Attention Is the Fuel of American Politics, and Trump Knows It
Plenty of his billionaire backers didn’t make the cut at his inauguration. The catbird seats were occupied instead by the ...
Trump talks ‘free speech’ while moving to muzzle those he disagrees with
President Trump issued an executive order purporting to end government censorship. Critics scoffed, saying his actions do ...
Confident, organised, still freewheeling: Trump 2.0 shows lessons have been learned
Donald Trump’s first week in office shows he has returned with a plan - and knows how to avoid some of the chaos of his first ...
How Redistricting Helped Republicans Win the House
A New York Times analysis shows new maps stifled partisan competition for seats in the House of Representatives and state ...
Trump shocks the system. Will he solve problems voters care about most?
The president’s audaciousness in his first week was shocking and legally questionable. Many moves will do little to address ...
What you need to know about the very predictable Belarus elections
The E.U. has called the election a sham, and President Alexander Lukashenko has said he’s “too busy” to even campaign.
State lawmaker claims Bill Cassidy revoked his Washington Mardi Gras ball tickets over politics
An intra-party battle is brewing among Louisiana Republicans ahead of the 2026 U.S. Senate race. The first skirmish is ...
Opinion
Perspective: Why a UK newspaper is emerging as a leader of Trump resistance
The Guardian, a UK publication with a strong U.S. presence, went hard after President Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency meme coin last week, with a headline that said “Experts alarmed by Trump’s crypto ...
Trump storms Washington with hundreds of pardons — and he might not be done
Even some Democrats, including former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson Sr., have plans to ...
Kristi Noem to be next secretary of homeland security, confirmed by Senate vote
The two term South Dakota Gov. was tapped by Trump in Nov. and will be key in enacting the new president's mass deportation ...
Alaska Sen. Murkowski has faced Trump’s wrath. She was willing to defy him after his return to power
In the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski had openly challenged or rebuked him at ...
Opinion
‘Two mins in the Capitol left me facing a year in jail — I had tears of joy when Trump won’: January 6th ‘rioter’ reveals all
I was scared at first but tried to keep my composure. One of the FBI agents turned to me and said you don’t seem nervous at all. I thought that was a weird comment.