Category Politics

Another spending fight looms between the White House and Congress, reviving similar stalemates in 2011 and 2013 under President Barack Obama. Then, as now, Congress was divided — a Republican House and a Democratic Senate — and the White House…

Roughly $343 million will be made available to transit agencies this year to make subway and rail stations more accessible to those with disabilities, the Biden administration announced Tuesday. The tranche of funds comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and…

In a stark contrast to the president’s campaign promises that those responsible would be held accountable, the Biden administration is moving to shield Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from a lawsuit over his role in the brutal killing of…

After a significant loss in the courts earlier this week, the Biden administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on its fight to keep its student loan relief program alive. The program, which aimed to relieve between…

Part of The 2022 midterm elections, explained Rep. Mayra Flores, the South Texan GOP darling, declared it plainly: “The red wave did not happen.” She was talking about the possibility of Republicans sweeping competitive House, Senate, and governor’s races around…

On Wednesday, during a 49-day campaign tour of Texas, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke snapped at an event attendee who laughed as he was addressing the recent elementary school massacre in Uvalde. During his stop at the Crazy Water Hotel…

Donald Trump is caught in the latest of multiple firestorms over his associations with right-wing extremists after he had a two-hour dinner last week with white nationalist Nick Fuentes and Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, who like Fuentes has…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was asked on Thursday about potentially using his pardon power if elected president to offer clemency to Jan. 6 defendants or even Donald Trump — and while he didn’t answer directly, he suggested he would consider…

Arizona Democratic attorney general nominee Kris Mayes and her Republican opponent, Abe Hamadeh, sparred on a debate stage in Phoenix on Wednesday, both agreeing that the differences between them — on abortion, on the validity of the 2020 election —…

There seem to be an endless number of Republican primary races in Arizona that all hinge on two things: The legitimacy of the 2020 election, which was challenged more dramatically in Arizona than any other state, and fealty to Donald…