Jill Lawrence

author of "The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock"

Jill Lawrence is an opinion writer, an editor and the author of “The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock.” She previously covered national politics for The Associated Press and USA Today and was the managing editor for politics at National Journal.


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Jill Lawrence

2mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

The fear driving Trump and the GOP’s attacks on the ‘No Kings’ rallies

Republicans’ fictional portrait is part of a strategy to stop the resistance before it flexes its growing power.

3mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

Democratic voters are furious with party leaders. And that disaffection has a cost.

The Trump era has put the Democratic Party in an unprecedented bind.

2years ago
MS NOW Opinion

Seeing the erosion of our freedoms makes it hard to celebrate this Fourth of July

The Supreme Court, conservative governors and gerrymandered state legislatures are racing to shrink our fundamental rights and freedoms.