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Biden team’s central 2024 message paints Trump as ‘threat to democracy’: report

President' Biden's campaign team will lean into former President Trump as a "threat to democracy" as one of its central campaign messages, according to a report.

White House unveils strict hydrogen regulations in victory for environmentalists

The Biden administration proposed Inflation Reduction Act guidance, significantly restricting which kind of hydrogen power will receive generous tax incentives.

Biden commutes sentences for 11 convicted of drug crimes, targeting ‘unjustified disparities’

President Biden announced Friday his decision to provide pardons to nearly a dozen non-violent drug offenders in an effort to "advance equal justice" and "address racial disparities."

Menendez blocks 2 Biden nominees over frustration with border negotiations

Sen. Bob Menendez, accused of a bribery scheme to benefit the Egyptian government, blocked two Senate agriculture-related nominations before holiday recess.

Most memorable political gaffes and blunders of 2023

America's polticians on both sides of the aisle provided a plethora gaffes throughout 2023. Here are some of the most memorable.

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

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...

Washington watchdog gets victory in Trump Colorado disqualification case

A Washington nonprofit that has filed numerous ethics complaints and launched in-depth investigations into former President Trump was a key player in the case that got him kicked off the Colorado ballot. In a stunning decision, Colorado’s highest court ruled this week that Trump was disqualified from running for president for his role in inciting...

California, New York in danger of seeing House delegations shrink further

California and New York could see their House delegations shrink on the basis of population trends, while delegations in the South could grow, according to an analysis of recent U.S. census data. The analysis by the Brennan Center projected that California would lose four of its 52 congressional districts in reapportionment, the once-in-a-decade process in...

New Speaker Johnson’s budget strategy stretches US response in Middle East

House Speaker Johnson’s (R-La.) funding strategy is threatening to stretch the U.S military as it responds to heightened tensions with Iran and its proxies in the Middle East. Johnson’s proposal last month for a stopgap funding bill for the Defense Department, set to expire on Feb. 2, means Pentagon spending is frozen at the previous...

Biden kept at distance from McConnell on border deal talks

President Biden has kept a distance from Senate negotiations on a border deal critical to securing congressional aid to Ukraine, even as GOP lawmakers repeatedly called for him to enter the talks. The handling of the talks is now raising eyebrows in Washington, particularly among Republicans who suspect the White House did not want Biden...

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