The rail industry’s army of lobbyists descended on Capitol Hill to block safety regulations—and found plenty of Republicans willing to do their bidding.

Biden, and many other Democratic leaders, have come to embrace some of the former president’s restrictionist immigration policies.

Frank LaRose made the ballot measure related to abortion his central issue—and Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected it.

Nearly two years after the credit expired, Democrats are pushing forward with legislation to dramatically reduce child poverty, despite GOP opposition.

The senators are aiming to extend the pandemic-era asylum policy to give lawmakers the time to write bipartisan immigration reform legislation.

Some Democrats hope to get a revived version of the popular policy into a government funding package. Here’s what needs to happen in the coming days for this plan to succeed.

Worried about the economic consequences of a rail strike, Biden has asked Congress to intervene in a labor dispute.

The Democrats’ new tax-and-spending bill will punish stock buybacks. Not enough. But it’s a start.

The upper chamber's “vote-a-rama” may sound like a real fun way to spend a Saturday night, but guess what?

The staffer behind the social media account talks about the organizing drive, which will start to get real results next week.

The famed and troubled Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives hasn’t had a head since 2015. It may now get one—but only because he’s taken so few stands in order to get confirmed.

Sam Bankman-Fried may have lost in Oregon, but he and other crypto big shots have discovered politics. What will Democrats do for them in return?

In an interview with The New Republic, the Ohio Democrat was keen to remind: “Fifty Republicans voted against the child tax credit twice.”

The Black Lung Disability Trust Fund is in danger of insolvency, which could affect industry veterans stricken with the disease.

The Build Back Better Act includes a one-year extension of the child tax credit, but the clock is ticking.

TNR editor Michael Tomasky talks with the Ohio Democratic senator about the infrastructure bills, Joe Manchin, inflation, and whether Ohio will ever be a blue state again.

The phenomenally effective and wildly popular program could be the centerpiece of the party’s midterm argument—if only it could agree to keep it.

A well-funded Democratic group is wooing former union members whom liberals have long ignored.

While Trump loudly escalates his trade war with China, most 2020 contenders are muted—and that's a mistake.