What House Republicans had hoped to do on Tuesday evening was to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, sending a message to the Biden administration (and general election voters) about how seriously they took the border. The caucus had been building to this for months, with multiple hearings and countless media interviews centered on Mayorkas […]Read More

It did not take former president Donald Trump long to weigh in on the release of a report from special counsel Robert K. Hur assessing President Biden’s possession of classified documents after he left the vice presidency in 2017. You will recall that this has been a particular point of interest for Trump over the […]Read More

A skeptical U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a momentous case that is expected to determine whether Donald Trump can continue his run for president. At issue is a provision of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution that bars insurrectionists from office. Six Republican and independent voters from Colorado sued to block Trump from […]Read More

A federal judge on Thursday ordered former Trump White House aide Peter Navarro to begin serving a four month-prison term for ignoring a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, rejecting his request to stay free while he appeals his conviction on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress. Navarro, […]Read More

Donald Trump is well positioned to sweep Nevada’s 26 delegates in the caucuses that will be run by the state Republican Party on Thursday night, a contest where party officials who are backing him shaped the rules in his favor — and no other prominent GOP candidate dared to compete. Nevada is the third early-state […]Read More

Democratic alarm over third-party challengers spoiling President Biden’s reelection has been growing in recent weeks, prompting a new push both inside the party and among allied outside groups to step up their efforts fighting back. The Democratic National Committee hired a new communications adviser last month to counter the third-party candidates, while outside groups working […]Read More

President Biden and his aides say the swift collapse of a bipartisan border security bill has reshaped the political dynamics of the immigration issue, setting the stage for them to finally take the offensive in an area that has long been one of Biden’s biggest liabilities. Former president Donald Trump and his Republican allies, though, […]Read More

LOS ANGELES — Republican presidential long-shot Nikki Haley on Wednesday sought to move beyond a humbling setback in Nevada, where she was roundly rejected in an unusual primary that highlighted her daunting challenges against Donald Trump and reignited questions about her long-term prospects in the race. The former U.N. ambassador trained her sights on the […]Read More

Marianne Williamson, the self-help author who argued that the United States needed “a season of repair” to bring fundamental change, has suspended her long-shot presidential campaign, she announced Wednesday night. Williamson, 71, said her campaign “did what we could to shed some light in some very darkened times.” “I read a quote the other day […]Read More

Moments before pandemonium broke out on the House floor on Tuesday evening, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer approached Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), who had assumed a leisurely slouch in a rickety wooden chair in the back of the House chamber, for what appeared to be a quick chat. Unbeknownst to reporters whose eyes were trained […]Read More