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Dec 11, 2025
The report concerns a video in which Senator Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain, and five other Democratic lawmakers reminded military members of their obligation to refuse illegal orders.
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Dec 11, 2025
Republicans blocked Democrats' effort to extend the expiring subsidies while Democrats thwarted a G.O.P. proposal to replace them with direct payments for basic health coverage.
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Dec 11, 2025
Neither Democrats' plan to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies nor Republicans' proposal to replace them with direct payments for those who buy basic insurance was expected to advance.
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Dec 10, 2025
The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board warned that a provision in the new defense bill would worsen the risk of midair collisions near the Washington-area airport where a deadly crash in January killed 67 people.
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Dec 10, 2025
The Office of Government Ethics told senators that Bryan Bedford, the F.A.A. administrator, did not divest from the airline he previously ran as he had agreed.
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Dec 10, 2025
The state comptroller has aggressively investigated fiscal misconduct. The Democratic leader of the State Senate had introduced legislation blocking the office from subpoenaing records.
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Dec 10, 2025
The move by Representative Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat who is running for Senate, does not have the support of her party's leaders and is all but certain to fail.
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Dec 09, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth briefed congressional leaders on Tuesday about the monthslong military campaign targeting people suspected of being drug traffickers at sea.
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Dec 09, 2025
Senate Republicans plan to offer a proposal that would create a new payment for people with bare-bones health coverage, clashing with Democrats who are pressing for an extension of existing tax credits.
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Dec 09, 2025
"One Rulebook" is not the kind of A.I. regulation this country needs.
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Dec 08, 2025
In a sign of bipartisan frustration with the Defense Department, the final defense policy bill aims to compel the Pentagon to share execute orders and video documentation.
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Dec 08, 2025
The Senate is set to vote later this week on a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that Republicans oppose. The G.O.P. has yet to coalesce around an alternative.
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Dec 08, 2025
The announcement by the congresswoman, a rising star in the party, came hours after another prominent candidate, Colin Allred, dropped out.
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Dec 08, 2025
People who have health insurance under the Affordable Care Act will face higher deductibles and higher premiums.
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Dec 08, 2025
People who have insurance under the Affordable Care Act are being asked to pay more for plans that will cover less of their care.
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Dec 08, 2025
His departure came as Representative Jasmine Crockett, a rising star in the party, appeared likely to announce her own Senate run soon.
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Dec 08, 2025
People who have insurance under the Affordable Care Act are being asked to pay more for plans that will cover less of their care.
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Dec 07, 2025
Lawmakers aim to send the bill, which authorizes $8 billion more than the White House requested, to the president's desk by the end of the year.
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Dec 05, 2025
Top Republicans have said they want to produce a proposal in short order to counter Democrats pressing for an extension of health care subsidies. They have not gotten far.
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Dec 05, 2025
We are seeing an intentional effort from justices to rebalance the separation of powers in the federal government.
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Dec 05, 2025
La supervisión bipartidista del Congreso está en marcha, pero por ahora se enfoca en detalles concretos sobre un misil en lugar de en cuestiones legales más amplias.
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Dec 05, 2025
Congress is focusing on two deaths in one strike. But nine other people died in that same attack, and the United States has killed 87 in all. Were any of those killings legal?
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Dec 04, 2025
President Trump presided over a Congo-Rwanda peace deal on the same day his administration was being questioned about potential war crimes.
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Dec 04, 2025
Democrats won an agreement for a floor showdown after the shutdown, but consensus still eludes the Senate. Will Republicans pay a political price?
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Dec 04, 2025
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Adm. Frank M. Bradley, commander of the operation, met with members of Congress behind closed doors.
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Dec 04, 2025
See the state-by-state schedule for every primary leading up to the midterm election.
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Dec 04, 2025
Rare pushback from his party and troubling poll numbers reflect the newly precarious situation in which Trump finds himself.
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Dec 04, 2025
Bipartisan congressional oversight is underway, but for now is focusing on narrow details about one missile instead of broader legal issues.
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Dec 03, 2025
The president withdrew Jared Isaacman's nomination to lead the space agency in June, but senators of both parties appeared willing to give him a second shot at confirmation.
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Dec 03, 2025
Charles Booker is running again for the chamber as Democrats take chances even in heavily Republican states like Kentucky, where Senator Mitch McConnell is retiring.
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Dec 03, 2025
The three being targeted are Senators John Fetterman, Maggie Hassan and Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats. None are up for re-election next year.
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Dec 02, 2025
Ms. Pressley, a prominent progressive, will instead run for re-election to the House. Her move is expected to help Senator Ed Markey, though he still faces one well-known Democratic primary challenger.
