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In fiery remarks at the Pentagon, the defense secretary called the effort to remove him from office “sabotage.”
Republicans took a pounding on Tuesday that made past wave elections look like a mild drizzle by comparison. Just whatever you do, don't blame the Iran war.
Republican Rep. Ken Calvert defeated Rep. Young Kim in a rare GOP vs. GOP battle forced by California Gov. Gavin Newsom's redistricting in the midterms.
Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) called the allegations by an independent congressional office “insane” and “bogus.”
Trump says he may not endorse in the 2028 Republican Party presidential primary
Sam Wasson’s new Capra biography is a welcome corrective, but it goes too easy on the director and misreads his decline.
The defense secretary has indicated that he will fight accusations that he violated the Constitution and federal law.
Somehow I missed all the Republican candidates putting forward thoughtful solutions to our country’s coming financial problems.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has shown a willingness to endure a high price to get what he wants in Ukraine, and he sees little reason to stop fighting now, analysts say.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth, facing a House impeachment effort, delivers remarks at the first Pengton news conference since May, having focused on the Iran conflict and CENTCOM Strait of Hormuz blockade.
The charges accuse the defense secretary of illegally starting the war with Iran, directing extrajudicial killings and ignoring laws meant to minimize civilian casualties.
Justice Samuel Alito confirmed he has no plans to retire, but Democrats' Senate takeover raises stakes for the Supreme Court's conservative majority.
The photographer Peter Adams visited 15 presidential libraries, chronicling individual objects that offered insights about the men who have sat in the White House.
In the past two weeks, prosecutors in the capital have failed to secure indictments in at least three cases, an acceleration of the problems the Justice Department has had with grand juries.
In Henry VI, Shakespeare wrote, "Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends." Many today would like to chisel those words above the doors to the Supreme Court. Time and time again, justices waited too long for their own legacies.
The way Stephen Miller and other top officials speak about the president does not suggest that they are encouraged to give him candid, reality-based advice.
President Donald Trump is defending War Secretary Pete Hegseth as GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky targets the Pentagon chief for impeachment.
The data provide a misleading picture.
Democrats flipped legislative chambers in Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and other battleground states, creating trifectas that could reshape redistricting.
It’s a political remedy, not a legal one, so timing is up to Congress based on its assessment of the threat to national security and stability.
The president elevated Stephen Miller, the person behind Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown — and someone with a history of incendiary comments on immigration — to be his new chief of staff.
The Massachusetts senator said it is imperative that Democrats address economic pain after running campaigns that centered cost-of-living issues.
Schoolchildren will learn about Donald Trump more than a hundred years from now, but his successor will likely be a footnote and historical nobody.
Nothing short of being at the precipice, on the sharp edge between the world as it was and the world as it will be, ever seems able to describe the present in terms that adequately capture it.
There are important lessons here for any future president. But this administration's future will be shaped by the degree to which Mr. Trump understands the limits to his powers of persuasion and shifts to a more disciplined presidency.
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Expect administration personnel moves to be made with an eye toward fighting off Democratic-controlled committee subpoenas next year.
As US Special Envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello was sent to help return the country to civilian rule. Sudanese democrats say his choices empowered the very networks that buried it.
The department said Lyft and its drivers routinely deny rides to people who use stowable wheelchairs or travel with service animals. Lyft disputed the allegations.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
The justices did not seem ready to overturn a 1971 precedent that let individuals harmed by federal officers in violation of their constitutional rights sue for monetary damages.
It's not just a matter of resisting the siren call of woke. It is important for the Democrats to continue moderating on cultural issues in order to solidify their majorities and build as big a tent as possible in the years to come.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts.
Like the president's decision to go to war in Iran, it very likely will divide his supporters - again.
House Republicans uncovered alleged conflicts of interest involving federal prosecutors and failures by financial institutions that enabled Epstein's yearslong abuse.
