Senate nearer to a deal to end government shutdown
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Political clash between VP Vance and PA governor Shapiro over SNAP benefits hints at potential 2028 presidential rivalry as shutdown impacts hungry families.
The proposal was the idea of Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. He shopped it around to Democratic senators before it was rolled out and spoke immediately after Schumer on the floor. Peters has been part of rank-and-file discussions with Republicans to find a way to reopen the government.
Gary Shapley became a hero of the political right after he blew the whistle on efforts to undermine the Hunter Biden tax probe.
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech
The turmoil began with the abrupt replacement of the department’s longtime director, continued with a clash between the new director and an ardently pro-Palestinian graduate student, and
After more than four decades in Congress, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has announced she will not seek re-election. Pelosi's announcement closes the book on a storied career in which she became the first female Speaker of the House and one of Donald Trump's fiercest opponents where,
Entering the mayoral race with under 1% support, Zohran Mamdani's prospects of winning initially seemed unlikely. Here are some of the ways he turned the race around.