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Joe Manchin, at the apex of his power, finds few allies in his quest for bipartisanshipThe senator from West Virginia has spent decades trying to bridge partisan divides, but many of his efforts are coming up short in today’s Washington.Read complete article
Joe Manchin, at the apex of his power, finds few allies in his quest for bipartisanshipThe senator from West Virginia has spent decades trying to bridge partisan divides, but many of his efforts are coming up short in today’s Washington.
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‘We don’t want you here’: Sen. Ron Johnson is booed at Milwaukee’s Juneteenth celebrationThe Wisconsin Republican had originally objected to making Juneteenth a federal holiday, arguing against the cost of an additional day off for federal workers. He later relented.
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National security adviser Jake Sullivan says preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapon is ‘paramount priority’ for United StatesIn appearances on the Sunday morning news shows, Sullivan also weighed in on the North Korean nuclear issue and Biden’s meeting with Putin.
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The state of play on voting rights in CongressSenate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he'll bring legislation to the Senate floor, even though it seems destined to fail.
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The GOP’s gaslighting on Biden, Putin and TrumpIn their quest to pitch Biden as weak on Russia, Republicans are attacking pretty much everything they ignored about Trump.
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39 senators who now support changing or eliminating the filibuster previously opposed doing soFor years, Senate Democrats supported efforts to preserve the legislative filibuster. Now some of those same Senate Democrats are considering eliminating it.
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The push for LGBTQ civil rights stalls in the Senate as advocates search for Republican supportHopes of passing a capstone expansion of rights, the Equality Act, have run aground amid GOP concerns about religious freedom and broader attacks on transgender rights.
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Vance Trimble, who won Pulitzer Prize by exposing congressional corruption, dies at 107He unearthed nepotism and self-serving financial dealings in 1959 and later published best-selling biographies.
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Risks and rewards: The summer that could define the Biden presidencyHe faces big challenges and hard decisions on infrastructure, voting rights and the pandemic, testing liberals’ loyalty and whether bipartisanship is possible.
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Biden struggles to sell democracy abroad when it faces challenges at homeThe president has made promoting democracy central to his role on the world stage. That’s complicated by events in the United States stemming from falsehoods about the last election.
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The state of play on voting rights in CongressSenate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he'll bring legislation to the Senate floor, even though it seems destined to fail.
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Republicans, spurred by an unlikely figure, see political promise in targeting critical race theoryChristopher Rufo, once a documentary filmmaker, has become a go-to activist for the GOP in a political fight over race.
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Biden urges more Americans to get vaccinated but is silent on July 4 targetThe president touts 300 million shots in arms but sidesteps goal of getting one shot to at least 70 percent of adults by the holiday.
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Biden, deeply Catholic president, finds himself at odds with many U.S. bishopsThe president is an observant Catholic — regularly attending Mass, crossing himself and using rosary beads. He’s also a liberal, and that’s stirring up the Catholic bishops fighting cultural battles within the church.
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America has gotten older since 2010 — which is a bigger deal than it soundsWe're at the start of a long-term trend in which America gets increasingly gray.
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State abortion policies have become more extreme — without Roe v. Wade, the divide could widenPro- and anti-abortion legislation has become stronger over the past two decades, an indication of what the country would look like without the 1973 precedent.
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Mike Lindell has become the platonic ideal of a Trump supporterFrom indifferent to devoted in just four short years.
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Biden marks milestone of 300 million coronavirus vaccination shots in 150 daysCoronavirus cases and restrictions are receding, but the nation risks falling short of Biden’s goal of administering at least one vaccination shot to 70 percent of adults by July 4.
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The GOP’s gaslighting on Biden, Putin and TrumpIn their quest to pitch Biden as weak on Russia, Republicans are attacking pretty much everything they ignored about Trump.
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A family affair: Children and other relatives of Biden aides get administration jobsAlthough President Biden has promised not to hire his own family, some ethics experts are disappointed that he hasn’t done more to shift from the nepotism and cronyism practiced under Donald Trump.
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39 senators who now support changing or eliminating the filibuster previously opposed doing soFor years, Senate Democrats supported efforts to preserve the legislative filibuster. Now some of those same Senate Democrats are considering eliminating it.
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The slow-building conservative effort to turn Ashli Babbitt into a martyrWe saw the video of Babbitt's death almost instantly. But it's only now that the idea it was unjust is truly catching on.
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The far right rushes to embrace Tucker Carlson’s FBI-Capitol riot conspiracy theoryObviously dubious claims are more palatable than the obvious reality.
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