Former House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (D-Mass.) is often credited with observing that “all politics is local.” Relatedly, “all politics is personal.” The art of governing is people interacting with people to get things done — whether it’s members of Congress interacting with their constituents on local problems or with their House colleagues on national...

A Chicago-based publishing house will offer free e-books focused on Black history after the College Board revised its Advanced Placement African American studies course earlier this month. And Haymarket Books has Florida, specifically, in its sights. The College Board’s revisions came after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) refused to allow the class in Florida high schools. In the revised course,...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday said she sees the possibility of “significantly” easing inflation in the U.S. economy, even as the government deals with the ramifications of reaching its borrowing limit and as economists worry about a potential recession. “You don’t have a recession when you have 500,000 jobs and the lowest unemployment rate...

A record number of Americans now say they are worse off since President Biden took office, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll.

The Chinese spy flight crisis subtly revealed that a backchannel exists enabling officials in the highest levels of the U.S. and Chinese governments to speak during emergencies.

The White House would not say whether President Biden has any concerns about potential intelligence taken by the Chinese spy flight is in Beijing's hands.

Democratic Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, a rumored Senate candidate, announced she and her husband of 12 years are divorcing.

Democrats overwhelmingly oppose President Biden running for office again in 2024, according to two polls released this week. Biden has insisted he "intends to run."

Twitter flagged a tweet Sunday from President Biden that claimed Republicans threatened to cut Social Security and Medicare – a popular White House notion on the debt ceiling.

House GOP lawmakers sent Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin a letter demanding answers on funding going to colleges that have CCP-linked entities operating on campus.