Opinion
House Democrats attempt to bring back DEI
With a Republican majority in both the House and the Senate, the bill is unlikely to make much progress. Even if it somehow passes both chambers, Trump is sure to veto it. Instead, the bill is an ...
Mitch McConnell will not seek re-election to the Senate. Here's a timeline of his career
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell announced on Thursday he does not plan to run for re-election in 2026. Here's what to know about his career in the Senate.
Republican proposals to cut Medicaid could be politically fraught
Republicans are proposing deep cuts to Medicaid to finance tax cuts and other priorities. Pushback is coming not only from ...
Opinion
Trump Likes Apprentices. Here’s How He Can Make Apprenticeships Help the Working Class.
Amid an eventful first month since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, there’s been scant attention to Labor Secretary-nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer, one of the president’s least ...
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4 facts about Presidents’ Day
Today is Presidents’ Day, a federal holiday that falls every year on the third Monday of February. Here are four interesting ...
There Is No Such National Holiday as Presidents Day
If the monarchical trappings and powers of the modern presidency are unavoidable, we at least should not encourage them. Neither Congress nor the Supreme Court has its own holiday. The presidency ...
White House says some employees were fired by mistake
As President Donald Trump's second administration continued its effort to swiftly reshape the federal government, a union ...
The Hill14d
What will happen to Congress’s standing committees?
The heart and soul of the House and Senate have always been the standing committees that are reconstituted and reelected in the House every two years. Senate committees, on the other hand, are ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer14d
Escudero: Why rush Senate to act on Sara Duterte impeachment?
MANILA, Philippines — Why would the Senate be pressed to immediately act on the Articles of Impeachment filed against Vice President Sara Duterte when the House of Representatives took more than ...
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Robert Caro
Robert A. Caro on political power and the legacy of 36th President Lyndon Johnson. Irrevocably tied to the tragedy of the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson’s political legacy is also marked ...
Washington Examiner20d
The end of the founders’ presidency
Perhaps it’s no surprise that the two important congressional leaders to become president since, Lyndon Johnson and Gerald Ford, were both elevated from the vice presidency. The Senate’s ...
Time20d
Investigations: Bobby’s Busyness
Baker also steered Reynolds to Lyndon Johnson. That was in 1957, only two years after Senate Majority Leader Johnson had suffered a heart attack. The Senator was having trouble finding an ...