Germany’s would-be next chancellor Friedrich Merz is asking lawmakers to allow the country to put “whatever it takes” into defense and to authorize an enormous fund for investment in its creaking ...

The “Day of Action” is the latest effort from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to find messaging that reaches the public.

Two new polls show that support for the Democratic Party has hit record lows. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is getting ...

By Peter Cox A Republican bill seeking to define criticism of President Donald Trump as a mental illness has stirred up ...

Schumer has drawn stiff criticism from some of his party for breaking with a majority of Democratic lawmakers to vote to ...

Unlike in Trump’s first term, Democratic voters say 2-to-1 they want party leaders to fight rather than compromise, even at ...

It is a cruel irony for Schumer. Almost exactly eight months ago, he was the one sitting down with Joe Biden at the ...

Alien Enemies Act: A federal judge on Saturday said the Trump administration must halt use of an obscure wartime law, called ...

Updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate confirmation ...

Former Wyoming Sen. Alan K. Simpson, one of the most colorful lawmakers in recent congressional history, died Friday at age ...

Democrats across the political spectrum—liberal, moderate, and progressive—appear united in their outrage over Senate ...

The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure ...