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Jul 24, 2026
The president initially backed a little-known congressman. Then he talked to Gov. Henry McMaster and Ms. Graham herself.
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Jul 24, 2026
Morris Katz helped Zohran Mamdani win, and then tried to do the same for Graham Platner. What has he learned?
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Jul 23, 2026
A White House spokeswoman said President Trump's patience was running thin. The top Senate Republican said she should try finding the votes.
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Jul 23, 2026
Senator Bill Cassidy, who is believed to hold the deciding vote in the Senate health committee for Dr. Erica Schwartz's confirmation, had declined for days to say whether he would back her.
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Jul 23, 2026
House Republicans narrowly passed two plans that would satisfy the Trump administration's funding demands for the war in Iran and its efforts to rebrand the Defense Department. But their prospects are far dimmer in the Senate.
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Jul 22, 2026
The criminal referral could provide a catalyst for a prosecution of Mr. Smith, who as special counsel became a top target of the president's retribution campaign.
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Jul 22, 2026
Democrats and Republicans are haggling about the Clarity Act, a major bill pushed by the crypto industry, as it moves closer to a Senate vote.
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Jul 22, 2026
Republican leaders muscled through resistance in their own ranks to approve the budget blueprint, but its prospects were far dimmer in the Senate.
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Jul 22, 2026
Jamieson Greer, the president's top trade negotiator, told the Senate that the United States remained intent on tariffs as it prepared to replace duties the Supreme Court struck down.
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Jul 22, 2026
Jamieson Greer, the president's top trade negotiator, told the Senate that the United States remained intent on tariffs as it prepared to replace duties the Supreme Court struck down.
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Jul 22, 2026
Times Opinion convened a panel of experts to help voters make sense of the race.
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Jul 21, 2026
Republicans managed to push through legislation to fund the government through Dec. 4. But with Democrats opposed, the stage is set for a broader battle.
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Jul 21, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday to request an additional $70 billion to fund the war and replenish weapons stockpiles.
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Jul 21, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requesting as much as $70 billion in emergency military spending after nearly five months of war.
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Jul 21, 2026
State Democrats released a ballot for their nominating convention on Saturday that includes Mr. Jackson and two long-shot candidates with little public support from delegates.
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Jul 21, 2026
Assuming he is confirmed by the full Senate as expected, Mr. Clayton will take command of the Office of National Intelligence from Bill Pulte, a housing official with little national security experience.
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Jul 21, 2026
Republicans claim that Olive Garden polices its Never-Ending Pasta Bowl more tightly than the United States does its elections. It's not that simple.
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Jul 21, 2026
The Pentagon seeks an additional $80 billion to cover the costs of the conflict and replenish depleted weapons stocks.
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Jul 21, 2026
Republicans claim that Olive Garden polices its Never-Ending Pasta Bowl more tightly than the United States does its elections. It's not that simple.
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Jul 21, 2026
Troy Jackson, who is set to become the party's nominee, also said in an interview that he was not sure he wanted the support of Senator Chuck Schumer in the general election.
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Jul 21, 2026
Troy Jackson, who is expected to become his party's nominee in the state's marquee Senate race, has long been an economic populist, but his positions on social issues have changed markedly over time.
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Jul 20, 2026
For the state's progressives, Graham Platner was tempting. Troy Jackson is tested.
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Jul 20, 2026
Ms. Graham, who filled her brother's Senate seat in South Carolina after his death, does not appear to have previous political experience. But she does have President Trump's endorsement.
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Jul 20, 2026
Republicans now face a worst-case political scenario of being asked to fund an unpopular war over which they have exercised little oversight.
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Jul 20, 2026
Mr. Jackson, who has emerged as the clear front-runner to replace Graham Platner, is a Republican turned Democrat who is seen as close to Mr. Platner on policy.
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Jul 20, 2026
There are important lessons in my state's Senate race.
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Jul 19, 2026
Troy Jackson, a progressive, solidified his clear edge in the contest to replace Graham Platner, as Shenna Bellows, Jordan Wood and Nirav Shah ended their bids.
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Jul 19, 2026
Troy Jackson, a progressive former State Senate president, showed signs of significant strength, as half the state's counties picked delegates to a convention where they will choose Graham Platner's replacement.
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Jul 18, 2026
The move by Cindy Burbank could clear a path for Dan Osborn, an independent candidate backed by her party's leadership. But Republicans have cried foul, and her effort could face obstacles.
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Jul 18, 2026
This week: the Todd Blanche hearing, Lindsey Graham's legacy and progressive infighting.
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Jul 18, 2026
The state's Democratic Party must pick Mr. Platner's replacement by the deadline of July 27.
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Jul 18, 2026
Graham Platner's campaign for Senate imploded last week. The activists who backed him are seeking a candidate to carry his populist message in the race against Republican Susan Collins.
