Not all House Republicans agree that the January 6 criminals are hostages. This is a division that is sure to deepen between now and Election Day.

Marjorie Taylor Greene says replacing the speaker is “absolutely on the table,” but several of his colleagues maintain his job is safe for now.

A surreal run-up to the Iowa caucuses highlights just how strange—and treacherous—the Republican Party has become.

Trump keeps cranking up the Nazi-esque rhetoric because his supporters are eating it up.

The Democratic governor's reelection in deep-red Kentucky has observers wondering about his political future.

The chair of the Republican National Committee is simply terrible at her job. Fortunately for Democrats, she’s in little danger of being fired.

New York's fakest lawmaker courted and created scandal, spoon-fed it to the media, and is now capitalizing off it. The story is as American as apple pie.

The Republican senator from Alabama spent 2023 turning himself into one of the most hated men in Washington—even by members of his own party.

These are the people who made the world worse this year—plus a few who fought the good fight.

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy is just the latest lawmaker to announce his departure—and there’s reason to believe that more may follow.

Here are six culprits who seem to think 2024 is just another election.

With only a few weeks left in the year and several items on the agenda, Johnson may need to assuage skeptical Republicans.

Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt explained “How Democracies Die.” Then they decided to look even deeper.

The pugilistic anti-tax group is feuding with the GOP’s most powerful figure—and getting pummeled.

The comically corrupt congressman is back to doing what he does best—serving as a distraction from greater Republican sins.

Milwaukee’s sizable Black population is supposed to help put Biden over the top—but people there aren’t as put off by Trump as white liberals would hope.

Fox News charged reverse discrimination against Asians. Some candidates ran on it. They all lost. And the story wasn’t true.

Behind the scenes at the Capitol—and beyond, by Grace Segers

The senator has always wrestled with his conscience—and compromise.

Russell Coleman, a Republican candidate in Kentucky, likes to hype up his past as a prosecutor. But his record doesn’t match up.