Rusty Bowers, a former speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives who played a pivotal role in resisting efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, drove into his neighborhood east of Phoenix the day after Christmas to a spine-chilling scene. His home, nestled off a dirt road in an unincorporated slice of the desert, was […]Read More

Republican polling leader Donald Trump is expected to return Tuesday to the federal courthouse in Washington where he was arraigned in August on charges of interfering with the 2020 election results, making a voluntary appearance just before the Iowa caucuses. His choice to observe the oral argument in his appeal to make him immune from […]Read More

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will invest millions of dollars in an initiative that aims to engage with and persuade voters of color to support Democratic candidates as part of its effort to take back the House majority in November. The initial $35 million push, which the committee announced Tuesday, will target key congressional districts […]Read More

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, whose failure to disclose his need for emergency hospitalization has ignited a firestorm, was moved out of intensive care on Monday, as Democrats and Republicans intensified their calls for accountability, and senior officials at the White House and Pentagon struggled to defuse the uproar. Austin, 70, remains under doctors’ supervision at […]Read More

The National Park Service announced on Monday it will not remove a statue of William Penn from the park in Philadelphia where his home once stood. The announcement comes days after the Park Service initially said it would “rehabilitate” Welcome Park to “provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors.” That initial rehabilitation […]Read More

It started with the gorditas de masa. In a Jan. 1 post on X, formerly Twitter, a user pointed out that a supposed picture of the dish shared by a former Republican congresswoman was actually beef stew with sada roti — and had first appeared on a Guyanese tourism Facebook page. The allegation kicked off […]Read More

NEW YORK — Supporters of the National Rifle Association were cheated by the flagrant misuse of donations and fees by longtime leader Wayne LaPierre and others who cost the organization millions of dollars, a state attorney said in court Monday. Special counsel Monica Connell said during opening statements in the state’s civil corruption trial against […]Read More

House Republicans will return to Washington on Tuesday once again staring down divisions within the conference over how to fund the government. Following weeks of negotiations, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Sunday that they had agreed to a $1.66 trillion funding deal that would reduce overall spending […]Read More

President Biden has begun the 2024 election year with a concerted effort to train the nation’s eyes on his presumptive opponent, Donald Trump. Biden delivered a speech Friday marking the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and pitching Trump as a threat to democracy. On Monday, he spoke at the historically Black church […]Read More

Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Campaign Moment, your guide to the biggest developments in the 2024 election. I’m grateful you’re among our earliest subscribers. (Did a friend forward this? Sign up here.) Our aim is to pick out the big moments when they occur and break down what’s important. We’re launching at a […]Read More