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Jul 18, 2026
The Trump administration has recently sought to scale back sanctions as adversaries develop workarounds that some believe could erode the U.S. dollar's supremacy.
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Jul 17, 2026
The fund-raising race is tighter than it seems.
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Jul 17, 2026
Most G.O.P. lawmakers had little to say about the president's claims of election vulnerabilities, and he did not appear to move the needle on the voting restriction bill he championed.
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Jul 17, 2026
Markwayne Mullin reiterated the president's false claims about voting security while escalating the administration's legally questionable attempts to control state elections.
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Jul 17, 2026
What will the Republican Party look like after 2028?
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Jul 17, 2026
Voting-rights activists said the changes are a blatant attempt by G.O.P. leaders to make it harder for Black voters and students, who tend to vote for Democrats, to cast ballots this fall.
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Jul 16, 2026
Many of President Trump's attempts to curtail mail voting have been blocked by the courts. Before Trump, Republicans actually embraced absentee voting.
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Jul 16, 2026
Dozens of investigations, audits, recounts and court proceedings examined the 2020 election. None found the widespread voter fraud that President Trump claimed tilted the vote.
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Jul 16, 2026
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a key vote on confirmation, had demanded the acting attorney general meet with victims.
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Jul 16, 2026
A House panel approved the measure. But Republicans are divided over its size, cost and policy provisions, and many are concerned about the timing before the midterm elections.
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Jul 16, 2026
Ken Paxton, a Republican, has not debated in more than a decade. A showdown with James Talarico, a Democrat, could be a key moment in the hard-fought race.
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Jul 16, 2026
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina made the stipulation during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday for witnesses to discuss Mr. Blanche's nomination.
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Jul 16, 2026
In the first half of this year, Democrats raised more cash in every key Senate race except Iowa.
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Jul 16, 2026
The Texas attorney general and his trusts now hold at least 15 properties worth about $9 million.
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Jul 16, 2026
To prevail in Michigan's crucial Senate primary, Representative Haley Stevens will need to overcome Democratic voters' skepticism of Israel. Pro-Israel groups are spending heavily to help her.
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Jul 15, 2026
Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, may have the deciding vote on Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general. Even a single Republican "no" vote would block Mr. Blanche's nomination, and the senator said after Wednesday's meeting that he had not made up his mind.
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Jul 15, 2026
During his confirmation hearing, the acting attorney general refused to discuss the termination of an investigation into a commutation issued by President Trump.
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Jul 15, 2026
The party's leaders have a political experiment on their hands.
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Jul 15, 2026
Jay Clayton, President Trump's nominee to lead the nation's intelligence community, was repeatedly questioned by Democrat senators about the 2020 election during his confirmation hearing.
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Jul 15, 2026
To win, they'll have to convince Democrats at a July 25 convention that they're the best candidate to take on Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.
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Jul 15, 2026
Even a single Republican "no" vote would block Mr. Blanche's nomination from consideration by the full Senate, which could sink his confirmation.
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Jul 15, 2026
Dr. Erica Schwartz told senators in a confirmation hearing that she did not think Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or President Trump would ask her to do anything to hurt public health. Some senators were incredulous.
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Jul 15, 2026
Democratic candidates are hastily building bare-bones campaigns and forgoing traditional outreach like TV ads in a sprint to appeal to party delegates, rather than Maine voters.
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Jul 15, 2026
During his confirmation hearing, the acting attorney general refused to discuss the termination of an investigation into a commutation issued by President Trump.
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Jul 15, 2026
Democrats and gun control advocates are concerned that his comments about Check-Mate Industries, a company led by his mother-in-law that manufactures magazines, reveal a conflict of interest.
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Jul 15, 2026
Republicans should have the decency, patriotism and self-respect to vote against Mr. Blanche.
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Jul 15, 2026
A gamble to become President Trump's personal lawyer has landed Todd Blanche the chance to be the nation's top law enforcement official.
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Jul 15, 2026
Republicans should have the decency, patriotism and self-respect to vote against Mr. Blanche.
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Jul 15, 2026
Todd Blanche's nomination is broadly a referendum on President Trump's vision of the Justice Department as a projection of his power.
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Jul 15, 2026
Dr. Erica Schwartz supports vaccines and is seen as a mainstream choice to lead an agency that has been a target of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to change federal immunization policies.
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Jul 15, 2026
His progressive, populist message was able to occupy a kind of middle ground in the party's primary electorate.
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Jul 14, 2026
A New York Times/Siena poll of battleground states showed a mix of voter motivations, with the strongest candidates proving more popular than their parties.
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Jul 14, 2026
Todd Blanche's role in interviewing Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will be front and center as he seeks to become attorney general.
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Jul 14, 2026
The Democrats hoping to challenge Ms. Collins, a vulnerable Republican, have seized on the fatal incident, drawing attention to her record on immigration matters.
