m testing Whip Count, a new feature that lets members cast a quick vote on timely questions and instantly see what fellow Political Wire readers are thinking.

It’s a fast, fun way to take the pulse of one of the most politically engaged communities anywhere.

Just 7% of Political Wire readers got a perfect score on this week’s news quiz. Can you match them?

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I’ve completely rebuilt the Trending News page for members.

The page still does what it’s always done: collect the latest political headlines from dozens of trusted news sources, updated around the clock, newest first.

But now you can make it yours:

• Customize your feed. Click “Customize your feed” and choose which sources appear. Uncheck any source to hide it. Your choices are saved to your membership account and follow you across devices.
• Mute keywords. Add words or phrases and any headline containing them disappears from your feed. Tired of a particular storyline? Mute it.
• Filter headlines instantly. A search box above the feed narrows the list as you type — an easy way to check whether anything happened on a topic today.
• “New” badges. Stories that arrived since your last visit are tagged, so you can pick up right where you left off.
• Easier browsing. The feed now shows 50 stories at a time with simple Newer/Older navigation instead of one very long page.
• Your personal RSS feed. Inside the customize panel you’ll find a private RSS link that applies your muted sources and keywords. Add it to any RSS reader and your custom feed comes with you — it updates automatically whenever you change your preferences on the site.

Trending News is available now for all Political Wire members. Sign up today for instant access.

If you spot anything that doesn’t work as expected, let me know.