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The son of Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers has written a perceptive, fascinating, and rather sad book about his lonely life as the child of violent revolutionaries.
Over hours on and around the chamber’s floor, the speaker and fellow Republican leaders cajoled holdouts on a surveillance bill, a farm policy bill and funding for DHS.
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.
A Post-ABC-Ipsos poll shows most Americans call the military action a mistake, even as Republicans remain strongly supportive. Many fear the conflict will lead to a recession.
Hours after Maine Gov. Juliet Mills announced her surprise exit from the U.S. Senate race, Republicans in the state could barely contain their glee over the prospect of GOP Sen. Susan Collins facing the Democrats' new all-but-certain nominee: Grah…
In an excellent new biography of Rasputin, British military historian Antony Beevor argues that perception can be a more powerful shaper of world events than reality.
President Donald Trump's demand that Republican-led states redraw their congressional maps to help his party retain control of Congress in November's midterm elections has triggered a national battle over redistricting.
Liberals say they want a fighter. But a popular governor who clashed with the president failed to catch fire in Maine’s Senate race.
And J. D. Vance less and less
Trump joked he'd look 20 pounds heavier in a bulletproof vest but acknowledged the protection works after a Secret Service agent was shot in D.C.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared before Congress at a pair of hourslong hearings this week for the first time since the Trump administration went to war against Iran, with the Pentagon chief facing tough questions from skeptical Democrats and e…
The oysterman outlasted the governor, and doesn't plan to switch strategies for the general election.
The DOJ sued New Jersey over laws allowing illegal aliens to receive in-state tuition and financial aid, arguing they discriminate against citizens.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla had a ceremonial farewell at the White House before attending a block party in Front Royal, Va.
For a brief moment this weekend, the president appeared introspective.
The War Powers Act requires that the Trump administration seek lawmakers’ consent to continue hostilities beyond 60 days, a time limit that expires Friday.
While the defense industry has announced plans to make more munitions, much of that expanded production will not quickly kick in.
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…
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
Gov. Jeff Landry (R) issued an order pausing next month’s primaries until lawmakers can approve a new map, which could help the GOP gain one or two seats in the state this fall.
This weekend’s failed attack highlighted a risk that often goes unspoken.
Conservatives want to police how we talk about Trump—while excusing how the president talks about everyone else.
The court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais takes the teeth out of the Voting Rights Act, making it nearly impossible to draw new minority districts.
President Trump signed a bill ending a record-setting 75-day DHS funding lapse, though ICE and Customs and Border Protection remain unfunded.
Trump’s fondness for Charles at times appeared to tip over into envy.
President Donald Trump said he would be open to Iran participating in the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, suggesting the decision ultimately rests with soccer's governing body despite tensions between the two countries.
Senator Ron Wyden secured an agreement to seek the declassification of a recent intelligence court ruling about the FISA Section 702 program.
Vice President Kamala Harris, a former US senator from California who previously served as the state's attorney general, could be the first Black woman and Asian American to lead a major party ticket after receiving President Joe Biden's support t…
President Donald Trump said the United States has "militarily decapitated" Iran and sharply criticized major news coverage from The New York Times and CNN, accusing the outlets of portraying Iran as gaining the upper hand in the conflict.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune has resisted President Donald Trump’s pleas to kill the filibuster, but Republicans circumvented it to try to fund immigration enforcement agencies.
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin faced pressure to release the DNC's 2024 autopsy report after giving mixed signals about the document's future on "Pod Save America."
Trump is focused on becoming one of history’s “great men.”
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., expressed disappointment with Gov. Jeff Landry's decision to proceed with the state's U.S. Senate primary while suspending U.S. House primaries in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision invalidating Louisiana's redrawn …
Vice President JD Vance and Sen. Ted Cruz make stops in Iowa this week, fueling 2028 presidential speculation ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
China might have-but wouldn't want Washington to know.
As an energy shock looms, a new book reframes recession as the product of historical circumstance, not cyclical inevitability.
Nicole Saphier, Trump’s third pick for the role, is a radiologist and longtime Fox News contributor. Means’s nomination stalled as some Republicans questioned her credentials and stance on vaccinations.
The platforms, which have gained scrutiny recently, allow people to place bets on future events such as election results. The ban also applies to Senate staffers.
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How fear, misinformation, and myth came to define the world’s worst nuclear accident.
A prominent Republican super PAC is warning that the GOP is at risk of losing its Senate majority in the 2026 midterm elections.
Iona Italia talks to writer Freya India about her book 'Girls: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything.'
Dr. Casey Means is blaming Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, for killing her nomination to be surgeon general.
Trump won't be pleased with the Fed chair's announcement, but the president has no one to blame but himself for the developments.
Americans have soured on the projects, polls show, and the sentiment is profoundly bipartisan. How that will change our politics?
