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Jul 05, 2022
The midterm campaigns for the House and the Senate are shaping up quite differently.
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Jul 05, 2022
Worried about inflation and dissatisfied with President Biden, many moderate women have been drifting away from Democrats. Now the party hopes the fight for abortion rights will drive them back.
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Jul 02, 2022
What was once a dialogue between the branches has become almost entirely one-sided, with the justices accumulating clout at lawmakers' expense.
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Jul 01, 2022
The reality of criminalized abortion is going to shock people.
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Jul 01, 2022
The story of Cassidy Hutchinson, who became the first Trump White House aide to testify publicly in the Jan. 6 inquiry, showed the outsize influence of young aides in the nation's capital.
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Jul 01, 2022
It, too, can be checked and balanced.
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Jul 01, 2022
And other questions about gun regulations then and now.
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Jun 29, 2022
As the chief law enforcement officer of the Senate, he did not seek the National Guard's help in advance of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
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Jun 29, 2022
Democratic interference in Republican primaries paid off in some places but not others, election-denying candidates were halted in Colorado, and incumbents proved their staying power.
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Jun 29, 2022
Democrats meddled to boost State Senator Darren Bailey in the G.O.P. primary for Illinois governor. But efforts to elevate far-right candidates in Colorado fizzled.
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Jun 28, 2022
See full results and maps from the New York primary elections.
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Jun 28, 2022
As he recovers from a stroke, the Democratic Senate nominee in Pennsylvania is running a virtual campaign of online memes and withering mockery of his opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz.
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Jun 28, 2022
See full results and maps from the Colorado primary elections.
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Jun 28, 2022
See full results and maps from the Oklahoma special primary election.
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Jun 28, 2022
See full results and maps from the Utah primary elections.
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Jun 28, 2022
See full results and maps from the Illinois primary elections.
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Jun 28, 2022
See full results and maps from the Oklahoma primary elections.
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Jun 28, 2022
See full results and maps from the South Carolina primary runoff elections.
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Jun 28, 2022
See full results and maps from the Utah primary elections.
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Jun 28, 2022
See full results and maps from the South Carolina primary runoff elections.
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Jun 28, 2022
See full results and maps from the Colorado primary elections.
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Jun 28, 2022
See full results and maps from the Illinois primary elections.
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Jun 28, 2022
See full results and maps from the Oklahoma primary elections.
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Jun 28, 2022
After a deal was seemingly struck in March, Congress has not agreed on where the money will come from or who will move next.
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Jun 28, 2022
Illinois, Colorado, Mississippi and Utah are the settings for suspenseful contests at the federal and state level. New York voters will choose candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, and Oklahoma is holding a special primary election for the Senate.
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Jun 27, 2022
His 14-month nomination was ensnared by immigration politics and allegations of domestic abuse, and his departure is another blow to the Biden administration on an issue where it has struggled.
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Jun 27, 2022
Democratic leaders condemned the court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, while some Republican lawmakers celebrated the ruling.
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Jun 25, 2022
With little hope of legislative action following the Supreme Court's ruling, lawmakers urged the president to take "bold action" to defend Americans' reproductive rights.
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Jun 25, 2022
The bill is the most significant gun measure to clear Congress in nearly three decades, though it falls short of more restrictive gun control proposals that Democrats favor.
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Jun 25, 2022
A bipartisan bill on guns the president should sign.
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Jun 25, 2022
Roe is gone, but the fight has just begun.
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Jun 25, 2022
We must restore our democracy so that a radical minority can no longer drown out the will of the people.
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Jun 24, 2022
The bipartisan gun safety legislation that cleared Congress on Friday was the product of weeks of fraught negotiations that started with both sides acknowledging what had to stay off the table.
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Jun 24, 2022
"Roe is 45 years old, it has been reaffirmed many times, lots of people care about it a great deal," the justice told the senator, according to notes from a private meeting before his confirmation.
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Jun 24, 2022
The bipartisan gun safety legislation that cleared Congress on Friday was the product of weeks of fraught negotiations that started with both sides acknowledging what had to stay off the table.
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Jun 24, 2022
Lawmakers trickled into the Capitol on Friday to tightened security and the news of Roe v. Wade being overturned.
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Jun 24, 2022
The House gave final approval to the Senate-passed compromise, ending nearly three decades of congressional inaction.
