Newt Gingrich turned partisan battles into bloodsport, wrecked Congress, and paved the way for Trump’s rise. Now he’s reveling in his achievements.
We've lost faith in experts, but increasingly rely on strangers we meet online. Is it wise to replace long-evolved instincts at the click of a button?
Yeah, wages are going up -- for multimillionaires like Trump
The president's latest move against the Affordable Care Act puts Republicans in a political bind.
A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that Congress, the political parties and the media rank among the least-trusted U.S. institutions in the age of President Trump.
Some of the president’s top political backers have been paid by America First Action as well as the RNC and the president’s reelection campaign.
In 2016, violence broke out between anti-fascist protestors and neo-Nazis at a Sacramento, California neo-Nazi rally. Ten people were injured, five of them stabbed. Demonstrators battled with sticks, protest signs and other weapons as the...
The president’s latest moves on immigration and health care suggest his goal is not to fix the system, but to exacerbate turmoil for political gain.
Maybe the only way to save the Senate from its profound dysfunction is to let Mitch McConnell kill it first
"We have the unprecedented situation of one of the major political parties ... backing the president in showing and believing that he is above the law.”
The Working Families Party finds itself in what might be the most friendly political environment in its relatively short history, yet it's at war back home.
The Republican's tax bill would weaken the Johnson Amendment, which has kept religion out of politics
There’s no economic rationale against free education.
A soon-to-be-released plan would allow lesser-known candidates to share a stage with the party's lead contenders, at least at first.
Trump’s rhetoric in Montana was typical of his rallies: a marathon of aggrieved rants, divisive attacks, wild lies and weird asides that thrill his red MAGA-hatted, Women For Trump-waving, who-are-these-people? base.
Republicans—and some liberals—downplay the significance of the president’s outbursts. But his words are quietly radicalizing both the left and right, with untold consequences for the future of policy.
The Republican proposal will not only allow them to pass millions (or billions) to their heirs without inheritance taxes, it will also add another benefit on top of that.
For Trump and Sessions, it seemed, it was still 1968. They are waging traditional scare politics. But something unexpected happened on the way to the backlash.
As EPA chief, Pruitt was pure Trumpism. But Trumpism couldn’t save him.
Biden thinks he’s well positioned because after the shock of the Trump years, people want to go back to where we were. Wrong
The state of the union is strong. We know because it stopped Trump’s most authoritarian moves.
Gerrymandering. It’s become the embodiment of so many of the evils in the U.S. political system. Frustrated by the lack of competitive elections? Blame gerryman…
The progressive Working Families Party is facing what might be its weightiest decision since emerging on the New York political scene two decades ago. As early as this weekend, the party's New York state committee could vote to endorse Cynthia Nixon, the actress and activist challenging two-term Gov. Andrew Cuomo in September's Democratic primary.
Democrats will win big this fall (probably). But are they just repeating the mistakes of the Clinton-Obama era?
President Donald Trump owes millions to Deutsche Bank, which was one of five convicted banks that just saw its punishment waived by the Labor Department.
Twitter narrowly defines ‘you’ and ‘your’ attributes including sexual orientation, ethnicity, religious and political views, intelligence, happiness, use of addictive substances, parental separation…
Before his arrest, Haji Juma Khan worked with the CIA and the DEA while aiding the Taliban and trading tons of heroin and opium.
The company's reengagement with developer partners occurred just before a controversial proposal to increase the height of buildings in beach areas.
Tracking the creeping authoritarianism of Donald Trump
The issues of fake news are not only affecting the American political system
Walking past a farm on Martin Luther King Day in 2018, it’s hard to miss the huge dark blue silo that sits empty by this rural roadway. Small farms have
For the bill’s supporters, the legislation is a chance to show voters that it’s still possible to get things done in an often paralyzed Congress.
“This study is really an argument encouraging states to pass laws because they can work.”
EPA chief Scott Pruitt halted portions of rules protecting workers from pesticides over protests from advocates.
Top House Republican also received more than $1 million from drugmakers since 2007
We're explaining what we know about the dynamics of the new Congress, starting with the bigger, bolder incoming left flank.
Democratic senator says Congress has forgotten the ‘devastating impact of the financial crisis’ and vows to stop bill passing the Senate
William Ruckelshaus, the first and fifth EPA administrator, has been a fierce critic of Scott Pruitt.
