President-elect Trump is headed for a battle over the debt limit with conservative lawmakers who are demanding steep cuts to federal spending that will significantly complicate Trump’s ability to pass his agenda next year. Thirty-eight House Republicans sent a warning to Trump last week by rejecting his demand to extend the nation’s borrowing authority for...

President-elect Donald Trump accused former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of "one of the dumbest political decisions made in years."

Kentucky lawmakers will reportedly consider legislation directly connecting parents to the gun crimes of their children.

Republicans will work to defend their fragile House majority in the 2026 midterm elections, but thanks to Trump's convincing 2024 victory, the GOP will enjoy some home-field advantage in key congressional races

Here is a very early look at the Democratic Party politicians considered to be potential 2028 presidential contenders in the next race for the White House.

From the reelection of a nonincumbent president to a sitting president bowing out of the presidential race due to mental incapacity, 2024 was an extraordinarily eventful year, and these pages documented and commented on it all. Below, we have compiled the 10 editorials that attracted the most readers in the year to help recall some […]

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States has died at the age of 100 and world leaders across the globe are expressing their condolences.

Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack, has died at the age of 105. Upton died Wednesday at a Los Gatos, California, hospital. He had pneumonia, Kathleen Farley, the California state chair of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors, said, according to The Associated Press. Upton was the last...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent a successful prostate removal surgery on Sunday, officials said. Netanyahu, 75, has had a series of health issues in recent years. His doctor, Ofer Grofit, the head of the urology department at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center, said in a video statement that Netanyahu’s procedure went well and there was...

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.), who famously cleaned up trash after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, said he is concerned that it is being “papered over.” Kim joined CNN’s Dana Bash Sunday for “State of the Union” where he reflected on that day as it nears the four-year anniversary. “I mean, we saw...