US POLITICS

“Bob was a man who always did his duty,” President Biden said of the former senator during a funeral service in Washington. President Biden speaking at a memorial service for…

The law, which bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, was drafted to evade review in federal court and has been in effect since September. Demonstrators protesting the…

The Biden presidency is still in its early days, but it’s not too early to point to areas in the foreign policy realm where we, as progressives, have been disappointed…

A dispute between Ron Wyden, the Democratic Senate Finance Committee chairman, and his hedge fund-manager son illustrates how the merely rich help the fabulously rich resist tax increases. “He doesn’t…

In the closely watched Pennsylvania Senate race, Val Arkoosh, a doctor in the Democratic primary, sees openings to raise her profile. Dr. Val Arkoosh has struggled for attention from Democratic…

A parent in Tennessee discovers that her daughter’s introduction to the Civil War includes asking to think like a slaveholder. Everyone knows that the most prominent founders of United States…

The move clears the way for millions of teenagers to receive an additional shot, with a top regulator citing evidence that the effectiveness of two doses is waning in the…

Republicans unanimously opposed the Protecting Our Democracy Act, which might be broken into separate components in the Senate. President Biden and the White House have supported the bill, even though…

Fearing backlash from the right, most in the party dug in against a bipartisan deal needed to stave off a federal default. Republican blowback to Senator Mitch McConnell’s plan reflects…

It is surely no secret that a significant portion of the American electorate hopes that the national nightmare of the Trump administration will begin to end in November 2020