Former Vice President Dick Cheney first began his political career as an assistant during the Nixon administration.

The proposal was the idea of Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. He shopped it ...

Earlier this month, Democrats won decisively in the Virginia gubernatorial election. The party’s triumph in the state was ...

If you have ever wondered what "GOP" means in reference to politics, you are not alone. The term is a nickname for a ...

The government shutdown is over, after Congress passed a deal Wednesday that funds the government through the end of January.

Sen. Tim Kaine said Sunday he doesn't see the present funding impasse in terms of politics, insisting what Democrats are ...

President John F. Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, is running for Congress. What is his political affiliation? Here's what we know.

Convert it into a museum: Saikat Chakrabarti, a Democrat who’s running for retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s seat in California, suggested turning the ballroom into a Smithsonian-run museum. If elected, he ...

On Tuesday, the first act in the story of Donald Trump’s remarkable political resurrection comes to a close. The statewide contests in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as some other races around ...

You can’t find many clichés hoarier than Tip O’Neill’s rule that “all politics is local.” A truism is supposed to be true, ...

Morris Katz is a 26-year-old political strategist who wants to take the Democratic party in a new direction. Leila Fadel talks to him about the candidates he's backing and his vision for the future.

Moderator of Meet the Press Kristin Welker joins TODAY to break down the political significance of the indictment of former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton. She also breaks down what to ...