Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including budget reconciliation and ...

The bill largely fulfills President Trump's campaign pledge to end taxes on Social Security income by providing a new $6,000 deduction for seniors. That measure carries a $93 billion cost, $27 billion ...

Democratic Representative Hakeem Jeffries has broken former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s record for longest floor speech in an ...

A final House vote is expected Thursday for President Trump's second-term agenda on tax reductions, immigration enforcement and deep Medicaid cuts.

The episode revealed the enormous influence of a segment of the Republican Party that has come to distrust Big Tech.

At present, Musk and Trump’s previously buddy-buddy relationship appears to be torn to shreds. Musk is “pissed,” according to ...

The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, tell us something about how it is trending.— Though 2004 and 2024 produced similar topline national results, there has been some significant change ...

Republicans swept the Evangelical Christian vote and won a historic margin among Catholics in the 2024 presidential election. These two groups of religious voters have similar priorities and ...

GOP strategist Matt Wylie writes that the Senate Republicans who voted to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill are cowards because ...

DAVID A. LIEB, JULIE CARR SMYTH and NADIA LATHAN Associated Press Jun 3, 2025 Updated 14 hrs ago 0 ...

Trump says Iran and Israel to have a phased-in ceasefire over 24 hours. The Republican attempt to discourage Trump lawsuits has hit a big obstacle. Iran responds to US attacks.

States, which must balance their budgets every year, would struggle to absorb these substantial new costs. [2] If a state cannot fully pay its required share, it would have two main options: ...