Politics

The way Mr. DeSantis got this strength is relatively impressive as well. Unlike three of the six candidates, he is not the direct relative of a former president. He was not a...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government and Canada have been busy intercepting unidentified flying objects in the skies, shooting down one on Friday over Alaska, another on Saturday over the Yukon Territory and...

WASHINGTON — The United States shot down a fourth flying object over North America on Sunday, this one over Lake Huron in Michigan, U.S. officials said.The Pentagon used an F-16 fighter jet...

The Chinese diplomat behind the window at the visa office called me and the other journalists up to the desk, one by one, to hand us our passports. I flipped through mine...

C-SPAN video of the House speaker election in January. The tumult that broke out last month during the election of Kevin McCarthy for speaker illustrated the potential for profound dysfunction in the...

The F.B.I. found one classified document after searching the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence for five hours on Friday, an adviser to Mr. Pence said.Mr. Pence and his aides...

Driven by his Christian faith, the kind that emphasizes caring for “the least of these,” as the Bible puts it, Mr. Gerson in a memoir summed up his philosophy as “a conservative respect...

WASHINGTON — When he hosts world leaders, President Biden typically exchanges thoughts on trade policy or national security and maybe swaps old election stories. But on Friday, for the first time, he...

WASHINGTON — To hear President Biden tell it, his wife is not merely a Philadelphia Eagles fan.She is, in Mr. Biden’s own words, “obnoxious” about her fandom and so much of a...

WASHINGTON — At Senator John Fetterman’s desk in the Senate chamber, there is a newly installed monitor that rises or lowers, depending on whether he sits or stands, and provides closed captioning...