The Senate majority leader race is on. Or is it? Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is answering the calls of his Democratic colleagues who want new leadership when they take back control of Congress next year and is offering himself as an alternative to Charles E. Schumer.
At about 10:04 p.m. on Nov. 3, the Associated Press called the Texas Senate race for James Talarico. Roughly 16 minutes later, Ken Paxton conceded. The Republican attorney general had spent the better part of a year, in one of the most expensive Senate contests in American history, trying to hold a seat in a […]
Voters across the country rebuked President Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, producing a powerful blue wave in the first major electoral test since his sweeping victory in 2024. The results were expected in battleground states, but not in Texas, a longtime bastion of conservatism that has maintained a […]
“We have a bunch of gangsters, thugs, punks, thieves, and drug smugglers running the country.” These words were spoken to me 36 years ago by Richard Morse, owner of the Hotel Oloffson, as we looked down from a balcony at Port-au-Prince, the fetid capital of Haiti. The Oloffson, built in the 19th century as a […]
Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., has introduced articles of impeachment against President Trump, calling him "a clear and present danger to our nation’s constitution and our democracy."
Key tenants of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days include imposing harsh tariffs on Chinese imports and cracking down on border security amid a mass deportation initiative.
President Trump recently granted The Atlantic an interview – and seems to be attempting to court the left-of-center magazine's favor. Hell hath frozen over.
The federal government launched a probe Monday into allegations of race-based discrimination at Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review, the latest salvo in the battle over wokeness between the Republican administration and the famously left-wing campus.
A bill intended to target those who purchase teenagers of a certain age for sex is being challenged by Democratic California lawmakers, officials said.
Mexico agreed to provide water to South Texas farmers on Monday, just weeks after President Trump threatened to impose tariffs and sanctions against the neighbor to the south.
President Trump is mandating that truck drivers speak English before they hit the road with an executive order designed to "keep American families safe on the road."
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Monday barring males from female scholastic sports starting in sixth grade, joining a majority of states requiring students to compete based on sex at birth.
The House on Monday overwhelmingly passed a bill to combat revenge pornography, clearing the legislation endorsed by first lady Melania Trump for her husband's signature.
The University of Pennsylvania must erase transgender swimmer Lia Thomas from its women's record books or risk federal charges under a resolution agreement proposed Monday by the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.
President Trump on Wednesday endorsed five House Republicans for reelection after meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson to discuss the party's nascent effort to hold onto the House majority in the 2026 midterm elections.