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Jul 14, 2026
Three days after Lindsey Graham died, his younger sister Darline Graham took the oath to hold his seat until his term ends in January.
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Jul 14, 2026
The sudden death of Senator Lindsey Graham has renewed criticism of an increasingly aging Congress and the norms that reward seniority and tenure.
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Jul 14, 2026
The vote reflected how the political debate over the conflict in the Middle East has sapped bipartisan support for a normally popular measure.
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Jul 14, 2026
Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan testify about the Supreme Court's over $200 million request for more security.
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Jul 14, 2026
Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, the first justices to appear before lawmakers since 2019, are requesting millions of dollars to address security concerns amid rising threats.
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Jul 14, 2026
Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, the first justices to appear before lawmakers since 2019, are requesting millions of dollars to address security concerns amid rising threats.
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Jul 13, 2026
Senators returned to the Capitol mourning their colleague, who played pivotal roles on multiple issues confronting lawmakers.
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Jul 13, 2026
The killing of a man in Biddeford quickly became an issue in the Senate race, with Democrats aiming to tie Senator Susan Collins to President Trump's immigration crackdown.
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Jul 13, 2026
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina appointed Senator Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to finish his Senate term.
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Jul 13, 2026
Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, has offered condolences to those who loved Mr. Graham while considering the political fallout from his death. Republicans are scrambling to arrange a new primary election.
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Jul 13, 2026
A lot of things have changed in American politics since our writer went on parental leave.
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Jul 13, 2026
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina named Darline Graham Nordone to replace Mr. Graham, who died on Saturday.
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Jul 13, 2026
He initially called Donald Trump a "kook" who was "unfit for office," only to join the new president's Mar-a-Lago circle. "I'm still in the game," Mr. Graham once explained of his much-analyzed turnabout.
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Jul 13, 2026
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina will name a replacement for Senator Lindsey Graham, who died on Saturday.
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Jul 13, 2026
After the senator and his sister, Darline, lost their parents, he guided her through the teenage years and into college. He called her success the highlight of his life.
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Jul 13, 2026
Mr. Graham, a long-serving senator from South Carolina, was known for his ability to maintain relationships even with his political foes. But the support of Black voters remained elusive.
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Jul 13, 2026
The sharp-witted South Carolinian repaired relations with President Trump to advance his foreign policy goals, was willing to cut deals with Democrats and tried to insert himself into every legislative fight.
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Jul 13, 2026
Colleagues, world leaders and constituents remembered Senator Lindsey Graham, who died on Saturday, for his commitment to South Carolina and U.S. foreign policy.
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Jul 12, 2026
Senator Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night, a day after returning from Ukraine and four months before he was to face re-election.
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Jul 12, 2026
The condition that killed Senator Lindsey Graham is deadly, sudden and difficult to treat — "like a knife to the back," one expert said.
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Jul 12, 2026
The Republican senator denied that he had suffered a heart attack and said he had left the hospital and moved to a physical rehabilitation center. He did not give a timetable for returning to Capitol Hill.
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Jul 12, 2026
The South Carolina Republican was Ukraine's most influential champion inside President Trump's mostly "America First" political orbit.
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Jul 12, 2026
Senator Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night, a day after returning from Ukraine and four months before he was to face re-election.
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Jul 12, 2026
By the standards of the aging Senate, where the average age is more than 65, the South Carolina Republican wasn't particularly old.
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Jul 12, 2026
In an interview on Sunday, President Trump recounted his last conversation with Senator Lindsey Graham, hours before his death. Mr. Graham sounded "perfect," he said.
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Jul 12, 2026
Mr. Graham's unexpected death on Saturday prompted a wave of tributes for an outsize and often divisive figure in U.S. foreign policy.
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Jul 12, 2026
He died from "a brief and sudden illness" on Saturday evening, his office said. Over more than two decades in the Senate, he consistently pushed for the use of U.S. military power overseas.
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Jul 12, 2026
The senator had sometimes struggled to maintain support from his party's most right-wing voters. But leaders paid tribute to his wit and stalwart support of South Carolina.
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Jul 12, 2026
He died of "a brief and sudden illness" on Saturday evening, his office said. Over more than two decades in the Senate, he consistently pushed for the use of U.S. military power overseas.
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Jul 12, 2026
Key Republicans on the Judiciary Committee could push for concessions from Todd Blanche, in line to be attorney general, though they did not appear in revolt.
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Jul 12, 2026
Mr. Graham died of a "brief and sudden" illness on Saturday evening, his office said. He served in the Senate for more than two decades.
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Jul 11, 2026
Mr. Platner's withdrawal from a marquee Senate race, under pressure from his party, has set in motion an unusual competition to become the new nominee.
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Jul 11, 2026
Mr. Platner's withdrawal from a marquee Senate race, under pressure from his party, has set in motion an unusual competition to become the new nominee.
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Jul 11, 2026
What America's embarrassments have in common.
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