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Apr 02, 2026
Acting mostly with approval from the Republican-led Congress, President Trump clawed back money it had approved for initiatives that enjoyed strong backing from members of both parties.
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Apr 02, 2026
Last year, the president proposed many steep spending cuts that Congress never granted. This time, he may face an even tougher sell.
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Apr 01, 2026
Representative Julia Letlow of Louisiana, running to challenge Senator Bill Cassidy, is facing conservative blowback over remarks from 2020.
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Apr 01, 2026
Legislation to reopen the department, which the House G.O.P. angrily rejected on Friday, could be approved as early as Thursday morning. It represents a sharp turnaround by them and President Trump.
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Mar 31, 2026
After resisting calls for public hearings for weeks, House Republicans have called the secretary of defense to testify at a budget hearing in late April for the first time since the attacks on Iran began.
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Mar 31, 2026
An emerging Republican plan to skirt a Democratic filibuster and fund an entire department without congressional appropriations would be the latest example of surrendering power to the White House.
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Mar 31, 2026
After lawmakers left Washington for a two-week spring break with the Department of Homeland Security shut down, the Hollywood tabloid began publishing photographs of them living it up around the country.
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Mar 31, 2026
Four visiting senators urged Taiwan to break an impasse over a $40 billion budget proposal, highlighting concerns in Washington about the threat from China.
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Mar 30, 2026
Here's a crash course on what's coming up next.
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Mar 30, 2026
Gov. Janet Mills argues that her rival for Senate, Graham Platner, could be doomed by his history of offensive online remarks. But at a time of anti-establishment anger, Mr. Platner says he is the safer choice.
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Mar 30, 2026
The framers of the 14th Amendment endorsed a capacious definition of ‘American.'
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Mar 30, 2026
With Congress in recess, much of the Homeland Security Department remains without money because of the impasse on Capitol Hill, even as airport security workers are to begin getting paid.
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Mar 30, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Idaho U.S. Senate election.
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Mar 30, 2026
The framers of the 14th Amendment endorsed a capacious definition of ‘American.'
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Mar 30, 2026
Gov. Janet Mills argues that her rival for Senate, Graham Platner, could be doomed by his history of offensive online remarks. But at a time of anti-establishment anger, Mr. Platner says he is the safer choice.
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Mar 30, 2026
The planned visit by Cheng Li-wun appears designed to show Beijing's influence and convey a benign message ahead of the summit with President Trump.
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Mar 30, 2026
The Trump administration is poised to broaden access to risky investments that are showing signs of strain.
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Mar 30, 2026
The framers of the 14th Amendment endorsed a capacious definition of ‘American.'
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Mar 28, 2026
The deadlock that left the Department of Homeland Security shuttered highlighted Republican divisions that are flaring ahead of the midterm elections.
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Mar 28, 2026
Republicans revolted over a Senate measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security and passed a rival bill, dimming the chances of a quick end to the crisis crippling airports.
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Mar 27, 2026
President Trump on Friday directed the Homeland Security Department to pay thousands of airport security officers.
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Mar 27, 2026
President Trump signed a memo ordering that Transportation Security Administration employees be paid out of existing funds during the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. The order came after a deal to fund the agency stalled in Congress.
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Mar 27, 2026
Bitter rifts have opened over the defense secretary's campaign to reverse policies that he says are prejudiced against white officers.
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Mar 27, 2026
The president's potential successors "are mortal men," one attendee said.
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Mar 27, 2026
The SAVE America Act, which the president wants to use to address issues like voting and transgender surgeries, allows him to try to shift the conversation from worries over inflation and war.
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Mar 27, 2026
We examine claims justifying its restrictions, comparisons to current voting laws and warnings about its potential impact.
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Mar 27, 2026
G.O.P. members said they would not accept a Senate-passed measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security, dimming the chances for a quick end to the crisis crippling airports.
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Mar 27, 2026
Los legisladores han tenido dificultades para llegar a un acuerdo sobre la financiación del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, del que depende la TSA. Sus agentes llevan semanas sin recibir compensación.
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Mar 27, 2026
Women in their 60s and beyond will likely play a key role in choosing which Democrat will face Senator Susan Collins: Gov. Janet Mills, 78, or Graham Platner, 41.
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Mar 27, 2026
The bill excludes funding for ICE and Border Patrol but restores it for federal airport security workers. The House could consider the package on Friday.
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Mar 27, 2026
The bill excludes funding for ICE and Border Patrol but restores it for federal airport security workers. The House could consider the package on Friday.
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Mar 27, 2026
Women in their 60s and beyond will likely play a key role in choosing which Democrat will face Senator Susan Collins: Gov. Janet Mills, 78, or Graham Platner, 41.
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Mar 27, 2026
President Trump said on Truth Social that he would order pay for T.S.A. agents, who have worked for weeks without compensation, as a stalemate in Congress over funding has brought chaos to airports.
