Politics

A top official with the Maine Democratic Party said on Tuesday night that Graham Platner’s team had been trying to “put their thumb on the scale” in the party’s planning for his...

A federal appeals court ordered intelligence agencies to rehire officers who were fired for working on diversity issues, a major victory for employees who had said that intelligence chiefs had overstepped their...

Manny Rutinel, a progressive state representative, defeated a moderate Democrat to win the primary election in Colorado’s most competitive swing district, according to The Associated Press.Now he will face Representative Gabe Evans,...

The Senate race in Maine between Susan Collins and Graham Platner started in a near tie, according to a New York Times/Portland Press Herald/Siena poll, but both campaigns may find reasons for...

Bill Pulte, the acting director of national intelligence, has installed as his chief of staff a woman who worked on election-related issues for the Republican National Committee, according to former U.S. officials.Christina...

Senate Democrats plan to announce on Thursday that they will create a program to train congressional staff to serve as election observers, warning that President Trump may attempt to interfere with the...

President Trump abruptly canceled his plans on Wednesday to sign a bipartisan bill aimed at improving housing affordability, one that Democrats and Republicans alike had been eager to promote on the campaign...

The Senate on Tuesday adopted a resolution instructing President Trump to end the war in Iran or seek congressional authorization to continue it, delivering the most significant bipartisan rebuke yet of the...

Janeese Lewis George, a democratic socialist and D.C. councilwoman, has won the Democratic primary for mayor in Washington, D.C., The Associated Press said Thursday, defeating a former city councilman who ran as...

President Trump said on Wednesday that he was pulling back his own nominee to be the nation’s top intelligence official as he again tried to pressure Congress to pass a strict voter...