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Dec 02, 2025
The former lieutenant governor is the best-known candidate in a crowded field, but some state Democrats have cooled on him since he lost a Senate bid in 2022.
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Dec 01, 2025
Los principales republicanos se han unido a los demócratas para exigir respuestas sobre la creciente campaña militar que, según el gobierno de Trump, está dirigida contra los narcotraficantes.
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Dec 01, 2025
The Justice Department is trying to access ballots cast in 2020, while several officials who were involved in the fight over the election outcome are seeking higher office.
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Nov 30, 2025
Top Republicans have joined Democrats in demanding answers about the escalating military campaign the Trump administration says is aimed at targeting drug traffickers.
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Nov 25, 2025
Senator Mitch McConnell and several other lawmakers accused President Trump's team of appeasing the Kremlin, warning that doing so would not lead to lasting peace.
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Nov 24, 2025
A group of liberal senators is quietly challenging the minority leader over his approach to the midterms and President Trump, in a sign of the party's deep frustration.
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Nov 24, 2025
The defense secretary called the senator's remarks urging troops not to follow illegal orders "despicable, reckless, and false."
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Nov 24, 2025
The move sets up a possible rematch between Mr. Jones, the last Democrat to win statewide office in Alabama, and Tommy Tuberville, the Republican who ousted him from the Senate in 2020.
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Nov 24, 2025
The defense secretary called the senator's remarks urging troops not to follow illegal orders "despicable, reckless, and false."
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Nov 24, 2025
The defense secretary called the senator's remarks urging troops not to follow illegal orders "despicable, reckless, and false."
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Nov 24, 2025
"If America hasn't broken your heart, you don't love her enough," the New Jersey senator argues.
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Nov 23, 2025
Students and alumni set aside rivalries at the 141st Harvard-Yale football game on Saturday to summon support against attacks on higher education under the Trump administration.
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Nov 22, 2025
"You need this renewal. You need new figures who are untouched, who were never part of these awful power games," the columnist Lydia Polgreen argues.
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Nov 22, 2025
"You need this renewal. You need new figures who are untouched, who were never part of these awful power games," the columnist Lydia Polgreen argues.
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Nov 22, 2025
The 77-year-old Connecticut Democrat is facing primary challenges from people who say he's too old and has been around too long. He says his age and experience are his strength.
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Nov 21, 2025
Thoughts on current and future of "a coalition uniquely built by Trump."
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Nov 21, 2025
Before casting a crucial vote for the health secretary, the top Senate Republican laid out several specific commitments he had secured, some of which appear to have been breached.
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Nov 21, 2025
Some members of the party are defying him.
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Nov 21, 2025
Thoughts on current and future of "a coalition uniquely built by Trump."
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Nov 20, 2025
Election defeats earlier this month and the approach of 2026 have G.O.P. lawmakers cautiously asserting themselves.
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Nov 20, 2025
Under Richard Grenell, the performing arts center has given steep discounts to CPAC and FIFA, signed contracts with administration associates and spent lavishly on friends.
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Nov 20, 2025
El proyecto de ley que ordena liberar los archivos Epstein tiene importantes excepciones que podrían significar que muchos documentos seguirían siendo confidenciales.
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Nov 20, 2025
Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, wants to examine how the nation's largest bank handled the reporting of more than $1 billion in suspicious transactions.
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Nov 20, 2025
The president sought to take credit for the legislation, despite months of pressure to kill it. The bill has significant exceptions that could mean many documents would stay confidential.
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Nov 19, 2025
The measure has prompted a backlash, but the top Senate Republican appeared inclined to preserve it, arguing that it would protect the body against investigatory overreach.
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Nov 18, 2025
After a near-unanimous House vote, the Senate agreed to quickly clear the bill for President Trump's signature.
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Nov 18, 2025
Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace resisted pressure from the president and made the vote to release the Epstein files possible.
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Nov 18, 2025
Frente a la deserción masiva en un proyecto de ley para exigir la publicación de los archivos Epstein, el presidente se apresuró a evitar una derrota vergonzosa, lo que sugiere un desliz en su férreo control sobre el Partido Republicano.
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Nov 17, 2025
Faced with a mass defection on a bill to demand the release of the Epstein files, the president rushed to avoid an embarrassing loss, suggesting a slip in his iron grip on the G.O.P.
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Nov 17, 2025
The path is more promising than you think.
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Nov 17, 2025
The path is more promising than you think.
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Nov 15, 2025
The Pennsylvania senator was hospitalized on Thursday after he fell during a morning walk near his home in Braddock, Pa. He required 20 stitches.
