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

CHARLESTON, S.C. — President Biden, speaking at a historic Black church Monday, accused Republicans of mischaracterizing the experience of Black people in America and touted his own push for racial equity, saying, “Instead of erasing history, we’re making history.” He framed recent actions by GOP leaders as part of a long pattern of fighting progress. […]Read More

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called Monday for a special election for May 21 to fill the remainder of the term of former congressman Kevin McCarthy, the California Republican who retired last month after becoming the first House speaker voted out of his leadership position. The primary will take place on March 19, giving candidates […]Read More

When Donald Trump began his 2016 presidential bid by declaring that immigrants crossing into the United States from Mexico were largely rapists and criminals sent by foreign leaders, Republican leaders publicly disagreed. Then-House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) joined his colleagues in distancing himself from the remarks, assumed, at that point, to be the musings […]Read More

Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat who won reelection last year in the red state of Kentucky, announced the creation of a new political action committee Monday — a move that could further boost his political profile nationally as his party looks for future leaders. Beshear, who has led Kentucky since 2019 and was reelected by […]Read More

The House bipartisan working group on paid leave has released a modest, draft framework aiming to enhance access to paid family leave. The framework, which the group says focuses on policies with “current consensus,” is a significant step in the quest for federal paid leave, which has divided Congress for decades. Just one year shy […]Read More

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) serves as Republican Conference chair, the party’s third-highest leadership position in the House. She earned that position in part by doing what her predecessor, former Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney, wouldn’t: endorse Donald Trump’s false claims about the legitimacy of the 2020 election. It’s useful to remember that process following Stefanik’s weekend […]Read More