Politics

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Representative Elaine Luria knew from the start that serving on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol could be a political liability in...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A teacher from Kansas who had converted to Islam traveled to the most dangerous conflicts in the world — Libya, Iraq, Syria — hoping to wage war.Syria was where...

The deadline to register to vote in South Dakota has passed — it was May 23, according to the state’s election calendar. But if you’re heading to the polls today, here’s what...

On Thursday, at 8 p.m. Eastern, NBC is going into special report mode for the first hearing led by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. CBS will air a...

With everything else demanding Americans’ attention right now, you may have forgotten that California’s primary election is today. And you certainly wouldn’t be alone: Turnout is expected to be low.Need a refresher?...

WASHINGTON — At her confirmation hearing in early 2021, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen told lawmakers that it was time to “act big” on a pandemic relief package, playing down concerns about...

WASHINGTON — Seventeen months after a mob of Donald J. Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol with false claims of a stolen election, House Democrats plan to use a landmark set of investigative...

A federal judge ruled on Monday that Louisiana’s new congressional map represented a racial gerrymander and must be redrawn to include a second district that gives Black voters the chance to elect...

Jessica Cisneros, the progressive South Texas immigration lawyer, said on Monday that she would formally demand a recount in her razor-thin runoff against Representative Henry Cuellar, the nine-term incumbent and moderate Democrat...

Should Democrats bother competing in the struggling factory towns of the Midwest?A report to be released on Tuesday answers this question with an emphatic “yes.” But the fact that it is being...