U.S. forces probably did not detect the approach of the Iranian-made drone that killed three American soldiers last week at a remote base in Jordan, and there was no air defense system on site capable of shooting it down, the military’s initial assessment of the attack has found. The early findings, which have not been […]Read More

If the 2008 presidential election made Republicans nervous, the 2012 contest made them panic. Barack Obama had easily defeated Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in his first presidential race, but there were all sorts of ways that victory could be rationalized: President George W. Bush’s unpopularity and the economic crisis. Yes, Obama benefited from an emergent […]Read More

The Republican-led House is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over what they say has been a neglect of his duties at the U.S.-Mexico border, in a process Democrats have decried as a sham. If the vote is successful, Mayorkas would be the first Cabinet member impeached by […]Read More

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is facing calls from Democrats and court transparency advocates to recuse himself from a case examining whether former president Donald Trump can appear on 2024 primary election ballots nationwide. On Thursday the justices will hear oral arguments about a Colorado Supreme Court decision that found Trump engaged in insurrection before […]Read More

PHOENIX — When Kari Lake speaks to the Republican Party faithful, she’s accustomed to cheers and adulation. But as the Arizona Senate candidate addressed hundreds of the state GOP’s most loyal activists late last month, she was booed so loudly the sound carried through a cavernous megachurch’s auditorium into the lobby. It was an unfamiliar […]Read More

On his first day as president, Biden sent Congress an immigration bill that included a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants. Three years and more than 6 million border apprehensions later, Biden is advocating for a much different legislative proposal, one that leans squarely into border enforcement and excludes any pathway […]Read More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will debate Tuesday whether D.C. jurors are unfairly biased against people charged with committing crimes at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. It’s an argument with relevance for former president Donald Trump, who plans to try to get his trial moved out of D.C. where […]Read More

Nevada voters are heading to the polls Tuesday for their state’s first primary in nearly three decades, offering President Biden another chance to pick up delegates after his Saturday win in South Carolina, while an unusual nonbinding Republican contest does not feature GOP front-runner Donald Trump. Biden faces only one long-shot challenger, with Nikki Haley […]Read More

Donald Trump has promised a presidency of “retribution” if he wins another term in office. Many Republicans fear they might face the brunt of it. The former president has threatened to have donors to his Republican opponent Nikki Haley “permanently barred” from his orbit. A top adviser has vowed to destroy the career of Rep. […]Read More

In the 2024 election year, caucuses throughout the country are bringing with them political fanfare and flurries of media attention — and, to the disappointment of many an American history teacher, questions about what exactly a caucus is. While the practice of caucusing — when voters gather at their local voting precinct to listen to […]Read More