Budget Battles
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Republicans Want Strings Attached to California Disaster Aid
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Biden Goes Out With a Bang in the Jobs Market
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Trump Privately Pushes Senators for ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
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Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency for Tariff Rollout
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Trump Unloads: Grievances, Greenland and the Gulf of Mexico
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Republicans Divided Over How to Pass Trump’s Agenda
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Trump Pushes Johnson to Victory as Speaker
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Five Debate Moments that Changed Elections
By Robert Speel, The ConversationEvery presidential election year in my American Political Campaigns and Elections course, I get an opportunity to spend a full lecture discussing with students some of the famous moments from...
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Lois Lerner Is Cleared, Sparking Conservative Fury
By Rob GarverConcluding that “poor management is not a crime,” the Justice Department on Friday informed members of Congress that it would not be filing criminal charges against anyone in what has become known as...
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GOP Leaders Take on Far Right Pressure Groups
By Eric PianinThere have been plenty of theories about why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) strode onstage at a conservative gathering late last week carrying a rifle. Ostensibly, McConnell, the 72-...
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Romney: If Hillary Runs, She Won’t Need Bill
By Thomas Ferraro, ReutersFailed 2012 U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said on Sunday he expects Hillary Clinton to win or lose the White House on her record, not that of her husband, former Democratic...
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Voters Give a Thumbs-Down to Their Own Lawmakers
By Eric PianinIn another sign of public outrage over a dysfunctional and politically divided Congress, a record low percentage of registered voters now say their own House member deserves another chance while even...
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Huckabee Must Have Missed the Memo About The Sexes
By Eric PianinFormer Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee must have missed the memo. Last month, national Republican officials and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) began offering lawmakers sensitivity training and...
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Analysts Dubious About Christie’s Presidential Hopes
By Rob GarverNew Jersey Governor Chris Christie left the door open to a presidential run t hius inauguration Tuesday, but emerging scandals may leave him hamstrung before the race even begins.
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Dems’ Prospects of Winning the House Get Dimmer
By Eric PianinThe Democrats’ prospects for winning back control of the House this fall never were good to begin with, but the sudden rash of announced retirements of veteran Democrats will make that effort even...
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Two Politicians Who Beat Scandal – And One Who Didn’t
Christie Can Use These Pols ‘Comeback Playbooks’
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Christie Scandal Opens Door to Far Right GOP Hopefuls
By Eric Pianin and Rob GarverIn the space of a single day, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie went from prospective front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 to damaged goods. His rivals just got a big...
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Tea Party Still a Threat to Lugar and Hatch
By Eric PianinRepublicans Richard Lugar of Indiana and Orrin Hatch of Utah were sworn in as freshman senators the same day 35 years ago. They rose to the highest echelons of their party on Capitol Hill, and now...
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Romney, After Big Night, Has Obama in His Sights
By Dan Balz and Philip Rucker, The Washington PostMitt Romney, whose first campaign for the White House ended in failure and disappointment, claimed the Republican nomination Tuesday night after a five-state sweep and turned his full focus to the...
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Newt Gingrich's Last Day on Campaign Trail?
By Samuel P Jacobs, ReutersTuesday could be the final stop of Newt Gingrich's wild ride of a presidential campaign. The Republican candidate told NBC News he would reassess his candidacy depending on his finish in Delaware,...
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Romney Aims for Five Wins Today
By Steve Holland, ReutersMitt Romney's expected wins in five states that hold primary votes on Tuesday will earn him scores of delegates on his way to becoming the Republican presidential nominee and allow him to concentrate...
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Food Stamps: Desperate Need or Double Dealing?
By Eric PianinThe House Agriculture Committee vote last week to cut $33 billion in spending for food stamps in the coming decade probably won’t stand, but it is emblematic of the vulnerability of this key social...