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May 15, 2021
How a politician who died in 2003 continues to dominate much of today's political discussion.
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May 14, 2021
Liz Cheney's ouster showed that the G.O.P. is still at war with democracy.
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May 13, 2021
After the C.D.C. updated its mask guidance for vaccinated people, President Biden urged Americans to get along as things maybe, possibly start to return to normal.
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May 13, 2021
The senators are on opposite sides of the aisle, but both speak out on the dangers of big tech in their new books. It's weird, really, how alike they sound.
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May 13, 2021
The deliberations over the long-shot bill center on three Electoral College votes the Constitution gives to the seat of government.
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May 12, 2021
The meeting produced little progress, underscoring the political challenge for President Biden as he seeks to exploit the narrowest of majorities in Congress to revive the country's economy.
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May 12, 2021
Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia has been discussing a potential bipartisan infrastructure deal with the White House, but a compromise faces stiff Republican resistance.
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May 12, 2021
Amazing the things our government keeps secret.
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May 12, 2021
Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia has been discussing a potential bipartisan infrastructure deal with the White House, but a compromise faces stiff Republican resistance.
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May 12, 2021
The meeting produced little progress, underscoring the political challenge for President Biden as he seeks to exploit the narrowest of majorities in Congress to revive the country's economy.
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May 12, 2021
"The department is taking a new approach to addressing domestic violent extremism, both internally and externally," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas told senators.
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May 12, 2021
Democrats could use a two-seat advantage in 2022. Republicans call it a power grab. Residents call it voting rights.
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May 12, 2021
Democrats could use a two-seat advantage in 2022. Republicans call it a power grab. Residents call it voting rights.
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May 11, 2021
Democrats now face the task of overcoming their own differences on the measure, and deciding whether they will use it as a vehicle to try to curb the filibuster.
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May 11, 2021
Their longstanding relationship has so far yielded no trace of compromise. Now Senator Mitch McConnell says he is focused on stopping President Biden's agenda in its tracks.
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May 11, 2021
The tie vote in the Rules Committee set up a showdown over the landmark voting rights expansion on the Senate floor in the months ahead. Republicans have vowed to stop it.
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May 11, 2021
At a Senate hearing on the federal government's pandemic response, Republicans criticized the government's guidance for cruise ships, fishermen, summer camps and outdoor mask wearing.
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May 11, 2021
Republican senators criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention policies and funding at a hearing on Tuesday. Dr. Anthony S. Fauci had a particularly fiery exchange with Senator Rand Paul.
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May 11, 2021
The Rules Committee could advance a landmark voting rights expansion, as Washington tries to blunt ballot restrictions by Republican-controlled statehouses.
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May 11, 2021
La difamación de Liz Cheney y un extraño recuento de votos en Arizona mostraron el daño de su asalto a la base de la democracia: la integridad electoral.
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May 10, 2021
In a narrowly divided Congress, an illness or a death could upend the balance of power and threaten an ambitious agenda.
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May 08, 2021
The vilification of Liz Cheney and a bizarre vote recount in Arizona showed the damage from his assault on a bedrock of democracy: election integrity.
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May 07, 2021
As Democrats prepare to run on an ambitious economic agenda, Republicans are working to caricature them as liberal extremists out of touch with voters' values.
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May 07, 2021
As Democrats prepare to run on an ambitious economic agenda, Republicans are working to caricature them as liberal extremists out of touch with voters' values.
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May 05, 2021
The sprawling legislation, known as H.R. 1, could result in lawsuits leading to a dozen Supreme Court cases, legal experts said.
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May 05, 2021
If the administration continues on this path, it will increase the odds of a catastrophic war.
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May 04, 2021
Most politicians are hypocrites. Voters tend not to care.
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May 04, 2021
Most politicians are hypocrites. Voters tend not to care.
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May 03, 2021
Should bipartisan talks stall, the Senate majority leader is exploring trying to use budget reconciliation to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants.
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May 02, 2021
Mr. Romney, a Utah Republican and an outspoken critic of former President Donald J. Trump, was booed and heckled as he addressed the Utah Republican state convention on Saturday.
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Apr 30, 2021
Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, told local news reporters that he believed making Washington, D.C., a state would require a constitutional amendment.
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Apr 30, 2021
Mr. Biden's visit to a Philadelphia Amtrak station is a message that his agenda includes plenty of money for traditional projects like railroads, bridges and tunnels.
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Apr 30, 2021
The minority leader joined Republicans in protesting a proposal to promote teaching about systemic racism and the consequences of slavery, saying it would indoctrinate students with "a slanted story."
