Tag: United States Politics and Government

The Vanishing Moderate Democrat

But many other moderate Democrats viewed its passage, coming as late as it did, as a Pyrrhic victory…

Trump Aides Watch Testimony and Brace for Damage

WASHINGTON — Devastating new testimony by a former White House aide describing a president desperately clutching to power,…

A President Untethered

WASHINGTON — He flung his lunch across the room, smashing the plate in a fit of anger as…

The Jan. 6 Committee Produces a Very Special Episode

The Jan. 6 committee’s hearings have a lot in common with scripted TV mini-series: narrative, editing — even…

Biden’s Health Secretary: ‘No Magic Bullet’ for Preserving Abortion Access

WASHINGTON — As Democrats and reproductive rights advocates clamored for President Biden to forcefully counter the Supreme Court’s…

Cassidy Hutchinson, Meadows Aide, Expected to Testify at Jan. 6 Hearing

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is expected to hear public…

Federal Agents Seized Phone of John Eastman, Key Figure in Jan. 6 Plan

Federal agents armed with a search warrant have seized the phone of John Eastman, a lawyer who advised…

Biden Irked by Democrats Who Won’t Take ‘Yes’ for an Answer on 2024

WASHINGTON — Earlier this month, when Senator Bernie Sanders said he would not challenge President Biden in 2024,…

Mitch McConnell’s Court Delivers

WASHINGTON — When Speaker Nancy Pelosi refers to the Supreme Court as the “Trump-McConnell” court, she does not…

Jan. 6 Panel Abruptly Sets Tuesday Hearing on ‘Recently Obtained Evidence’

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on Monday abruptly scheduled a hearing for…

In California, a Republican congressman who voted to impeach Trump survives his primary.

Representative David Valadao, a Republican running in a strongly Democratic district in California’s Central Valley, will face off…

How Democrats and Republicans explained the Roe fallout on Sunday talk shows.

On the first weekend after the Supreme Court overturned nearly five decades of constitutional abortion rights, Democrats seized…