Confirmed as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, she now faces the paradox of being one of the most powerful people in the country but having little influence in her day-to-day job.

Yes, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will get some GOP votes. But don’t expect either party to confirm a nomination from the other when they’re in the majority.

Bipartisan momentum is growing to hit Putin where it hurts. But American taxpayers—and the planet—are going to have to take one for the team as well.

Long after it was an obvious need, the president is asking Democrats in the upper house of Congress to change their rules.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House would vote on a bill codifying the right to an abortion, but it will likely stall in the Senate.

Just when you thought the United States Senate couldn’t get any worse....

The Republican senator, in turn, needs Alaska Natives. All new drilling policy needs to thread this needle.

Although the recent auction of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling rights flopped, Biden’s team will have a tough time rolling back a strategy designed to survive a Democratic White House.

Trump’s reelection is coinciding with trends that might leave the GOP with its least gender-balanced legislature in years.

Prominent Republicans are balking at voting for Trump. Could it cost him the election?

The justifications offered by Republicans who acquitted Trump will have lasting ramifications for the republic.

Republican lawmakers, blanching at the prospect of removing the president from power, remove themselves instead.

The Republicans didn't pursue the truth about the allegations against the nominee. The Democrats will.