Politics

Poll of the week: A Quinnipiac University poll finds that President Joe Biden’s job approval rating stands at 52% to a disapproval rating of…

The Republican governor of Arkansas, who had previously supported Donald Trump‘s reelection bid, said Sunday that he would not back the former…

“O Gertrude, Gertrude,” King Claudius says to his wife in Act IV of Hamlet. “When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in…

With Congress already battling over hiking the minimum wage to $15 an hour, President Joe Biden likely raised a few eyebrows when he recently said…

President Joe Biden visited former Sen. Bob Dole Saturday afternoon, according to the White House, after the longtime Kansas senator announced…

When Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis ran for President against George H. W. Bush in 1988, he made competence one of his major campaign themes.…

Former President Donald Trump will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, next Sunday, according to a source…

When Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis ran for President against George H. W. Bush in 1988, he made competence one of his major campaign themes.…

Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States are at the lowest level since early November, when a fall surge in cases and deaths was picking up…

To Shannon Burns, the betrayal that local Republicans felt when Ohio State wide receiver-turned-Republican-congressman Anthony Gonzalez voted to…

Sen. Bernie Sanders argued Saturday that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour isn’t “incidental” to the federal budget, despite…

As far as Jill Biden is concerned, there isn’t necessarily going to be one “first lady platform,” or even two or three. A month…

It’s not supposed to look this easy. A little more than one month since President Joe Biden entered office, his cornerstone legislative…

President Joe Biden pronounced to world leaders Friday that “America is back,” promising that he would position the country to take a…

Look, it’s bad enough to leave the country for a resort town when a) you’re a United States senator and b) your state is dealing with…

The US will be taking a series of steps to respond to the devastating SolarWinds cyber hack and hold accountable those responsible in “short…

A Pennsylvania police officer is facing criminal charges after posting a video of himself fighting with other officers during the US Capitol…

The Department of Defense Inspector General will investigate the decision to house US Space Command headquarters at Redstone Arsenal in Hunstville,…

An Arkansas state lawmaker, who is the nephew of Gov. Asa Hutchinson and was expected to run for governor next year, said he is leaving the…

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced Friday he will vote against Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the director of the Office of…

Speaking on television last week, Dr. Anthony Fauci predicted April would be “open season” for receiving the coronavirus vaccine, welcome…

The Justice Department unsealed an indictment Friday tying together nine alleged associates of the right-wing Oath Keepers in the largest…

Barring any surprises at his Senate confirmation hearing next week, Judge Merrick Garland appears poised to become President Joe Biden’s first…

Twenty-five migrants who had been forced to stay in Mexico crossed the US border in San Diego on Friday, the first group to arrive in the country as…

While Sen. Ted Cruz was dealing with the fallout from his trip to Cancun, two of his Democratic political nemeses — Beto O’Rourke and…

US District Court Judge Esther Salas said that a gunman who killed her son and wounded her husband in 2020 had also set his sights on Supreme Court…

This week, all eyes have been on Texas. An unprecedented winter storm left 4 million people without power across the state, and put nearly half of…

Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory dissected the state of the GOP on his radio show Thursday for over an hour without mentioning the name of its…

President Joe Biden said on Friday that he plans to travel to Texas but does not want a presidential trip to put any additional strain on a state…

Georgia voting rights groups are denouncing a sweeping voting bill introduced this week by Republican state legislators as a “direct attack on…

House investigators have received the first batch of documents they requested from the FBI and intelligence agencies as part of their ongoing probe…

Sen. Lindsey Graham is heading to Mar-a-Lago this weekend to meet with Donald Trump in hopes of bridging a growing rift in the top echelon of the…

Senior Republicans are split over how to treat former President Donald Trump, with the No. 2 House Republican making a personal pilgrimage to visit…

The United States on Friday officially rejoined the Paris Agreement, a landmark global climate accord, fulfilling a campaign promise President Joe…

The White House is working to quickly fill the vacant seats on the Postal Service Board of Governors. “President Biden has made clear his…

US Capitol Police have told lawmakers that the razor wire fencing around the Capitol should remain in place until at least September due to lingering…

The respite center for migrants in McAllen, Texas, used to be a nightclub. Now it’s a shelter run by Catholic Charities. Where there used to be…

When Joe Biden last addressed the Munich Security Conference two years ago, he made a promise to a packed-in crowd at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof.…

The respite center for migrants in McAllen, Texas, used to be a nightclub. Now it’s a shelter run by Catholic Charities. Where there used to be…

The United States officially rejoined the landmark international accord to limit global warming known as the Paris Agreement on Friday. Hours after…

Americans should be able to expect a few simple things from their politicians: Tell the truth, don’t be a hypocrite, keep the lights on and the…

President Joe Biden will unveil a $2 billion US contribution to a global coronavirus vaccine initiative when he speaks with the leaders of the…

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is facing backlash for traveling to Mexico as a winter disaster ravages his home state, has repeatedly criticized…

A cluster of election officials around the country have lost or left their jobs in recent weeks, as the fallout from the tumultuous 2020 election…

Two images that have been circulating on social media capture the culture and government of Texas to a T. One is a drone video showing Stateline…

Sen. Ted Cruz said that flying to Cancun, Mexico, as a winter disaster in his home state left millions without power or water “was obviously a…

The multiple crises gripping the US — from a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic to a deadly winter storm that left millions of Texans without heat and…

The Pentagon opened the door to the possibility of sending more American troops to the Middle East as part of a newly expanded NATO training mission…

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has added a prominent former prosecutor to bolster its team investigating possible fraud claims…

In a significant move to jumpstart diplomacy, the Biden administration said Thursday that the US is willing to sit down for talks with Tehran and…

When the Polar Vortex descended on the central US and weather turned brutally cold in Omaha, Nebraska, in recent days, the local utility company…

Six US Capitol Police officers have been suspended with pay, and 29 others have been placed under investigation, for their actions in the January 6…

Republican senators are trying to stay out of the fray between former President Donald Trump and their leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell. With Trump…

A Manatee County, Florida, commissioner broke protocol for equitable vaccine distribution, which she had previously voted in favor of, when planning…

Sen. Ted Cruz and his family flew to Cancun, Mexico, he confirmed in a statement to CNN, as a winter disaster in his home state left millions without…

As Tehran prepares to ban short notice inspections of its nuclear sites in what will be its most egregious violation of the Iran nuclear deal to…

Bob Dole, the longtime US senator from Kansas and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, announced Thursday that he has an advanced form of lung…

The extreme weather in parts of the country, including a hard-hit Texas, is causing delays in Covid-19 vaccine shipments and deliveries, White House…

Members of the Maine Republican Party state committee are condemning “in the strongest possible terms” Republican Sen. Susan…

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is rolling out new guidelines that would curtail enforcement measures, focusing more narrowly on immigrants…

The White House and congressional Democrats unveiled a sweeping immigration bill Thursday that would create an eight-year path to citizenship for…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans are seeking to deflect blame, misleadingly pointing to renewable energy sources including wind and solar…

Lawsuits involving Donald Trump tore apart the Supreme Court while he was president, and the justices apparently remain riven by him. For nearly four…

The acquittal of Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial speaks volumes about the moral fiber of the Republican senators who refused to abandon…