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HOW DO YOU REALLY FEEL?

Claire McCaskill Blasts Gabbard’s ‘Present’ Vote: ‘Stupid!’

“We’re talking about her and really we shouldn’t spend any time talking about her,” McCaskill added.

Justin Baragona

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CALLED OUT

McCaskill Blames ‘State-Owned’ Fox News for Senate Loss

Missouri Democrat appeared on Fox News just one week before her midterm defeat.

Matt Wilstein

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ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

Claire McCaskill Falls to Josh Hawley in Missouri Race

The young Republican has risen quickly through the ranks, from Supreme Court law clerk to state attorney general, and now U.S. senator.

Gideon Resnick

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SO MUCH WINNING

Kavanaugh Could Be the ‘Final Blow’ for a Democratic Senate

The Democrats basically have to draw an inside straight to take back the Senate. And the house—the Republicans—is playing for keeps.

Matt Lewis

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HAPPENING AGAIN

McCaskill Confirms Daily Beast Report on Russian Hacking

The attack was not successful, the Senator said.

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CAPPED

Russian Hackers’ New Target: a Vulnerable Democratic Senator

Sen. Claire McCaskill is a top target for Republicans looking to grow their slim Senate majority in 2018. Turns out, Russia’s “Fancy Bear” hackers are going after her staff, too.

Andrew Desiderio

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THUNDERDOME

Bernie Sanders Is The Left's Trump

It’s a match-up borne of extremists’ fevered dreams: Trump vs. Sanders. Except it would be a disaster if it did.

Ana Marie Cox

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Bipartisan

Congress Finally Moves on Sex Assault

One in five women who attend college are sexually assaulted—and a bipartisan group of senators is launching a new bill to change that.

Tim Mak

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OUTRAGEOUS

40% of Colleges Don’t Investigate Rape

A stunning new Senate report shows nearly half of schools haven’t looked at a single case of rape and 20 percent don’t investigate all the incidents they report to the feds.

Tim Mak

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No Quit

The Rape Case Haunting Claire McCaskill

The Senator from Missouri’s career has been defined, again and again, by sexual assault. Which makes sense; she’s still haunted by the cases she lost as a sex crimes prosecutor.

Olivia Nuzzi

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Decision Point

60 Votes to Stop Sexual Assaults?

The Gillibrand and McCaskill bills both would alter how the military approaches sex crimes. As each faces a vote, the bigger question is how far the Senate is willing to go.

Eleanor Clift

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