Politics

9 questions about budget reconciliation you were too afraid to ask

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer meets with new members of his caucus on January 21. Schumer will have to decide…

3 years ago

Joe Biden is president, but Rand Paul still won’t admit the election wasn’t stolen

Sen. Rand Paul speaks at the virtual Republican National Convention in August 2020. | Committee on Arrangements for the 2020…

3 years ago

Did the New York Times fire an editor over a tweet? The Lauren Wolfe controversy, explained

Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesAn editor for the New York Times tweeted that she had “chills”…

3 years ago

The Arizona GOP censures 3 prominent members for not sufficiently supporting Trump

Gov. Doug Ducey spoke at a Make America Great Again campaign rally for then-President Donald Trump in October. Several months…

3 years ago

Thousands of Russians were arrested in protests supporting Putin critic Alexei Navalny

Police work to apprehend protesters during a Moscow demonstration in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. | Oleg…

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Trump reportedly considered putting an ally willing to dispute election results in charge of the DOJ

Donald Trump speaks with then-deputy attorney general Jeffrey Rosen in the White House in January 2020. | Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesThe…

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Legendary broadcaster Larry King has died at age 87

Larry King celebrates his 60th anniversary as a broadcast journalist in 2017. | Amanda Edwards/WireImage/Getty ImagesThe veteran interviewer had been…

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Is it constitutional to hold an impeachment trial for a former president?

Former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump pause while speaking to supporters at Joint Base Andrews before…

3 years ago

The 50-50 Senate is already running into trouble figuring out its rules

Then-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (R) stands with then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as they attend the Electoral College vote…

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Trump is gone. But the threat of right-wing violence that arose under his watch remains.

Armed protesters, who identified themselves as Liberty Boys, pose for pictures outside the Oregon Capitol in Salem on January 17.…

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