Democrats are grappling with how to take on Elon Musk and his unprecedented efforts to remake the federal government, with some favoring direct attacks on the tech mogul and others wondering if they should aim more at President Trump. Democrats have struggled to find their footing in the second Trump presidency, even as Trump has...
Republican senators say they want to convince President Trump to support their plan to take the lead on a budget reconciliation package when they meet with him at Mar-a-Lago on Friday. Republican senators say getting Trump to pick a side in the standoff between Senate and House Republicans over which chamber should move first on...
Never let them tell you that nothing ever changes in politics. In 1996, just 27 percent of American adults believed that the law should recognize same-sex marriages. A decade later, at about the time the U.S. Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage legal in all the land, support was at 46 percent, with the opposition still...
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has a clear lead in the Democratic primary for the New York City mayoral race this year before he’s entered the contest, according to a new poll. Cuomo, who has not confirmed that he is running but appears likely to join the race as soon as this month,...
Arab American and Muslim American leaders are blasting President Trump’s proposal to take over Gaza, warning that it’s antithetical to their beliefs and amounts to ethnic cleansing. The backlash comes after Trump made significant inroads among these groups’ voters in the November election, peeling them away from the Democratic Party, which has been their home...
Sen. John Fetterman announced that he will vote against confirming former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to serve as DNI and against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as HHS secretary.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit four countries, including Israel, in the Middle East next week – a few days after President Trump proposed the U.S. take over Gaza.
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other...
Saikat Chakrabarti, former chief of staff for Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who recently launched a campaign against Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was once pictured wearing a shirt that depicted a Nazi collaborator.
Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., along with Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kan, are sponsoring a bill to adjust the Free Application for Federal Student Aid qualification requirements to halt an unfair disadvantage for farm families.