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Apr 30, 2021
Lawmakers from both parties joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York in announcing a proposed bill to combat sexual assault in the military. The law would remove commanders from overseeing cases.
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Apr 30, 2021
The Senate majority leader also discusses the filibuster, Joe Manchin, and Democrats' plan for 2022
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Apr 29, 2021
President Biden spoke at a rally in Duluth on Thursday, thanking voters for electing the Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock to the Senate and pitching his plans for longer-term investments in the economy.
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Apr 29, 2021
We're finally on the cusp of a humane family policy.
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Apr 29, 2021
The lopsided vote was a reminder that bipartisan cooperation on public works projects is possible, but lawmakers in both parties said the spirit of compromise could be fleeting.
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Apr 29, 2021
Lawmakers in both parties insisted it was a sign of the potential for bipartisan cooperation on infrastructure.
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Apr 29, 2021
El presidente Biden presentó un tono esperanzador sobre la pandemia, y se hizo historia con dos mujeres en el estrado.
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Apr 29, 2021
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, has pushed for the legislation for years and finally has bipartisan support for the bill.
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Apr 29, 2021
The Senate majority leader, observing his own 100 days in charge, is responsible for turning sweeping Democratic plans into law.
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Apr 29, 2021
Bipartisanship is overrated.
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Apr 29, 2021
Competition with China, and containment of Russia, were the subtext of Mr. Biden's call for action. But casting the new struggle "democracy versus autocracy" oversimplifies what lies ahead.
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Apr 29, 2021
In his first address to Congress, President Biden made a case for vastly expanding the role of government — and taxing the wealthiest to pay for it.
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Apr 29, 2021
Bipartisanship is overrated, especially by senators (and former senators).
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Apr 29, 2021
President Biden addressed a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, calling for bold government action to address the nation's challenges.
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Apr 29, 2021
President Biden struck a hopeful tone on the pandemic, and history was made with two women on the dais.
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Apr 29, 2021
President Biden unveiled a major proposal to invest in education and families, describing it as "a blue-collar blueprint to build America."
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Apr 29, 2021
Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina delivered the Republican Party's rebuttal to President Biden's address to a joint session of Congress.
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Apr 28, 2021
Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina delivers the G.O.P. rebuttal to President Biden's remarks to a joint session of Congress.
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Apr 28, 2021
Under the cloud of a pandemic and an insurrection, a locked-down Capitol provided an unusual backdrop for President Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress.
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Apr 28, 2021
The president's costly proposals amount to a risky gamble that a country polarized along ideological and cultural lines is ready for a more activist government.
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Apr 28, 2021
President Biden addresses a joint session of Congress to mark his first 100 days in office.
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Apr 28, 2021
The president will speak before a reduced crowd in an unusual first address reflective of the moment.
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Apr 28, 2021
Democrats are hoping to remake the courts to counter the Trump administration's conservative push.
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Apr 28, 2021
Nobody, least of all people on the left, has anything to celebrate in the rise of activist industry.
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Apr 28, 2021
The president will speak before a reduced crowd in an unusual first address reflective of the moment.
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Apr 28, 2021
Mr. Scott has said he does not intend his rebuttal to be an excoriation of the president's agenda.
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Apr 28, 2021
Mr. Scott has said he does not intend his rebuttal to be an excoriation of the president's agenda.
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Apr 28, 2021
The president will speak before a reduced crowd in an unusual first address reflective of the moment.
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Apr 28, 2021
The president will speak before a reduced crowd in an unusual first address reflective of the moment.
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Apr 28, 2021
Nobody, least of all people on the left, has anything to celebrate in the rise of activist industry.
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Apr 27, 2021
Strict security and health restrictions will lend a surreal mood to President Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress, with only 200 people attending instead of the usual 1,600.
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Apr 27, 2021
The president will mark the nearly 100 days he has spent in the Oval Office by describing his efforts to vaccinate Americans and revive the economy.
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Apr 27, 2021
American politics needs more factions. The Republican senators floating populist proposals should forge one.
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Apr 27, 2021
Credit Suisse had admitted to helping American clients evade taxes in 2014 and was fined $2.6 billion, but it avoided even higher fines because of its vow that it had stopped the practice.
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Apr 27, 2021
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has fought for years to remove commanders from deciding assault cases. Now, more colleagues and a Pentagon panel agree.
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Apr 27, 2021
American politics needs more factions. The Republican senators floating populist proposals should forge one.
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Apr 26, 2021
Mr. Collins, a former Republican congressman and ardent defender of former President Trump, was seen as an experienced potential challenger to Senator Raphael Warnock or Gov. Brian Kemp.
