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Jan 31, 2026
The president and the top Senate Democrat, who are often at each other's throats, agreed to try to keep the government open and to start talks on new limits on federal immigration agents.
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Jan 31, 2026
The House still must clear the legislation for President Trump's signature, but is not expected to return to Washington to do so before Monday.
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Jan 30, 2026
The move was the third time the Trump administration has tried to expedite arms shipments to Israel by going around the review process for weapons sales.
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Jan 30, 2026
Democrats agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks while they negotiate with President Trump on restricting his immigration crackdown.
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Jan 30, 2026
Hard-right Republicans have criticized an agreement they see as capitulating to Democrats on their party's strongest issue: immigration.
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Jan 29, 2026
Democrats and the White House agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks while they negotiate restrictions on the president's immigration crackdown.
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Jan 29, 2026
Senate Democrats and a handful of Republicans voted to block a government spending package on Thursday. President Trump and Senate Democrats continued to negotiate to rein in federal agents enacting his immigration crackdown and avert a government shutdown.
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Jan 29, 2026
With about 36 hours to go before a shutdown deadline, the funding legislation stalled while Democrats sought a deal with President Trump to rein in his immigration crackdown.
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Jan 29, 2026
Los demócratas cuestionaron duramente el plan, incluido el papel de Catar en la gestión de una cuenta financiada por la venta de petróleo venezolano.
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Jan 29, 2026
The Democratic senator, who signaled her bid after Gov. Tim Walz said he wouldn't run again, talked about moving past political divides in a video announcement.
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Jan 29, 2026
The president and the top Senate Democrat were discussing an agreement to split off homeland security funding from a broader spending package and negotiate new limits on immigration agents.
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Jan 29, 2026
Democrats laid out demands for Homeland Security as the Senate prepared to vote on a government spending package. Lawmakers need to reach an agreement by the deadline on Friday to avoid a government shutdown.
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Jan 28, 2026
Democrats sharply questioned the plan, including the role of Qatar in managing an account funded by the sale of Venezuelan oil.
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Jan 28, 2026
An attack at a town hall in Minneapolis, amid a surge in threats against lawmakers, was the latest sign of the fraying of the nation's political fabric.
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Jan 28, 2026
The sweeping domestic policy law that Republicans muscled through Congress last year made ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in the country, with no strings attached.
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Jan 27, 2026
The Georgia Democrat said he would push to block ICE funding when he returned to Washington.
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Jan 27, 2026
America must defend its greatest asset: Its alliances.
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Jan 27, 2026
Mr. Vindman will run for the Democratic nomination to take on Senator Ashley Moody, a Republican. The race is an uphill fight for Democrats, but Mr. Vindman could be a strong fund-raiser.
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Jan 26, 2026
After a second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis, Democrats say public opinion is on their side and they are willing to risk a backlash to counter what they see as police-state tactics.
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Jan 26, 2026
The killing of a 37-year-old man by a federal agent exposed fresh cracks in G.O.P. unity, with some expressing alarm while others stayed silent or backed the Trump administration.
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Jan 25, 2026
The two Massachusetts clans faced off in elections for decades, until a final 1962 Senate race. Despite his loss, Mr. Lodge praised his opponent, Ted Kennedy.
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Jan 25, 2026
Part casting director, part media guru, Morris Katz is behind the biggest Democratic campaigns this cycle.
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Jan 24, 2026
Key Senate Democrats said they would oppose legislation needed to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week after federal agents shot and killed a Minneapolis resident.
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Jan 24, 2026
In a debate, Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico differed in their political styles but agreed that violent immigration agents needed to be held to account.
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Jan 23, 2026
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician, reluctantly voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary. It didn't appease President Trump.
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Jan 23, 2026
Jamelle Bouie, Ross Douthat and Kathleen Kingsbury on how Trump is changing the U.S. and the world.
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Jan 23, 2026
Progressives shouldn't let a retrograde style of internet discourse inhibit them from pointing out the obvious.
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Jan 23, 2026
A crackdown on problems with fairness and safety is achieving results, including a big drop in the number of sick patients being passed over for transplants.
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Jan 23, 2026
Two of the Democrats' rising stars, Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, are seeing if a red state should be won courting disaffected Republicans or focusing on the party's base.
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Jan 23, 2026
Two of the Democrats' rising stars, Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, are seeing if a red state should be won courting disaffected Republicans or focusing on the party's base.
