Texas Representative Chip Roy led the right-wing opposition to the debt deal. He lost big time. But it will hardly matter.

Meanwhile 700,000 Americans living in the capital don’t have full representation in Congress.

The lesson from the LIV Golf takeover of pro golf is that sportswashing works.

Thankfully, this is about the First Amendment, not the former president’s manhood.

Blame Covid over the short term, lousy wages over the long.

The press dismissed him in 2016. Why believe their bullish predictions now?

Exclusive: Republican members made fewer earmark requests than Democrats—and got nearly three times as much in terms of dollars approved.

Nail salons are notorious for their poor working conditions. A new bill could finally change that.

They only want to talk about policy. That’s a huge error.

It isn’t a coincidence. The court is corrupt, both judicially and ethically, because of the extreme ideology six of its justices serve.

Conservatives grumble that the debt ceiling deal was insufficient. Can they force new talks on work requirements?

Why 2024 may look nothing like 2020.

The author of Texas’s abortion ban faced no opponent in 2022.

First it was four, then 10. So who knows? And naturally, he’s not telling the committee’s Democrats anything.

The South Carolina representative talks moderation but votes with the crazies.

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Yes, they made noise, and most of them voted against the debt deal. But they had zero influence. Biden White House, take note.

It may not be up there with East Timor, but the practice of turning vast global contacts into wealth has been horrible for American democracy.

Justice Samuel Alito is inventing a new way for the high court to substitute its own judgment for that of lawmakers.

By getting the deal through the fractious House, the speaker proved his doubters wrong.