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May 21, 2019
Lawmakers are divided ahead of intelligence briefings on Capitol Hill focused on rising tensions with Iran and America's deployments to the Middle East.
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May 21, 2019
American officials said Iran had threatened to target missiles at Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure to drive up oil prices and disrupt international trade.
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May 20, 2019
A judge ruled that Trump's accounting firm must turn over his financial records even as the White House told a former top Trump aide not to show up at a hearing.
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May 20, 2019
When I ran against an incumbent senator, I learned the hard way how well insiders stack primaries against challengers.
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May 19, 2019
In an interview, the longtime Democratic leader of the Senate discussed President Trump, his party's primary and its lack of congressional candidates.
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May 15, 2019
Critics say the emphasis on judicial and administration nominations has derailed the Senate's legislative agenda — and diminished the legacy of the chamber.
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May 15, 2019
The service for the six-term Republican senator from Indiana, who died last month, had many of the trappings of a state funeral.
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May 15, 2019
Congress, Europe and business leaders can stand in John Bolton's way.
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May 14, 2019
The government asked a judge to halt the proceedings in a case alleging that the president is violating the Constitution by accepting financial benefits from foreign governments.
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May 14, 2019
An agreement between Donald Trump Jr. and the Senate Intelligence Committee for a "limited" interview appears to have defused tensions among Senate Republicans
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May 13, 2019
Allies of Mr. Trump have mounted a campaign to quash a subpoena from the Senate Intelligence Committee, putting intense pressure on its chairman, Richard M. Burr.
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May 13, 2019
The police reported scattered incidents of violence and voter intimidation as Filipinos began voting Monday to decide control of the Senate.
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May 13, 2019
The police reported scattered incidents of violence and voter intimidation as Filipinos began voting Monday to decide control of the Senate.
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May 13, 2019
The police reported scattered incidents of violence and voter intimidation as Filipinos began voting Monday to decide control of the Senate.
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May 13, 2019
The police reported scattered incidents of violence and voter intimidation as Filipinos began voting Monday to decide control of the Senate.
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May 12, 2019
President Trump's free rein from political norms puts the United States at risk.
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May 11, 2019
The Senate has been one of the last bulwarks against the president's strongman rule. That may not last.
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May 11, 2019
As history has shown with the Watergate and Iran-contra scandals, such investigations can gain legitimacy only when members of the president's own party support them.
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May 10, 2019
"He will come at some point," said Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. "If necessary, we'll subpoena him."
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May 10, 2019
If Democrats don't do something about it, winning the presidential election in 2020 won't be enough.
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May 09, 2019
After the Intelligence Committee subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr., his allies are forcing Republican senators to choose between the panel and the president's family.
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May 09, 2019
She's kind of like Ann Richards crossed with Barbara Bush — with a Purple Heart and a Distinguished Flying Cross.
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May 09, 2019
M.J. Hegar's kind of like Ann Richards crossed with Barbara Bush — with a Purple Heart and a Distinguished Flying Cross.
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May 09, 2019
The president also said he was "pretty surprised" his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was subpoenaed to testify before the Senate about contacts with Russians in the 2016 campaign.
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May 09, 2019
The president also said he was "pretty surprised" his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was subpoenaed to testify before the Senate about contacts with Russians in the 2016 campaign.
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May 08, 2019
Patrick M. Shanahan, the acting defense secretary, said 63 miles of barriers could be built over six months, as immigration officials reported a surge in migrant crossings.
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May 08, 2019
Mr. Trump is the first of the president's children to be subpoenaed in the congressional investigations into Russia's 2016 election interference.
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May 07, 2019
Reaching a deal over a disaster relief package was threatened by the White House's push for money for immigration law enforcement and assistance at the southwestern border.
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May 07, 2019
We don't need the Export-Import Bank, which pads the profits of politically connected corporations on the taxpayer's dime, but it's back anyway.
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May 07, 2019
By refusing to comply, the president threatens to erode the Constitution's system of checks and balances.
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May 07, 2019
During a Senate hearing, the F.B.I. director, Christopher A. Wray, defended the bureau against an accusation by the attorney general that agents spied on the Trump campaign during its Russia inquiry.
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May 07, 2019
"The special counsel's finding is clear: Case closed," Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, declared in a speech that was quickly criticized by top Democrats.
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May 07, 2019
A proposed law would make big companies determine whether their algorithms discriminate, but it's lacking in some big ways.
