With anti-American demonstrations, some violent, continuing throughout the Arab world, U.S. diplomats are on the front lines"”sometimes, it seems, without adequate protection. In the middle of a presidential election, voters are left wondering what all the mayhem means and...
A strong liberal and a feminist, Illinois Democrat Jan Schakowsky worked hard to win bipartisan backing for the International Women Against Violence Act. It was touch and go until Thursday morning, when just hours before she was scheduled to...
A hunter and lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, Democrat Joe Manchin won his Senate seat after airing an ad that showed him firing a rifle and shooting a hole in the cap-and-trade bill backed by President Obama....
If confirmed as Donald Trump’s IRS commissioner, former Republican Congressman Billy Long will embody the disdain that an administration of, for and by billionaires has for our tax system. The former six-term congressman has no background as a tax...
Now that everybody on Capitol Hill has had a chance to vent against the IRS, questions remain. What will Congress do to fix the problem? And what exactly is the problem? Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen has an idea...
Corey Stewart is Ed Gillespie’s worst nightmare—a visible reminder to voters of the part of Gillespie’s Republican Party that the former GOP chairman wishes voters didn’t see. Stewart almost beat Gillespie in Virginia’s June gubernatorial primary. Almost nobody saw...
There’s no celery in Celeryville, an Ohio town named after the crop but where farmers instead now grow soybeans, corn, and lettuce. Those crops have all been adversely affected by President Trump’s tariffs and they’re dependent on migrant labor,...
The White House is getting hammered for the rocky rollout of Obamacare, but around the country news outlets are reporting a more positive story as Americans of various ages and from all walks of life look into what the...
Over one hour and twenty-six minutes, the longest press conference of his eight years, President Obama tried to tamp down some of the harsher rhetoric over Russian involvement in electing his successor. Asked whether he was prepared to call...
The ripple effects of Elon Musk’s DOGE firing squad have just begun.
First told she had been put on a list, then told she was probably OK only to be texted 45 minutes later to come back to the office....