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Jan 22, 2026
The unanimous vote amounted to a bipartisan rebuke of the Senate after leaders in that chamber slipped the legal provision into legislation to reopen the government.
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Jan 22, 2026
The Minnesota senator, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, appears set to enter a race that has been transformed by President Trump's immigration crackdown in the state and protests against it.
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Jan 21, 2026
The former Chicago mayor, who is trying to shape the Democratic Party's future and might run for president, said that "across all three branches of government, 75 years — you're out."
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Jan 21, 2026
Ms. Tafoya, once a sideline reporter for N.F.L. games, has more recently turned her focus to Republican politics. She is seeking an open seat now held by a Democrat.
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Jan 20, 2026
Days after President Trump urged her to run, Representative Julia Letlow said she would challenge Mr. Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican who voted to convict Mr. Trump in his second impeachment trial.
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Jan 19, 2026
Elon Musk, the world's richest person, backed Nate Morris, a Republican businessman, in the primary race to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky.
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Jan 18, 2026
The potential 2028 presidential candidates showcased a Democratic midterm strategy that would assail G.O.P. votes in favor of cutting Medicaid and allowing health care subsidies to expire.
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Jan 18, 2026
As the F.B.I. has added payback to its portfolio, Republican lawmakers like Senator Charles E. Grassley have emerged as a clearinghouse for leaks and whistle-blowers.
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Jan 18, 2026
The president urged Representative Julia Letlow of Louisiana to run against Mr. Cassidy, in a move that is likely to further complicate his relationship with Senate Republicans.
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Jan 17, 2026
The midterms will be a battle for control of Trump's legacy.
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Jan 16, 2026
A video from Ken Paxton, a Republican primary challenger to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, depicted A.I.-generated imagery of the senator twirling with Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic Senate candidate.
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Jan 16, 2026
Three reporters discuss the Minneapolis chaos and how it could play a role in the midterms.
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Jan 16, 2026
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Jan 16, 2026
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Jan 16, 2026
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Jan 16, 2026
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the South Carolina U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
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Jan 16, 2026
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the New Hampshire U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Minnesota U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Michigan U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate election.
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Jan 16, 2026
Kyrsten Sinema fue acusada ante un tribunal federal de mantener un romance con un miembro casado de su equipo de seguridad.
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Jan 16, 2026
Seeking to calm tensions, Republicans and Democrats affirmed that they supported Denmark's control of Greenland as President Trump vowed to buy it or take it over.
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Jan 16, 2026
The White House and Denmark contradicted each other in public about what they had agreed to this week as President Trump continued to demand U.S. ownership of Greenland.
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Jan 15, 2026
In a lawsuit, the ex-wife of Ms. Sinema's onetime staff member accused her of showering him with gifts and breaking up their marriage.
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Jan 15, 2026
The White House and Denmark contradicted each other in public about what they had agreed to this week as President Trump continued to demand U.S. ownership of Greenland.
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Jan 15, 2026
Many proposals have been introduced, but there is little consensus among governors, Congress members and tech executives about exactly how much the companies behind data centers should pay for electricity.
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Jan 15, 2026
The top executive of the crypto exchange Coinbase scuttled a planned Senate committee vote on a major cryptocurrency bill after voicing his concerns, a sign of the company's clout.
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Jan 15, 2026
Legislation to establish a regulatory framework for digital tokens has been thrown into turmoil — by one of its biggest champions.
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Jan 15, 2026
The lawmakers, all Democrats who urged military service members not to follow illegal orders, said prosecutors had contacted them. But it is unclear what crime they might have committed.
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Jan 15, 2026
The general sense of the world being chaotic does not necessarily help Trump.
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Jan 14, 2026
G.O.P. leaders succeeded in pressuring fellow senators who initially supported the measure that would have limited President Trump's military authority in Venezuela.
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Jan 14, 2026
G.O.P. leaders succeeded in pressuring fellow senators who initially supported the measure that would have limited President Trump's military authority in Venezuela.
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Jan 14, 2026
Months after the partisan clash that led to the longest shutdown in history, lawmakers have agreed on spending bills that look far different from what the president wanted.
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Jan 14, 2026
G.O.P. leaders are pressuring fellow senators who supported the measure to change their vote on the bill to block President Trump's military action in Venezuela without Congress's consent.
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Jan 14, 2026
Mary Peltola's entry into the Alaska Senate race is a building block in an electoral strategy Democrats have been working on for months.