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Jun 24, 2022
Readers express dismay over the justices' rejection of a New York gun law.
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Jun 24, 2022
The Supreme Court declared that Americans have a broad right to arm themselves in public.
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Jun 23, 2022
Fifteen Senate Republicans joined all 50 Democrats to pass the legislation, which aims to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people.
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Jun 23, 2022
The Senate passed the most substantial gun safety measure in decades. It includes enhanced background checks for younger buyers and money for mental health and school safety.
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Jun 23, 2022
The Supreme Court delivered a victory for gun rights, while the Senate passed a gun control bill for the first time in decades.
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Jun 23, 2022
The Supreme Court delivered a victory for gun rights as the Senate moved toward a gun control bill for the first time in decades.
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Jun 23, 2022
Billions of dollars in new emergency aid to fight Covid have been stalled in Congress, and Republicans on Capitol Hill have made clear the aid package is all but dead.
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Jun 23, 2022
Many Republicans worry that Mr. Greitens, who has a history of personal scandals, could jeopardize what is most likely a safe G.O.P. seat. Now efforts to block him are gaining steam.
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Jun 23, 2022
Mr. Brooks lost his Alabama Senate runoff on Tuesday. He had been snubbed by former President Donald J. Trump, who withdrew his endorsement of Mr. Brooks and supported his rival.
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Jun 23, 2022
The Senate is considering the most substantial gun safety measure in decades. It includes enhanced background checks for younger buyers and money for mental health and school safety.
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Jun 23, 2022
Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats on a test vote, more than enough to break a G.O.P. filibuster and shatter a three-decade-long streak of inaction on substantial gun-related legislation.
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Jun 23, 2022
The Senate agreed to take up a compromise bill on gun violence that, if passed, would become the most significant overhaul of the nation's gun laws in decades.
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Jun 22, 2022
Only two of the 14 Republicans who broke ranks to support taking up gun legislation are facing voters this year, showing how difficult such deals could be in the future.
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Jun 22, 2022
Lawmakers say the U.S. government failed to provide accurate assessments amid the conflicts in Ukraine and Afghanistan.
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Jun 22, 2022
Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, testified before a Senate committee at a moment of rapid inflation and rising interest rates.
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Jun 22, 2022
Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, testified before the Senate Banking Committee and said the central bank does not intend to provoke a recession, but it is "certainly a possibility."
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Jun 22, 2022
Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, is testifying before a Senate committee at a moment of rapid inflation and rising interest rates.
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Jun 22, 2022
See full results and maps from the Georgia primary elections.
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Jun 22, 2022
See full results and maps from the Arkansas primary elections.
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Jun 22, 2022
See full results and maps from the Arkansas primary elections.
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Jun 22, 2022
Heading into the midterms, Democratic candidates are contending with the unpopularity of their party's leader.
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Jun 21, 2022
Ms. Britt, now the state's Republican nominee for Senate, made her way to the top with an "Alabama First" message and skillful navigation of a rival's fleeting Trump endorsement.
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Jun 21, 2022
The introduction of the legislation was a hopeful sign as both Democrats and Republicans press to vote on new gun measures this week.
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Jun 21, 2022
See full results and maps from the Alabama runoff elections.
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Jun 21, 2022
See full results and maps from the Alabama primary runoff elections.
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Jun 21, 2022
Many of the candidates endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump succeeded in their primaries, with notable exceptions in Georgia and elsewhere.
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Jun 21, 2022
Many of the candidates endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump succeeded in their primaries, with notable exceptions in Georgia and elsewhere.
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Jun 21, 2022
Mo Brooks faces Katie Britt in a fateful Senate runoff in Alabama, and Virginia and Georgia Republicans choose their House contenders against entrenched Democrats.
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Jun 20, 2022
A right-wing Senate candidate accompanies a squad of heavily armed men as they storm a home looking for ‘Republicans in name only.'
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Jun 20, 2022
Senator Raphael Warnock discusses the Jan. 6 hearings, Georgia politics and his history-making journey to the Senate.
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Jun 20, 2022
Federal law requires banks to reimburse customers for unauthorized electronic transfers, but they often refuse, stranding victims.
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Jun 17, 2022
American semiconductor giants are pressing Congress to pass legislation that would provide $52 billion for their industry, warning that they may otherwise relocate overseas.
