David Sundberg, who led the Washington Field Office, is joining a crowded Democratic primary for Steny H. Hoyer’s open House ...

In the face of widespread pessimism about the political fate of the United States and growing political polarization, ...

The power of the Executive Branch is vested in the President of the United States, who also acts as head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The President is responsible for ...

The electoral system used by many global democracies eliminates gerrymandering and has been shown to give more equal ...

Members of Congress are already joking about burying rivals and rock albums. But will they be able to agree on what to put in ...

Some feel they’ve hit an appropriate retirement age.

Typically, members flee Congress when it looks as if their party will lose seats and, potentially, control of a chamber. The possibility of being relegated to the minority tends to make the job — and ...

A New York group might have failed in a legal bid to stop a historic ocean liner from being turned into a reef, but it and its attorney won’t be fined or sanctioned for an effort that Florida ...

United and American Airlines are doubling down on flights out of O’Hare International Airport, which has become the stage setting of a market-share competition between its two largest airlines. On ...

How conscientious a public servant is Senator Susan Collins? She is the first senator in history to cast more than 9,800 votes without ever missing a roll call. How skilled a politician is she? She is ...

Paula Wood holds a sign protesting Missouri’s congressional redistricting effort while sitting beside her husband, Tim Wood, during a rally on Jan. 21, 2026, at the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo ...

Lawmakers in both parties face a reckoning from within their own ranks this year — and the first major primary day of the midterm elections puts all of those pressures on full display ...