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Mar 26, 2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine skepticism is posing challenges for the Trump administration. Top health jobs are unfilled, and a court has blocked his vaccine schedule changes.
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Mar 26, 2026
President Trump's announcement came as talks on Capitol Hill over funding the Department of Homeland Security faltered, and airport lines continued to grow.
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Mar 26, 2026
Bipartisan talks continued, but a deal to reopen the department remained elusive ahead of a major spring travel weekend, and as lawmakers looked toward their own two-week break.
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Mar 26, 2026
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is drafting a formal authorization for the use of military force in Iran, seeking to put some parameters around the operation as the Trump administration has boxed out Congress.
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Mar 26, 2026
New bills aim to crack down on prediction-market bets by the president and members of Congress.
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Mar 26, 2026
El pastor Brooks Potteiger hizo el comentario durante el episodio de un pódcast. James Talarico, candidato demócrata al Senado por Texas, dijo: "Puedes rezar por mi muerte, pastor, pero yo te sigo amando".
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Mar 26, 2026
James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, said, "You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you." The pastor said he was calling for Mr. Talarico's religious conversion.
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Mar 25, 2026
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, said Democrats would pursue an agenda to reduce energy costs if they win back control of Congress.
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Mar 25, 2026
G.O.P. lawmakers who have given the Trump administration wide latitude to wage war with no congressional input are growing frustrated as officials offer little detail about ground troops, cost or timeline.
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Mar 25, 2026
A day after Republicans offered to remove money for ICE enforcement from a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, Democrats insisted that the deal must include curbs on federal agents.
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Mar 25, 2026
Can any Republican disagree with Trump and get away with it? Thomas Massie's primary race in Kentucky is a key test.
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Mar 25, 2026
Republicans are eying a last-ditch procedural maneuver to overcome united Democratic opposition, but the chances for success are slim.
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Mar 24, 2026
Senate Democrats failed for the third time to advance a resolution that would force the removal of troops from hostilities in Iran unless Congress approves offensive operations.
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Mar 24, 2026
Airport escorts and "red coat" assistance for lawmakers will be suspended, the airline said on Tuesday, citing the extended partial government shutdown.
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Mar 24, 2026
The health secretary has canceled or postponed three meetings of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which shapes health care coverage for Americans.
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Mar 24, 2026
"Who won the 2020 election?" is the question that Trump's nominees to the federal bench each refuse to answer in the same exact way.
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Mar 24, 2026
A day after President Trump said he did not want a compromise, Republicans were exploring breaking off ICE funding so the rest of the Department of Homeland Security could reopen.
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Mar 24, 2026
Gov. Kevin Stitt selected Mr. Armstrong, a fellow Republican and an energy executive, to play a caretaker role in the seat until the next election.
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Mar 24, 2026
VoteVets is the first super PAC to intervene in the race for Josh Turek, a state legislator who was born with spina bifida after his father was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam.
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Mar 23, 2026
The Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin to take over the Homeland Security Department in a 54-to-45 vote on Monday.
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Mar 23, 2026
In choosing Senator Markwayne Mullin, who has warm relationships across the Capitol and the political aisle, President Trump was reverting to a bygone tradition.
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Mar 23, 2026
The president is using the standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security as leverage to pass a strict voter ID bill. Critics say the bill would place an undue burden on eligible voters.
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Mar 22, 2026
El presidente lanzó la amenaza de desplegar agentes del ICE en un aparente intento de obligar a los demócratas a aprobar un nuevo presupuesto para el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional.
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Mar 21, 2026
In moving to bar transgender women and girls from women's and girls' sports, Republicans sought to put Democrats in an awkward political spot on a sensitive issue ahead of the midterm elections.
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Mar 21, 2026
The president issued a threat to deploy ICE agents in an apparent attempt to force Democrats to approve a new budget for the Department of Homeland Security.
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Mar 21, 2026
The constitutional strength of a functional Congress.
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Mar 20, 2026
On a new generation of leaders on the left.
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Mar 20, 2026
Some of the proposed sales, valued at more than $23 billion, were under review, while others were never sent to Congress. The administration is pushing them through without congressional approval.
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Mar 20, 2026
Some of the proposed sales, valued at more than $23 billion, were under review, while others were never sent to Congress. The Trump administration is pushing them through without congressional approval.
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Mar 20, 2026
Nearly three weeks into a war that polls show is unpopular, top Republicans have yet to call administration officials to testify about it, arguing that hearings would put divisions on display.
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Mar 20, 2026
President Trump has made the SAVE America Act what he has called his "No. 1 priority" despite fierce opposition in the Senate.
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Mar 20, 2026
On a new generation of leaders on the left.
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Mar 19, 2026
Track the latest polls in the Arkansas U.S. Senate election.
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Mar 19, 2026
El miércoles, la directora de Inteligencia Nacional y el director de la CIA contradijeron una de las justificaciones que el gobierno de Trump había dado para sus ataques contra Irán.