Scott Colom's lead over Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) grew to nearly 2,600 votes Monday, a day before the deadline to count provisional ballots and receive absentee ballots.
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie introduced articles of impeachment alleging that the defense secretary “abused” his powers and “knowingly executed and implemented unlawful orders.”
The source of the funding that the Singapore-based company must need to run a business on the scale that it does is unknown.
Thomas Massie is reintroducing articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth, and the math suggests House Republicans may not be able to stop it.
The workings of a U.S.-controlled bank account shed light on how Washington manages Venezuelan revenue after capturing the country’s president.
The Lonely Wolf Killer in Polen and the Status Quo of Reality
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democr…
Of course, Schumer can't hang around forever; his pass-the-torch moment could come in two years when he's up for re-election.
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff push a NATO-like security guarantee for Ukraine as first trilateral Abu Dhabi talks tackle territory disputes.
If these projects come to fruition, Washingtonians will lose access to sports fields, fishing spots and other tent poles of everyday city life.
Unlearnable midterm lessons.
The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marria…
In an impromptu news conference, the president insisted negotiations are making progress.
Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore's former Army supervisor in Afghanistan says his claims of leading paratroopers in combat are "not truthful."
JD Vance may have many ambitions, but being the next Hubert Humphrey probably isn't one of them.
Two new books detail the workings of cults—from nineteenth-century Prussian heretics to the ‘rationalist’ Zizians of California
Lawmakers returned to Washington on Monday for several weeks before Democrats take control.
We treat every hour as preparation for some future payoff, but some of the best ways to spend a life accomplish nothing at all.
This New Right youth movement has so far produced little beyond warmed-over surliness and bombastic triumphalism that mimics the president’s exhausted affect.
The president has defended his defense secretary and called the impeachment drive the effort of “a stone cold loser.”
A U.S. Army unit in Germany is not sure what’s next as the Pentagon considers a major drawdown of forces in Europe.
Beijing may benefit more from the discovery of its (alleged) wrongdoing than from the wrongdoing itself.
New House Democrats say they haven't landed on a House speaker, possibly revealing internal party division over who gets to lead the conference.
Simon Sebag Montefiore’s sprawling 125-year history of the Middle East is flawed and overambitious but filled with eye-catching detail.
A lot of those people showed up and then did a protest vote because they wanted to send the message that they want out of this war.
With his Nobel Prize-winning climate model, William Nordhaus showed that a net-zero policy would be worse for human welfare than doing nothing at all.
President Trump’s media company said its third-quarter revenue tripled from the same time last year.
The former deputy mayor of Jerusalem on her family’s Sephardi history, 7 October, and why she wants Jewish students to study in Israel.
After Annie Andrews’s surprise victory in the Senate race, the Democratic Party is looking to 2028.
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For all the conciliatory noises Trump made in postelection interviews, his promotion of Miller speaks far louder.
The more than 500-mile stretch of road, cameras, vehicle barriers and sensors is planned in and around Big Bend National Park. It is one of the longest sections.
The making of John Boorman's misbegotten sequel to ‘The Exorcist’ and our fascination with creative failure.
It’s impossible to deny the connection between last week’s electoral disaster and voters’ disapproval of the Iran war.
Rick Scott says he won't back John Thune for Senate GOP leader without a specific plan for the lame duck session before Democrats take control.
The ballot measure would have levied a one-time 5 percent tax on the wealth of the state’s billionaires.
After an inconclusive election, Israel’s Arab parties hold the balance of power—but a renewed war with Iran may yet hand Netanyahu another chance.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
We are witnessing a 'shattering of Republicans' control of the states, said Will Rusche of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.
Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out.
Yesterday, a line from one of the principals at a new outfit dedicated to cultivating ‘a younger crop of America First-aligned lawmakers’ set me off.
After last week's midterm elections saw them lose at least seven Senate seats and the majority, some Republicans are pushing for a reckoning, saying the conference should stop and think about its future.