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Nov 15, 2025
At a health care town hall in his swing state, Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, test-drove his party's new political pitch to an audience disappointed in the outcome of the shutdown.
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Nov 15, 2025
Trump's actions should alarm anybody who shares the American founders' suspicion of centralized power.
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Nov 14, 2025
The former congressman has remained a fixture in Washington.
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Nov 14, 2025
A Biden-era rule, now halted, would have forced airlines to pay passengers up to $775 in cash for significant flight disruptions.
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Nov 14, 2025
The House Democratic leader's fatal flaw may be that he is too unobjectionable for a Democratic Party spoiling for a fight with President Trump.
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Nov 14, 2025
The House Democratic leader's fatal flaw may be that he is too unobjectionable for a Democratic Party spoiling for a fight with President Trump.
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Nov 14, 2025
The House Democratic leader's fatal flaw may be that he is too unobjectionable for a Democratic Party spoiling for a fight with President Trump.
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Nov 13, 2025
Senator John Fetterman, the hoodie-wearing Pennsylvanian who nearly died during his campaign and was later hospitalized for clinical depression, had minor injuries, according to his office.
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Nov 13, 2025
Forget MAGA. Forget MAHA. Let's make America sane again.
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Nov 13, 2025
Though G.O.P. members are more likely to be viewed as "extreme," they trounce their opponents on who is more effective.
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Nov 13, 2025
And yet, a little, precious seedling of hope is emerging.
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Nov 13, 2025
President Trump signed the bill ending the shutdown after 43 days, after the House approved it, largely on party lines.
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Nov 12, 2025
Extending the government shutdown would not have worked.
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Nov 12, 2025
A pesar de que el partido se ha lamentado mucho de haber cedido ante los republicanos en el cierre del gobierno, algunos demócratas ven posibles ventajas en el resultado.
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Nov 12, 2025
Plus, why private air travel is booming.
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Nov 12, 2025
Dale Romans, pitching himself as an independent-minded Democrat in the mold of Joe Manchin, will try to win a seat for the party in the deep-red state.
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Nov 11, 2025
Despite considerable hand-wringing in the party about caving to Republicans in the government closure, some Democrats see potential upsides in the outcome.
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Nov 11, 2025
The shutdown still may be a net gain for Democrats.
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Nov 11, 2025
Si yo estuviera en el Senado, no habría votado a favor de este acuerdo. Los cierres son una oportunidad para argumentar, y el país estaba empezando a prestar atención.
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Nov 11, 2025
The two countries agreed to suspend the fees for a year as part of their recent trade pact, but America still aims to build more commercial ships.
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Nov 11, 2025
Our reporter Karoun Demirjian in Washington describes the Senate deal to end the shutdown and why it happened now.
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Nov 11, 2025
El presidente de EE. UU. presionó a los demócratas tomando medidas punitivas que ningún gobierno anterior había tomado nunca durante un cierre.
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Nov 11, 2025
The Senate passed legislation to end the government shutdown. We explain what's happening.
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Nov 11, 2025
Plus, a new gambling scandal in pro sports.
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Nov 11, 2025
The shutdown still may be a net gain for Democrats.
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Nov 11, 2025
The senator from Pennsylvania chronicles his stroke, unlikely election victory and battle with depression. Just don't expect him to try to win you over.
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Nov 10, 2025
President Trump pressured Democrats by taking punishing actions no previous administration ever took during a shutdown.
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Nov 10, 2025
A bipartisan group of senators agreed on a deal to reopen the government.
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Nov 10, 2025
President Trump pressured Democrats by taking punishing actions no previous administration ever took during a shutdown.
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Nov 10, 2025
The agreement prompted a backlash within the party, not only against the Democratic defectors who supported it, but against Senator Chuck Schumer, the leader who did not.
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Nov 10, 2025
Republicans have voiced outrage that Jack Smith looked at G.O.P. lawmakers' phone records surrounding the Jan. 6 attack. Legislation to reopen the government would allow them to sue for $500,000 each.
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Nov 10, 2025
Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire voted to move to end the shutdown. But her daughter Stefany Shaheen, a congressional candidate in their state, sharply criticized the deal.
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Nov 10, 2025
Airlines brace for further chaos, even as eight Democratic senators broke ranks with their party to back a deal that could end the shutdown.
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Nov 10, 2025
Tras 40 días, un pequeño grupo de senadores demócratas se separó de su partido y votó con los republicanos a favor de una ley que pondría fin al cierre gubernamental más largo de la historia.
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Nov 10, 2025
This is how the shutdown ends?
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Nov 10, 2025
On Sunday the Senate took a crucial step toward reopening the government when a small group of Democrats joined Republicans to advance a bill.
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