The Supreme Court vacancy will surely inflame an already-angry nation.

What man that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most? And who is your second choice? What woman that you have heard or read about, living today in any...

The Senate is a famously cordial legislative body—a small country club with voting privileges, where pleasantries are exchanged, decorum is observed, and courtesies are extended even in the most...

Experts now say the health risk of casting an in-person ballot is relatively low. Will Democrats tell their voters that?

The political rookies Andrew Yang and Marianne Williamson will get their shot at Thursday’s Democratic debate, sharing the stage with eight politicians with a combined 150 years of elected experience.

The president planned an arena rally in Tulsa to show that life was “back to normal.” Oklahomans failed to fill the venue.

The Supreme Court vacancy will surely inflame an already-angry nation.

President Trump might be able to keep the government closed indefinitely. But the new Democratic speaker can deny him use of the country’s most effective pulpit to make his case to the public.

Southern Louisiana is drowning again. No one seems to care.

The move pushes back the examination of Betsy DeVos, Trump’s nominee for education secretary. But three other Cabinet picks are still set to receive confirmation hearings before they have obtained...

For Democrats who want to scrap the Senate filibuster, the GOP’s move to block a January 6 commission is the perfect fight.

The impossible task of containing Donald Trump

For Democrats who want to scrap the Senate filibuster, the GOP’s move to block a January 6 commission is the perfect fight.

Stymied by Congress, the president could make $1 trillion in student loans disappear all by himself.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine should be a GOP darling. What went wrong?

The Republican Congress didn’t just ignore Trump’s proposals: The $1.3 trillion spending bill actually fulfilled—or even exceeded—many of the funding requests of his Democratic predecessor.

The Republican Congress didn’t just ignore Trump’s proposals: The $1.3 trillion spending bill actually fulfilled—or even exceeded—many of the funding requests of his Democratic predecessor.

In her new memoir, the defeated Democrat regrets that she didn’t offer bolder ideas during her campaign.

The president planned an arena rally in Tulsa to show that life was “back to normal.” Oklahomans failed to fill the venue.

The Arizona Republican announced his opposition to the latest GOP repeal plan, all but certainly giving its critics the votes to block it.

Representative Elise Stefanik embraced Donald Trump in her rural New York district and has reaped the benefits in spite of his defeat.

The chaos of this year could radically—and permanently—change how Americans vote.

Representative Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey is threatening to derail the Democrats’ carefully laid infrastructure strategy. Here he explains why he’s not ready to fold.

Bernie Sanders’s victory in the New Hampshire primary marks a turning point for Democratic politics.

His warning to America during the Democratic convention’s third night was existential.

The executive order drew criticism from several rank-and-file Republicans but support from party leaders. Democrats roundly denounced the policy.

The revelation that the Fox News host sought legal advice from the embattled Trump attorney raised questions about the network’s journalism—and about the president’s tangled relationships.

His warning to America during the Democratic convention’s third night was existential.

The two Democratic leaders went to the White House for a negotiation, ended up with a public fight, and left all smiles with a political gift from the president.

In the first special election of the Trump era, the GOP is sending in reinforcements to prevent an upset loss in a district the president carried by 30 points.

Dozens of House Democrats are not attending the inauguration of Donald Trump, but many of those who are at the Capitol on Friday are wearing buttons that read “#Protect Our Care” as a small show of...

After four hours listening to Christine Blasey Ford, the Senate heard fiery testimony from the man she's accused of sexual assault.

Female lawmakers needed a critical mass in Congress before they could begin chipping away at the inequalities baked into the nation’s laws.

Two Republican senators announce their opposition to President Trump’s nominee for education secretary. If all Democrats vote no, just one more GOP defection would defeat her.

Her future now depends on Trump’s—and whether he rewards her loyalty with the prize she so clearly wants.

Kevin McCarthy finally has the job he always wanted. What did he sacrifice to get it?

Just months after leaving office, the former president has all but disappeared.

Virginia has been a bellwether in the Trump era, and Democrats hope their historic victory last night points to another national win in 2020.

In public remarks Thursday, the House Democratic leader described her relationship with the president.

The Philadelphia district attorney’s reelection bid will test whether a progressive prosecutor can survive a spike in gun violence.

GOP moderates in the state have recoiled at the party’s polarizing gubernatorial nominee, Kris Kobach, a staunch Trump ally.

“One hundred percent,” the president replied when a reporter asked if he’d be willing to contradict his fired FBI director under penalty of perjury.

Donald Trump’s plot to overturn the election was not a whisper, but a roar.

The House abandoned its legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, handing President Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan a major defeat.

What if everyone showed up to vote this year?

With Representative John Lewis’s grim cancer diagnosis, lawmakers must confront the possible loss of a singular figure within the Capitol.

The Senate reconciliation rule is being invoked to roll back the Affordable Care Act, but that goal still might be a challenge.

Andy Beshear’s victory allows his party to maintain one of its most surprising footholds in the South.

The Trump transition is behind schedule in vetting its nominees, and struggling to fill senior positions before the inauguration.

Congress was frozen. Joe Biden’s presidency seemed cooked. What happened?

At the State of the Union, Joe Biden can look abroad and find a popular cause around which he and a surprisingly broad cross section of the public want to rally.

If Republicans want to confirm President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, they’ll likely have to change the rules and invoke the Senate’s “nuclear option.”

The defeat of an anti-abortion ballot measure could buoy Democratic hopes for an outraged electorate this fall.

GOP leaders won a key committee’s approval on the way to a Senate vote this week, as holdouts began to fall in line behind the $1.4 trillion plan.

Congress missed a midnight deadline to avert a shutdown, with the Senate failing to approve a House-passed bill that would have given lawmakers more time to come to a deal on immigration.

The two Democratic leaders went to the White House for a negotiation, ended up with a public fight, and left all smiles with a political gift from the president.

Who will actually benefit from a new progressive climate policy?

The nation’s largest city overwhelmingly approved a referendum to adopt ranked-choice voting a year ago. Now some elected leaders are trying to delay the reform.

Donald Trump takes a post-impeachment victory lap.