“Republicans have yet to develop a clear message around abortion that negates or muddies Democrat's current advantage given public opinion on this issue.”

While the upper chamber has unified around preventing a government shutdown, Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been unable to rally his caucus around the issue.

Moderate and progressive Democrats are clashing over whether a bill preventing government shutdowns truly serves the American people's best interest.

House Foreign Relations Committee Chair Michael McCaul told Newsweek what he thinks Zelensky could say to sway Republicans hesitant to offer funds.

"My responsibility is to get to 218," Moderate Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick said, "and if you can't get there in the conference, you get there in the Congress.”

Newsweek asked the Alabama Senator where he sees room for compromise as pressure mounts on him to end his hold on promoting military leaders.

“In the event of a shutdown, [Democrats] will make sure voters know that the pain and loss of services they experience was entirely avoidable.”

The Virginia congresswoman, whose district voted for Biden, could face trouble in 2024 after comments surfaced of her supporting Marjorie Taylor Greene.

“It is time to prune away the dead wood of the Republican establishment and make way for the growth of a new Republican Party," David Clarke told Newsweek.

The embattled World Olivet Assembly has been accused of racketeering with a network of small firms to defraud an e-commerce lender out of millions of dollars.

If Joe Manchin chooses not to run in 2024, Joe Biden will be left without one of his party's chief energy policy architects and top ambassadors to rural voters.

"Behind the scenes Biden has been one of the strongest presidents," political psychologist Drew Westen told Newsweek. "But he doesn't project that strength.”

In an interview with Newsweek, California Congressman Adam Schiff outlines where he'll focus his attention if elected to the Senate in 2024.

“We should not fear a government shutdown," Republican Congressman Bob Good said. "Most of what we do up here [on Capitol Hill] is bad anyway.”

Senator Jeff Merkley told Newsweek that, amid international competition for resources, now is not the time to cut funding to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

“There are no other ties to his organization," the World Evangelical Alliance said in a statement to Newsweek.

“Unless you want perpetual, endless war, you better have some diplomatic tools," Senator Lindsey Graham told Newsweek.

“The Marines are in the midst of this very dramatic transformation that's very focused on China, the Indo-Pacific," Tim Kaine said. "This only makes it harder”

“Crime data is complicated," Hanna Love of Brookings said. "Political rhetoric tends to simplify in a way that can benefit the outcomes that candidates want.”

“On the advent of Newsweek's 90th anniversary, it's heartening to know that the litigation is now behind us," Newsweek CEO Dev Pragad said.