A Funeral and a Foreign Policy Test

Instead of compromise to confirm his attorney general, is President Trump looking to sidestep the process altogether? Two key Republican senators said they are not ready to support Todd Blanche's nomination unless they get ironclad, written assurances from the White House that th ...  Show more

The ghosts of Covid past reignite an old feud on Capitol Hill. Today, Republican Senator Rand Paul was looking for a fight. But Dr. Anthony Fauci, compelled by a subpoena to testify about the nation's Covid response, did not give him one. Instead, his response, repeated over 100 ...  Show more

The US 2024 election calendar kicks off in earnest this week as the wannabee Republican nominees head to Iowa. Trump is making a quick pit stop via the courts - to tell them to grant him immunity from prosecution. And Nikki Haley is trying a novel tactic of pissing off the Iowan ...  Show more

First: "We cannot have her. She's incompetent. She's as bad as Biden." Donald Trump continues his personal attacks against Kamala Harris as fellow Republicans urge him to stick to the issues.  Plus: Ukraine seizes hundreds of square miles of Russian territory, pushing Putin's bac ...  Show more

Voters in New York are choosing the successor to George Santos, the disgraced Republican who was expelled from Congress in December.

Nicholas Fandos, who covers New York politics and government for The Times, explains how the results of the race will hold important clues ...

Donald Trump's former rivals compete to see who can praise him the hardest and who can spread the most vile lies about immigration and crime, as a smiling Trump looks on from the audience. Trump's pollster claims Republicans have put solidly blue states like New Jersey in play, a ...  Show more