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May 06, 2019
Mr. Mnuchin said that the request "lacks a legitimate legislative purpose."
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May 06, 2019
Mr. Mnuchin said that the request "lacks a legitimate legislative purpose."
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May 04, 2019
Mr. Enzi, 75, who has held his seat since 1997, said he planned to spend the remainder of his term focusing on budget overhaul.
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May 03, 2019
Three high-profile potential candidates bowed out of running next year, making the road to Democratic control of the Senate that much steeper.
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May 02, 2019
Twice in the last week, the president has used "nasty" to describe Ms. Harris — most recently after she grilled Attorney General William P. Barr on Wednesday.
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May 02, 2019
In the Trump-Russia investigation, the special counsel did not have the leverage of physical evidence.
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May 02, 2019
Writers across the political spectrum responded to Attorney General William P. Barr's appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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May 02, 2019
One of them acted honorably but naively. The other didn't.
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May 02, 2019
The attorney general faced hours of questioning over his rollout of the Mueller report after the release of a letter revealing discord with the special counsel.
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May 01, 2019
Attorney General William P. Barr faced blistering criticism from Democrats about his characterizations of the Mueller report, but told the Senate Judiciary Committee he had been truthful.
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May 01, 2019
The three Democratic presidential candidates who got to question Attorney General William P. Barr at a Senate Judiciary Committee came away with varying levels of success.
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May 01, 2019
The three Democratic presidential candidates who got to question Attorney General William P. Barr at a Senate Judiciary Committee came away with varying levels of success.
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May 01, 2019
We have a system in place for our government to uncover evidence against a sitting president. And it's working.
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May 01, 2019
During his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General William P. Barr told Senator Dianne Feinstein that there was a difference between firing the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and removing him "based on conflict."
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May 01, 2019
During his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General William P. Barr said that Robert S. Mueller III complained that the attorney general's initial summary of the special counsel investigation's findings did not capture its full context.
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May 01, 2019
Accomplished people lacking inner strength can't resist the compromises necessary to survive this president.
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May 01, 2019
Attorney General William P. Barr will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to testify about his decisions around the special counsel's report.
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May 01, 2019
Attorney General William P. Barr is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about his decisions around the report from the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.
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May 01, 2019
Attorney General William P. Barr testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about his decisions around the report from the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.
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May 01, 2019
The attorney general appeared in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions on Robert S. Mueller III's report for the first time since he made a redacted version of the report public.
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May 01, 2019
The attorney general is expected to answer questions on Capitol Hill about the special counsel's findings for the first time since he made a partly redacted version of the report public.
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May 01, 2019
The attorney general appeared in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions on Robert S. Mueller III's report for the first time since he made a redacted version of the report public.
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May 01, 2019
The attorney general is appearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions on Robert S. Mueller III's report for the first time since he made a partly redacted version of the report public.
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May 01, 2019
The attorney general is appearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions on Robert S. Mueller III's report for the first time since he made a redacted version of the report public.
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May 01, 2019
The attorney general is appearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions on Robert S. Mueller III's report for the first time since he made a redacted version of the report public.
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Apr 30, 2019
Stephen Moore's chance to be confirmed to the Federal Reserve dwindled after multiple Republican senators began to publicly question whether he would have enough votes if nominated.
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Apr 30, 2019
Mr. Biden said this week that he takes "responsibility" for the way Ms. Hill was treated when she testified in the 1991 hearings for Justice Clarence Thomas.
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Apr 30, 2019
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, said there was "good will" during their meeting with President Trump on infrastructure spending, which yielded an agreement to pursue a $2 trillion plan.
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Apr 30, 2019
Ms. Abrams declined to challenge Senator David Perdue, one of President Trump's chief allies in Congress. She had been courted aggressively by national Democrats to run.
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Apr 30, 2019
It starts, but doesn't end, with ditching Stephen Moore.
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Apr 29, 2019
He saw a vital global role for America that went beyond party lines.
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Apr 29, 2019
An activist recalls meeting with the senator, who died on Sunday, just before the invasion of Iraq.
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Apr 28, 2019
"It's not that I doubt my capacity, but I need to make certain I'm doing it for the right reasons."
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Apr 28, 2019
His most notable accomplishment: helping to create a program to destroy surplus stocks of nuclear weapons around the world.
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Apr 28, 2019
His most notable accomplishment: helping to create a program to destroy surplus stocks of nuclear weapons around the world.