Maine governor Janet Mills announced Thursday morning that she is suspending her bid for the U.S. Senate, setting the stage for a general-election matchup between oyster farmer and veteran Graham Platner and five-term Republican senator Susan Coll…
The exit of Gov. Janet Mills kicked off the general election early in what is likely to be one of the most important, expensive and combative Senate races of 2026.
Democrats could spread out minority voters who are reliable supporters to help capture more seats. But doing so would reduce minority representation in the House.
Gov. Tim Walz sparked sharp criticism from Minnesota Republicans after addressing the state's fraud scandal in his final State of the State speech.
The top Senate Democrat and the Maine contender had what was described as a cordial conversation despite Schumer’s backing of his primary opponent.
Louisiana's May congressional primaries were suspended after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling struck down a majority Black congressional district map.
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Trump’s Iran messaging seems desperate.
Fareed explains why AI's massive energy demands are straining the power grid, but also why AI could enable big breakthroughs in sustainability and clean energy.
A majority of the justices declared that dividing voters by race is 'odious to a free people.'
Each district drawn that used race is now unconstitutional.
If the evidence is as strong as the grand jury found probable cause to believe, then the SPLC must be taken down brick by brick.
Republicans sliced Nashville into three G.O.P.-leaning congressional districts in 2022. After the Supreme Court decision on voting rights, Memphis could be next.
Gadi Taub discusses Israel’s war aims, Iran’s nuclear threat, the legacy of Oslo, and how postmodern ideas have shaped Western foreign policy.
A spending bill unveiled by the GOP-led House Appropriations Committee for fiscal year 2027 takes aim at federal firearms regulations, including eliminating National Firearms Act registration requirements for suppressors and short-barreled rifles,…
Senators voted unanimously to prohibit betting practices in the chamber after some users made hundreds of thousands of dollars online by accurately predicting U.S. military actions.
Follow President Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
The president is safe after chaos at the Washington Hilton, and a suspect is reportedly in custody.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
GOP lawmakers in South Carolina seek to strip funding from the state's only public HBCU after it rescinded GOP Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette's invitation to speak at commencement ceremony.
Tragicomic scenes from reparations-based medicine.
The secretary was also questioned over civilian deaths, an accusation of antisemitic remarks and women in combat.
Chris Larsen, who hails from California, plans to spend $3.5 million to help Alex Bores, a New York congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over A.I. regulation.
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After all these years, the Communist Party is still handcuffed to its American rival, and it is unable to break free.
The extraordinary career of Oxford historian Avi Shlaim.
New York is closing in on a budget deal that would impose the state's broadest restrictions to date on local cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The high court a decade ago explicitly overturned the legal standard that prosecutors are now citing to charge Comey with threatening President Trump.
In naming only an interim successor as acting attorney general, President Trump has established even greater incentives to execute his most extreme demands, current and former officials say.
In the wake of the Republican National Convention earlier this month, Fareed speaks with historian Niall Ferguson about how and why the modern-day GOP has changed since the Reagan era of the 1980s.
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he will remove a 10% tariff on Scottish whisky, delivering a win for U.S.-U.K. trade ties following this week's White House visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune faces criticism for prioritizing Senate customs over passing the Save America Act sought by 95% of GOP voters.
By enacting the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into provincial law, B.C. effectively handed veto power over policy-making to First Nations lobbyists.
Barack and Michelle Obama commissioned 30 artists to create work for their campus, which starts visitor previews next week on the South Side of Chicago.
Florida’s state constitution prohibits redrawing maps for political advantage.
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.
As Trump pushes for a more Republican-friendly House map, more than half a dozen states are potential targets for mid-decade tweaks to congressional boundaries.
After the Supreme Court limited the Voting Rights Act, Johnson said states should consider redrawing House maps before the midterms. New boundaries would help the GOP.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent closed out Financial Literacy Month by hosting a fair for over 50 D.C. students with games, booths and vault tours.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, broke with GOP leaders Thursday and voted to advance a war powers resolution on Iran, becoming the first Senate Republican to flip on the question.
The shooting at the Correspondents’ Dinner made clear who gets saved first.
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…
Parents testified before a Senate committee that AI chatbots manipulated their children into self-harm, fueling passage of the GUARD Act.
Amid the great uncertainties produced by the Iran War, some likelihoods have begun to emerge.
Wyoming city councilman Troy Bray draws criticism after posting that the state should "hang bad judges" following a ruling blocking an abortion ban.
Thomas Massie is one of the few Republicans who is unafraid of President Trump.
The Republican redistricting effort backfires.
As Dr. Anthony Fauci's right-hand man, David Morens, was charged this week with conspiracy and destruction of federal records in the COVID-19 cover-up
Mark Sanford abandons his run to reclaim his old South Carolina congressional seat, announcing plans to launch a nonprofit focused on reducing U.S. debt.