Redistricting in Louisiana could jeopardize the House Republicans' quest to keep the majority and knock a onetime rising GOP star out of Congress.

After a Manhattan jury's guilty verdict against former President Donald Trump, a chorus of Republicans are decrying the justice system and the trial, including some vulnerable lawmakers running for reelection in swing districts.

Maryland Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan cut a path all his own this week when he preemptively implored the public to "respect" the jury's verdict in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.

Eight Senate Republicans upset over former President Donald Trump's felony conviction are threatening to grind the Senate to a halt -- or at least make it more difficult for Democrats to get anything done.

New York City's rat-hating mayor has once again been ticketed for a rat infestation at his Brooklyn property.

The decision by a Manhattan jury to convict Donald Trump on 34 felony charges concocted by a partisan prosecutor has only underscored the importance of who will join the Republican ticket as the vice presidential nominee. The Thursday verdict has raised the specter that Trump may be imprisoned before Election Day and, at the very […]

Many Republicans call the actions of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, prosecuting on flimsy grounds the chief rival to the sitting president of Bragg’s own party, unprecedented, but a simple perusal of stores from around the third world shows this accusation against Bragg is false. At the website of Amnesty International, you’ll find this writeup […]

The Italian political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli famously mused in The Prince that although it is preferable to have both, it is better for a political leader to be feared rather than loved. A leader who is loved but not feared is easily taken advantage of, Machiavelli writes. But the fear of punishment is far stronger […]

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania — Despite having to admit he’d never seen the movie Slap Shot, the cult classic starring Paul Newman about a down-on-its-luck minor league hockey team in a dying factory town, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) literally was standing at the center of the rink where it was made as he pronounced himself bullish about this […]

Democrats are declaring war on the Supreme Court in anticipation of former President Donald Trump’s cases being ruled on and, potentially, Trump winning in November. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) was made the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee after Democrats pushed aside then Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) for not being ruthless enough for their […]