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Jan 14, 2026
After securing strong recruits on a tough Senate map, the Democratic leader is not only predicting an upset 2026 victory, but also naming the states he thinks his party can flip.
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Jan 13, 2026
It is unclear what possible crime might involve Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, who has warned in dire terms about the dissolution of American democracy.
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Jan 13, 2026
Senator John Kennedy, a garrulous rank-and-file Republican from Louisiana, has struck a nerve with a new book that provides an insider account of Congress and its dysfunction.
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Jan 13, 2026
That number could increase significantly as more consumers are faced with higher bills brought on by expiring premium subsidies.
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Jan 13, 2026
Ezra Klein and State Representative James Talarico of Texas discuss his faith, his politics and his Senate race.
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Jan 13, 2026
A criminal investigation of a sitting Fed chairman, with the obvious intent of stripping him of his independence, has never happened before.
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Jan 12, 2026
The Justice Department's probe into whether Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, lied about renovations to the central bank's headquarters has raised alarms.
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Jan 12, 2026
Senator Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from disciplining him for a video warning about illegal military orders.
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Jan 12, 2026
Three Republican senators offered a rare rebuke of the Trump administration's tactics, criticizing an investigation of the Federal Reserve chair.
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Jan 12, 2026
The former congresswoman is the latest top-tier recruit for Democrats, who face a difficult Senate map this year as they try to retake control of the chamber.
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Jan 11, 2026
The new guidelines for immigration facilities, issued by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, are virtually identical to a policy that a federal judge halted last month.
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Jan 11, 2026
Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, said any attempt to support protesters in Iran with a military operation could backfire.
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Jan 10, 2026
After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives are rescinding the proposed cuts and even boosting funds for basic research.
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Jan 09, 2026
The California governor is powered by smoothies and bursting with thoughts about U.S. politics.
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Jan 09, 2026
The vote to open a war powers debate, a pair of attempted veto overrides and a split on health care suggested a greater appetite among Republicans to challenge the president.
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Jan 08, 2026
The Republican defectors paved the way for a debate that could expose bipartisan concern about President Trump's actions in Venezuela. Mr. Trump called for them to lose their seats.
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Jan 08, 2026
A handful of Republicans joined Democrats to allow the measure to move forward, reflecting concerns in both parties about the administration's strategy.
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Jan 08, 2026
A handful of Republicans joined Democrats to allow the measure to move forward, reflecting concerns in both parties about the administration's strategy.
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Jan 08, 2026
Republicans praised what they characterized as a narrow and well-executed plan, while Democrats expressed alarm, warning that the mission was vaguely defined.
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Jan 07, 2026
Republicans praised what they characterized as a narrow and well-executed plan, while Democrats expressed alarm, warning that the mission was vaguely defined.
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Jan 07, 2026
Democrats demanded information from seven top U.S. oil companies about any meetings with the Trump administration regarding plans to control Venezuela's oil industry.
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Jan 07, 2026
Democrats demanded information from seven top U.S. oil companies about any meetings with the Trump administration regarding plans to control Venezuela's oil industry.
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Jan 07, 2026
Republicans have cheered the raid that ousted Nicolás Maduro but toiled to square their longstanding views with President Trump's unclear and rapidly evolving strategy.
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Jan 06, 2026
Tragically, America is still living in a political era that began on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Jan 06, 2026
Tragically, America is still living in a political era that began on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Jan 05, 2026
The classified session for congressional leaders and the top members of the intelligence, defense and foreign policy panels came two days after the military operation.
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Jan 05, 2026
The briefing for congressional leaders and the top members of the intelligence, defense and foreign policy panels came two days after the military operation.
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Jan 05, 2026
The briefing for congressional leaders and the top members of the intelligence, defense and foreign policy panels will come two days after the military operation.
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Jan 05, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blasted the senator for "seditious" remarks. Mr. Kelly said he had done nothing wrong and cited similar comments by Mr. Hegseth.
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Jan 05, 2026
It turns out that few things liberate Republicans to speak their minds about President Trump like the fact that they are departing Congress.
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Jan 05, 2026
Democrats want to regain control of the chamber, and they have recruited some top candidates. But they are facing a tough map.
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Jan 04, 2026
By Sunday evening, Trump administration officials had agreed to provide a briefing on Monday, after pleas from Democrats to fill them in on action that President Trump had taken circumventing Congress.
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