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Apr 24, 2021
Not content with limiting voting rights, they are threatening the integrity of vote counting itself.
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Apr 22, 2021
Working to avoid being cut out of the process, they presented a $568 billion blueprint that is a fraction of the size of President Biden's proposal.
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Apr 22, 2021
The bipartisan vote was the first legislative action either chamber of Congress has taken to bolster law enforcement's response to rising attacks on the Asian-American community.
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Apr 22, 2021
The vote reflected broad support among Democrats. But Republican opposition could stall the measure in the Senate.
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Apr 22, 2021
The bipartisan vote amounts to the first legislative action either chamber of Congress has taken to bolster law enforcement's response to rising attacks on the Asian-American community.
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Apr 22, 2021
The vote reflected broad support among Democrats. But Republican opposition could stall the measure in the Senate.
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Apr 21, 2021
Republicans in the House, and Democrats in both chambers, are removing similar bans on lawmakers setting aside federal funding for individual projects in their communities.
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Apr 21, 2021
A bipartisan effort to change policing practices collapsed last summer after George Floyd's murder by a white officer. Can a "guilty" verdict and President Biden's call for action resurrect it?
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Apr 21, 2021
A bipartisan effort to change policing practices collapsed last summer after George Floyd's murder by a white officer. Can a "guilty" verdict and President Biden's call for action resurrect it?
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Apr 21, 2021
Ms. Gupta will oversee the department's vast civil division, which is tasked with defending the Biden administration in court, as well as its Civil Rights Division, which she once led.
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Apr 20, 2021
Democrats pushing a giant federal elections overhaul summoned leaders from the state, which has passed new voting restrictions, to spar over Republican efforts.
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Apr 20, 2021
The Big Cat Public Safety Act has been introduced before, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers hopes the public outcry from the Netflix documentary series will finally help it become law.
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Apr 20, 2021
Democrats pushing a giant federal elections overhaul summoned leaders from the state, which has passed new voting restrictions, to spar over Republican efforts.
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Apr 20, 2021
The vice president was my role model — and my friend.
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Apr 20, 2021
The Big Cat Public Safety Act has been introduced before, but a bipartisan group of lawmakers hopes the public outcry from the Netflix documentary series will finally help it become law.
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Apr 20, 2021
Stacey Abrams was the dominant witness as senators on the Judiciary Committee heard testimony from elected officials, academics and advocates at opposite ends of the partisan fight over voting rights.
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Apr 20, 2021
Stacey Abrams is expected to be the dominant witness as senators on the Judiciary Committee hear testimony from elected officials, academics and advocates at opposite ends of the partisan fight over voting rights.
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Apr 20, 2021
What's good for the online giant might be very bad for free competition and national cohesion.
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Apr 19, 2021
The 42nd vice president, who died Monday at 93, was recalled for his collaborative role in the Carter administration and his liberal advocacy.
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Apr 19, 2021
The Federal Reserve is proudly politically independent. That makes key discussions around climate change and racial inequity a balancing act.
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Apr 17, 2021
Republicans denounced the proposed overhaul as an attempt to mount a partisan takeover of what critics consider a moribund Federal Election Commission.
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Apr 15, 2021
The force's inspector general testified that a top official ordered officers not to use their most powerful anti-riot tools on Jan. 6 because of concerns they did not know how.
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Apr 15, 2021
Lawmakers and activists say more justices are needed to rebalance the court, but a top Democrat said any action would have to await the work of a new presidential commission.
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Apr 15, 2021
Democrats' push to quickly pass the legislation comes amid a sharp increase in reports of attacks targeting Asian-Americans.
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Apr 14, 2021
Kristen Clarke, the nominee for a top Justice Department role, vowed at her confirmation hearing to use legal tools to ensure ballot access.
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Apr 14, 2021
The vote, 92 to 6, could allow for final passage later this week, though an amendment process could be another roadblock.
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Apr 14, 2021
Defense lawyers have complained that some charges do not apply to what unfolded on Jan. 6, and one argues it will be impossible to get a fair trial in Washington.
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Apr 13, 2021
The session would lay out the president's plan after his first 100 days in office.
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Apr 13, 2021
Despite being tipped that "Congress itself is the target" on Jan. 6, Capitol Police were ordered not to use their most powerful crowd-control weapons, according to a scathing new watchdog report.
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Apr 13, 2021
The president's choice to set a firm date for a full withdrawal reflected a belief that the priorities of 2021 require moving on from policies set in 2001.
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