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It is increasingly possible that former President Trump may dodge a federal trial before Nov. 5 on charges of election interference, a goal of his...
Today, former President Trump will present the Supreme Court with a novel legal argument as justices consider his claim to absolute immunity from...
Former President Trump’s lawyers will argue today to the Supreme Court that he can do just about anything he desires and be immune from prosecution,...
The prosecution Monday told jurors that then-candidate Donald Trump orchestrated a criminal plot to corrupt the 2016 election. Influencing voters is...
The House passed its $95 billion foreign aid package over the weekend, allotting funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. As the bills await passage in...
As a planned weekend vote on a foreign aid and national security legislation package draws closer, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is rolling the dice....
There’s finally an expected date for House votes on aid to Ukraine and Israel. Bucking conservative criticism, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on...
It’s all on the line for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). The Speaker is taking a gamble on a package of foreign aid that’s cleaved his conference...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will have to prove his juggling skills this week. The Speaker unveiled his plan to move foreign aid through the House...
Israel is weighing a reaction to Iran’s historic air offensive, which was largely foiled Saturday with help from unprecedented coordination with the...
History suggests third-party candidates can’t win U.S. presidential elections, largely because of the power of the major parties. But they can...
Delicate glass butterflies and spring flowers adorned the White House during a State Dinner honoring U.S. ally Japan on Wednesday. But President Biden...
Hurry up and wait. House and Senate members returned to the Capitol this week and are once again embroiled in discord, dysfunction and delays. House...
Former President Trump was pummeled by conservatives and anti-abortion groups Monday when he announced he favors letting states handle abortion...
Congress is back in session this week, but what lawmakers can accomplish will be complicated by internal politics and events overseas. The House is...
President Biden’s escalating messages of frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over events in Gaza are pointed and apparently...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), first elected in 2012, is high up on vice presidential “guess lists” amid informed speculation and strategic teases from...
President Biden and his campaign team vow to try to flip the Sunshine State in November, lobbing a bold boast that challenges recent election history....
Congress is in recess, but lawmakers are still focused on the work that awaits them once they return to Washington next week. The key issue? Further...
Demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel over the weekend and growing protests pretty much wherever President Biden travels...
Democratic insiders say they’re cheered that the Biden-Harris campaign is awash in cash, including a huge haul from Thursday night’s mega...
Follow the money: The 2024 general election financing season is in full swing. President Biden and former President Trump, who have clinched enough...
In June 2022, a conservative Supreme Court majority ruled that abortion restrictions resided with the states. On Tuesday, abortion made its way back...
The first criminal trial of a former president is now pinned to a calendar ahead of Election Day. After various delays, jury selection will begin...
At some point, House Republicans may confront the latest internal challenge to yet another in a line of embattled Speakers amid continued GOP...
Congress has one day left to avert a government shutdown, and this morning’s expected vote in the House is set to kick off the whirlwind process to...
If Congress passes a sprawling budget deal to avert a government shutdown this week, it will most likely come right down to the wire. Lawmakers will...
Immigration, an emotional debate in American politics for decades, has dominated every branch of the federal government and Texas state law this week....
Washington’s reactions Thursday ran the gamut from surprise to seething disapproval. The situation was similar in Israel. The White House, aware of...
TikTok’s fate now rests with the Senate. The House easily approved bipartisan legislation Wednesday that would ban the popular video-sharing app —...
The question on Capitol Hill on Tuesday was not where special counsel Robert Hurcame down during public testimony about President Biden and classified...
Former President Trump is against it after being for it. President Bidensays he’s using it, yes, but would ban it. What are they talking about?...
President Biden is shifting his tone as Israel’s war against Hamas rages on. The president announced during the State of the Union that the United...
President Biden tried to reassure Democrats and confronted Republican foes and former President Trump during a Thursday night speech filled with sharp...
This year’s State of the Union address has many roles to play. The speech, which President Biden will deliver to Congress tonight, will be a test of...
Former President Trump and President Biden reeled in victories in Tuesday’s presidential contests in 15 states, paving the way for a November...
It was a split screen at the southern border on Thursday. President Biden and former President Trump made dueling visits to the U.S.-Mexico border,...
If anyone needed more evidence that the Republican Party has moved dramatically from an activist world view to a militant brand of “America...
We learned at least three key things on Tuesday. First, the vast majority of Republicans in Congress, possibly including Speaker Mike...
Jousting among House Republicans and the rest of Washington is by now a familiar exercise. Lawmakers who are fresh from a recess will join President...
Inside and outside the Capitol, Republicans are facing the heat. In Washington, lawmakers are racing to avoid a partial government shutdown by...
President Biden remembers when former President Obama was hesitant to alter immigration policy under his own say-so after publicly arguing it was up...
Former President Trump will be in a courtroom drama beginning March 25 in a New York trial just weeks after he hopes to lock up the GOP presidential...
Gridlock in the Capitol. A world on fire. So little time. Congress is facing looming government funding deadlines, but lawmakers in the House will...
The border security ball is officially in the House’s court. After Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) last week tanked a bipartisan Senate border...
The Ukraine and Israel aid package is inching forward in the Senate — though its future in the House remains on thin ice. In an unusual predawn...
President Biden’s age- and issues-based political problems are in the spotlight this week as former President Trump, juggling legal travails,...
President Biden was cleared of criminal wrongdoing for “willfully” possessing classified documents when he was out of office. But he was harshly...
“Democracy is messy,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday. The ability to govern is supposed to be the broom. “We’re cleaning it...
“Democracy is messy,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday. The ability to govern is supposed to be the broom. “We’re cleaning it...