Republicans have shown the president great deference, but when it comes to tariffs, he has put them in their place

The House of Representatives voted to spend more and cut less. Many Republicans don’t mind

In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power to partisan legislatures.

Appeals court agrees to temporary pause to previous ruling blocking tariffs; president says tech billionaire will ‘always be with us’

House Republicans worked hours into the night on Wednesday and Thursday to pass their “big, beautiful bill.”

Iowa Republican Joni Ernst dismissed concerns about Medicaid cuts in Donald Trump and GOP’s tax bill by saying, “Well, we’re all going to die.”

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His bill hitting Russia over Ukraine deserves more support. Here are the holdouts.

The Energy Department announced Friday that it was terminating $3.7 billion in grants related to carbon capture and other projects.

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House Republicans managed to keep tax hikes out of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill.’ Now the ball is in the Senate’s court.

An appeals court has paused a lower court decision blocking enforcement of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

Democrats quickly pounce on Joni Ernst’s ‘stunningly callous’ statement

Fresh off a huge victory in passing their “big, beautiful bill” through the House, Republican lawmakers are finding that President Trump’s agenda is a much tougher sell at home. In a series of cont…

Winsome Earle-Sears has called abortion ‘genocide’ and suggested equivalence between consenting to sex and consenting to pregnancy