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Mar 19, 2026
The request, which the White House has not submitted to Congress, is already encountering some resistance.
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Mar 19, 2026
A warrantless wiretapping law known as Section 702 is set to expire on April 20 unless Congress votes to extend it. Past cycles have been rocky.
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Mar 19, 2026
If confirmed, Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma would be taking over the department at a sensitive moment.
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Mar 19, 2026
The billionaire Elon Musk is furiously pushing on social media for Senator John Thune, the majority leader, to pass the SAVE America Act. But so far, he hasn't publicly spent money to promote the bill.
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Mar 18, 2026
The nominee for homeland security secretary suggested that he had observed war firsthand but declined to provide details, which he said were "classified."
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Mar 18, 2026
For the second time since the war began, Senate Democrats tried and failed to win passage of a resolution that would have halted the offensive until President Trump went to Congress for approval.
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Mar 18, 2026
A day of strikes on energy facilities and testimony in Washington to members of Congress.
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Mar 18, 2026
A restrictive voter I.D. bill under consideration in the Senate could severely limit mail-in voting. Conservatives are pressing to end the practice outright, taking aim at an option that is widely used by voters.
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Mar 18, 2026
At his confirmation hearing, Markwayne Mullin said he would pull back on some contested policies but reaffirmed his support for President Trump's immigration goals.
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Mar 18, 2026
The president's nominee, Markwayne Mullin, said he would avoid "micromanaging" FEMA.
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Mar 18, 2026
On Wednesday, the director of national intelligence and C.I.A. director contradicted one of the justifications the Trump administration had given for its attacks on Iran.
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Mar 18, 2026
The senator sounded a warmer and fuzzier tone at his D.H.S. confirmation hearing than President Trump often has, the latest sign that the administration wants to project a more moderated approach.
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Mar 18, 2026
Senator Rand Paul was assaulted in 2017. Markwayne Mullin acknowledged that he once said he understood the reason for the attack, but did not apologize.
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Mar 18, 2026
Here's a rundown of the best comeback, proudest governor and most expensive water at a candidate's watch party.
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Mar 18, 2026
Gov. JB Pritzker invested capital, both political and the more traditional kind, in the Senate race of his lieutenant governor, Juliana Stratton. Her victory could help them both.
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Mar 18, 2026
Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma was chosen to replace the ousted secretary Kristi Noem and will face senators at a confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
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Mar 18, 2026
In a Senate hearing on Wednesday, lawmakers are likely to ask about the information provided to the Trump administration ahead of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
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Mar 18, 2026
In a Senate hearing on Wednesday, lawmakers are likely to ask about the information provided to the Trump administration ahead of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
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Mar 18, 2026
Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton of Illinois won the Democratic nomination for Senate on Tuesday. She is heavily favored to succeed the retiring Senator Dick Durbin in November.
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Mar 18, 2026
Democratic voters put Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on a path to the Senate, while the pro-Israel lobby notched its first major victories of the year but also faced a tough defeat.
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Mar 17, 2026
Ms. Stratton, the state's lieutenant governor, prevailed with millions of dollars of help from Gov. JB Pritzker, a billionaire. She will be heavily favored in the general election.
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Mar 17, 2026
Voters kicked off the state's midterm contests for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and other offices on Tuesday.
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Mar 17, 2026
President Trump's decision not to weigh in before the deadline means both John Cornyn and Ken Paxton remain on the ballot, extending their costly and increasingly personal battle into a May runoff.
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Mar 17, 2026
In a rare open race for one of the state's Senate seats, surveys suggest a wide range of potential outcomes.
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Mar 17, 2026
Administration officials have put forth several proposals to answer Democratic demands for major changes in President Trump's crackdown in exchange for reopening the Department of Homeland Security.
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Mar 17, 2026
The Republican leader said he couldn't overcome a filibuster but, under relentless pressure from the president and the far right, would put Democrats on the record against the restrictive voter I.D. bill.
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Mar 17, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Illinois primary elections.
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Mar 17, 2026
Get live results and maps from the 2026 Illinois primary elections.
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Mar 17, 2026
The legislation would require voters to prove their citizenship in person upon registration, ban IDs without a photo at polling places and criminalize failures to enforce such requirements.
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Mar 17, 2026
Days after Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton said the late civil rights leader had supported her campaign, one of his sons said the elder Mr. Jackson had not made a final choice.
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Mar 17, 2026
Facing a tough nomination fight in a major Senate race, Ms. Mills, the state's governor, is attacking her Democratic rival over his old Reddit posts and a tattoo that resembled Nazi imagery.
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Mar 17, 2026
The Republican leader said he couldn't overcome a filibuster but, under relentless pressure from the president and the far right, would put Democrats on the record against the restrictive voter I.D. bill.
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Mar 17, 2026
An open Senate seat and several crowded House races could measure the power of the grass roots to take on the deep pockets of super PACs.
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