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Apr 25, 2019
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. called Anita Hill this month to express his regret over "what she endured" testifying against Justice Clarence Thomas in 1991.
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Apr 25, 2019
Representative Ilhan Omar has only been in Congress for a few months, but the barrier-breaking Democrat from Minnesota is gaining attention from across the political spectrum and has become a target of the president.
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Apr 25, 2019
It may be risky politically, but Congress has a responsibility to act.
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Apr 23, 2019
A former Air Force helicopter pilot who narrowly lost a bid for the House in November will challenge Senator John Cornyn, a Republican, in 2020.
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Apr 23, 2019
The strongest pushback against the president came from his own branch of government.
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Apr 21, 2019
Private insurance pays hospitals much more than the federal government does for patient care. If Medicare for all means Medicare rates, expect an industry backlash.
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Apr 19, 2019
The man, John J. Kless, of Florida, made phone calls laced with slurs to the lawmakers, and to another member of Congress in California, on April 16, according to court records.
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Apr 19, 2019
The man, John J. Kless, of Florida, made phone calls laced with slurs to the lawmakers, and to another member of Congress in California, on April 16, according to court records.
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Apr 19, 2019
In an era of deep polarization, Mr. Mueller's 448-page report quickly became yet another case study in the disparate realities of American politics.
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Apr 19, 2019
The popularity of proposals for a government-run, single-payer system among Democratic presidential candidates has hurt health care stocks, despite their strong earnings.
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Apr 19, 2019
People of all political persuasions shared one feeling: disgust with the country's leaders and a sense that important issues, such as health care, continued to be ignored.
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Apr 19, 2019
We should be grateful for his resistance to wrongdoing while working with a fundamentally dishonest president.
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Apr 19, 2019
We should be grateful for his resistance to wrongdoing while working for the Trump White House.
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Apr 19, 2019
The missing piece of the report is a counterintelligence investigation that should set off alarm bells about our democracy and security.
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Apr 19, 2019
Democrats appear to be gearing up, with Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York describing the report as a road map to holding the president accountable.
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Apr 18, 2019
Any serious energy transformation will need to harness America's powerful and creative economic engine.
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Apr 18, 2019
Any serious energy transformation will need to harness America's powerful and creative economic engine.
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Apr 16, 2019
President Trump's decision to reject the bipartisan resolution was the second time in a month that he has blocked legislation passed by both houses of Congress.
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Apr 16, 2019
Mr. Biden once called Fritz Hollings his best friend in the Senate, strengthening his connection to the state, which is pivotal in the Democratic primary.
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Apr 15, 2019
Some are spectacularly unqualified, others so extreme as to alienate the president's most conservative enablers.
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Apr 15, 2019
Conservatives could really use a remarkably successful policy entrepreneur.
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Apr 15, 2019
The G.O.P. could really use a remarkably successful policy entrepreneur.
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Apr 14, 2019
The Senate majority leader, a tactician with few social graces, is learning to manage President Trump, even if he lacks the bonhomie that the president so craves.
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Apr 11, 2019
The economist N. Gregory Mankiw says he loves the central bank but fears for its future as one of America's great institutions.
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Apr 11, 2019
The former oil lobbyist has already played a central role in designing many of President Trump's policies for expanding drilling and mining.
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Apr 10, 2019
Against escalating tensions with Tehran, a Republican senator says the Trump administration must understand it is not authorized to attack Iran.
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Apr 10, 2019
In a second straight day of testimony before the release of the special counsel report, the attorney general said he would not take out criticisms of President Trump.
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Apr 10, 2019
Congress could free most Americans from the annual drudgery of filling out tax forms. Instead, it's trying to lock the current system in place.
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Apr 10, 2019
The attorney general told lawmakers he would look into whether any "spying" on the Trump campaign was improper, and he hoped the redacted Mueller report would be released "next week."
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Apr 10, 2019
The attorney general told lawmakers he would look into whether any "spying" on the Trump campaign was improper, and he hoped the redacted Mueller report would be released "next week."
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Apr 10, 2019
Amid the wait for the Mueller report, the attorney general goes before lawmakers, as does the nominee to succeed Rod Rosenstein as his deputy.
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Apr 10, 2019
Amid the wait for the Mueller report, the attorney general goes before lawmakers, as does the nominee to succeed Rod Rosenstein as his deputy.
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