Katie Boyd Britt, the junior senator from Alabama, will deliver the Republican rebuttal to President Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday — remarks that are likely to elevate the youngest woman in the chamber into the national spotlight. Tabbed for the prime speaking spot just days after her home state became the epicenter […]Read More

Once upon a time in another America, many considered diversity, equity and inclusion fundamental national values, at least nominally. Now those notions are so reviled in much of America that one senator is threatening the promotion of a highly qualified and praised Air Force officer. Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt (Mo). is blocking Col. Benjamin Jonsson’s […]Read More

When Mike Johnson (R-La.) campaigned to become speaker of the House, he privately told Republicans that he could help manage the whims of hard-right members because they were cut from the same ideological cloth. But the debate over how to fund the government — which has consistently torn the conference apart — has made Johnson […]Read More

President Biden often has had a ready rejoinder for anyone who expresses concerns about his age: “Watch me.” When he arrives at the rostrum at the front of the U.S. House chamber on Thursday night, he will have more Americans watching him than he has had in some time. In an election year where a […]Read More

Every president announces a slew of initiatives in a State of the Union address, and we can expect many to be advanced on Thursday when President Biden goes before Congress. Here, in order of delivery, is a summary of 24 key proposals, pledges or priorities he announced in his address last year — and what […]Read More

PHOENIX — An Arizona grand jury has issued subpoenas to Republicans who took part in the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election by signing and transmitting paperwork that falsely purported to show Donald Trump had won the state’s 11 electoral votes. The total number of subpoenas issued to the Trump electors is unclear. But […]Read More

Super Tuesday dealt another blow to the already shrinking bloc of House Republicans who prefer governance over political performance art, as several below-the-radar races delivered victories for the hard-right faction. In Alabama, after redistricting thrust two incumbent Republicans into the same district, Rep. Barry Moore defeated Rep. Jerry L. Carl despite getting outspent by a […]Read More

If the two parties’ respective nominating contests weren’t over weeks ago, they surely are now. That’s thanks to the post-Super Tuesday exits from the campaign of President Biden’s top challenger, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), and Donald Trump’s top challenger, Nikki Haley. This leaves us with a general-election matchup that’s been called the campaign that nobody […]Read More

correction An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified the 2012 Republican presidential nominee; it was Mitt Romney. This article has been corrected. It is admittedly and undeniably true that what gets the attention of the media depends on how robust the competition happens to be. When President Biden is seeking renomination from the Democratic […]Read More