When the U.S. government presents its case in court against former President Donald J. Trump, the best way for voters to hear each side’s version of the truth is to allow millions of Americans into the room where it...
Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. That sums up the mood as the political campaigns brace for what could be a game changer when the Supreme Court announces its ruling on the constitutionality of Obamacare. The...
Want proof that tighter gun laws work, and that mostly Republican governors and Democratic legislators can work together to buck the NRA and pass them? Check out his own Massachusetts, where gun deaths are down 60 percent since 1994,...
Republicans searching for an antidote to the Trump toxin have glommed onto impeachment, framing it as a Democratic deep state coup to unseat a conservative president. With the FBI raiding the home and office and hotel room of President...
A new select committee on climate is taking shape on Capitol Hill, spurred by the demand from incoming Democratic freshmen for a “Green New Deal” to accelerate the shift to clean energy by 2030. Newly elected Democrats lobbied hard...
Thanks to Congress, gun manufacturers are shielded against lawsuits, an extraordinary gift to a single industry and a tribute to the power that the National Rifle Association has over lawmakers.The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), passed...
Defying public-health guidelines and putting senators at risk to elevate a favorite judge to the second highest court in the land, Mitch McConnell behaves like a man who knows his time is running out. He’s already filled some 200...
After down-ballot Democrats blew it in the 2020 election, Republicans are salivating at the prospect of regaining power in just two years. Democrats thought concerns about health care and COVID-19 would ensure that they’d increase their advantage in the...
Republicans may be celebrating Texas’ draconian new abortion law, but not Glenn Youngkin, the wealthy newcomer to politics trying to win over Virginia’s suburban women as he runs for governor. Youngkin has been trying to change the subject since...
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was already held in favorable regard by the American public before the Supreme Court nominee sat for Senate confirmation hearings. But her popularity grew even more after the hearings, thanks to a tag team of...