Matt Gaetz as attorney general sounds like a liberal’s worst nightmare. But the reality is a little different
Trump’s nominee has been quietly working across the aisle for years on a specific set of policies. Andrew Feinberg speaks to ...
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Hakeem Jeffries wins reelection as House Democratic leader despite party's losses
In line to become the House speaker, Jeffries of New York remains the highest ranking Black elected official in Congress, and ...
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Chris Murphy Wants Democrats to Break Up With Neoliberalism
Elected to the House in 2006, then to the Senate in 2012, the liberal Murphy was an early supporter of the Affordable Care ...
LGBTQ Philadelphians are speeding up gender-affirming care and seeking legal advice before Trump takes office
People fear a cascade of losses: marriage equality, adoption rights, anti-discrimination laws ensuring jobs and housing, ...
Under the Dome: House GOP overrides veto, elects incoming speaker and votes to shift power
Good morning and welcome to the Under the Dome newsletter. I’m Emily Vespa. Tuesday was a whirlwind in state politics as ...
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Trump has called for dismantling the Education Department. Here's what that would mean
Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump heaped scorn on the federal Department of Education, describing it as ...
Republican’s effort to block first transgender House member from using women’s bathrooms brings campaign issue to the Capitol
On one side of the Capitol, Republican Rep. Nancy Mace vowed to “stand in the way” of Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, ...
Harris lost to Trump. She may have one last chance to defy him.
Fresh from a devastating loss to Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris may now head to Capitol Hill to defy him in what ...
Opinion: I am braced for the horror of Trump 2.0
But now, with Trump, we will once again have a chief executive who has consistently behaved in a subservient manner toward a ...
JENNIFER MEDINA: For minority working-class voters, dismay with Democrats led to distrust
In scores of interviews throughout 2024, Latino, Black and Asian American voters, many of whom voted for Donald Trump, said ...
House Republicans support proposal banning bathroom access for 1st transgender member
A resolution proposed Monday by GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina would prohibit any lawmakers and House employees from ...
Oklahoma group files petition to bring open primaries to a vote
A petition was filed this week for State Question 835, a chance for Oklahomans to vote for open primaries. If passed, State Question 835 would allow all Oklahomans to receive the same ballot during ...