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Jun 17, 2022
Among the sticking points holding up a final agreement on gun legislation is how to define a boyfriend in a provision meant to keep guns away from domestic abusers.
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Jun 16, 2022
White House officials said recently they would repurpose $10 billion in federal funds meant for virus testing and protective gear and instead spend the money on antiviral drugs and vaccines.
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Jun 16, 2022
White House officials said recently they would repurpose $10 billion in federal funds meant for virus testing and protective gear and instead spend the money on antiviral drugs and vaccines.
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Jun 16, 2022
Mr. Walker, the Republican nominee for Senate in Georgia, has often criticized absentee fathers. But this week it has emerged that in addition to a son he often talks about, he has three other children.
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Jun 16, 2022
Adam Laxalt has Trump's support and a favorable climate for Republicans as he challenges Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, who was mentored by Harry Reid, a victor in 2010 against a Tea Party foe.
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Jun 15, 2022
Democrats are praising a bipartisan agreement on guns as sweeping and significant while Republicans point to its limits, a sign of the political divide standing in the way of a final deal.
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Jun 15, 2022
The flow of corporate money to politicians who voted to overturn the 2020 election is helping fund a continuing attack on our democracy.
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Jun 15, 2022
Nevada shapes up as a fall battleground between vulnerable Democrats and election-denying Republicans. South Carolina G.O.P. voters punished one House incumbent who broke with Donald Trump, but forgave another. And Texas Republicans scored at least a short-term victory.
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Jun 15, 2022
Nevada shapes up as a fall battleground between vulnerable Democrats and election-denying Republicans. South Carolina G.O.P. voters punished one House incumbent who broke with Donald Trump, but forgave another. And Texas Republicans scored at least a short-term victory.
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Jun 15, 2022
Nevada shapes up as a fall battleground between vulnerable Democrats and election-denying Republicans. South Carolina G.O.P. voters punished one House incumbent who broke with Donald Trump, but forgave another. And Texas Republicans scored at least a short-term victory.
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Jun 15, 2022
Mr. Laxalt, a former attorney general of the state who was endorsed by Donald Trump, will face Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat, in one of this year's pivotal Senate races.
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Jun 14, 2022
What constitutes "normal" in today's Republican Party still has rot at its heart.
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Jun 14, 2022
See full results and maps from the Nevada primary elections.
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Jun 14, 2022
See full results and maps from the North Dakota primary elections.
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Jun 14, 2022
See full results and maps from the South Carolina primary elections.
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Jun 14, 2022
See full results and maps from the Nevada primary elections.
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Jun 14, 2022
See full results and maps from the South Carolina primary elections.
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Jun 14, 2022
See full results and maps from the North Dakota primary elections.
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Jun 14, 2022
Freedom and responsibility, in equal measure.
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Jun 14, 2022
Readers criticize a bipartisan gun bill as falling far short of what's needed. Also: Misogyny and mass murder; the Jan. 6 hearings; the Biden foreign policy team.
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Jun 14, 2022
The lawmaker at the center of the effort explains how the proposal came together and what changes it would make.
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Jun 14, 2022
Freedom and responsibility, in equal measure.
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Jun 14, 2022
Representatives Tom Rice and Nancy Mace are facing Trump-backed challengers in South Carolina, and Nevada is a battleground. Here's what else to know.
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Jun 13, 2022
No state was walloped harder by the economic impact of the pandemic, and voters may take out their anger on Democrats.
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Jun 13, 2022
No state was walloped harder by the economic impact of the pandemic, and voters may take out their anger on Democrats.
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Jun 12, 2022
Though the compromise does not go as far as many would have preferred, it is still seen as a serious step that could save lives.
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Jun 12, 2022
The agreement, which falls short of the sprawling changes championed by Democrats, is a significant step toward ending a yearslong impasse over gun reform legislation.
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Jun 10, 2022
There are three critical lessons from the Watergate hearings that should inspire the Jan. 6 committee.
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Jun 09, 2022
The backing appears to pave the way for the nominee, Steven Dettelbach, to become the first permanent director of the agency responsible for enforcing gun laws in nearly a decade.
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Jun 08, 2022
On a day of wrenching testimony from victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Democrats pushed through a gun control package facing solid G.O.P. opposition and no path in the Senate.
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