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‘When you are cracking the glass ceiling, your scalp ends up with the shards’

In the aftermath of the Capitol riot, Trump’s White House became an insular refuge for a self-absorbed leader detached from the people who h...

The move comes after the president was impeached by the House for the second time and as he faces a Senate trial in the coming weeks.

There is a heightened urgency to Biden's inaugural speech, as he confronts multiple crises and seeks to bridge a deep political divide.

Instead of a public hearing, the House Armed Services Committee will likely hold a closed-door briefing with the nominee, according to two a...

“It took a little bit longer than we anticipated.”

The subversive senator’s college peers and professors don’t recognize the affable intellectual they once knew. But they do recognize his amb...

He portrayed his political phenomenon as a unifying one, as opposed to the vitriolic, partisan warfare he engaged in throughout his presiden...

On the eve of Donald Trump’s exit from power, four biographers who studied him up close reflect on what he wrought on the country. And what...

“When it comes to intelligence, there is simply no place for politics — ever,” Avril Haines told senators.

The Missouri Republican will object to swift consideration of Alejandro Mayorkas' nomination.

The commitments mark a victory for lawmakers and advocates who want the Biden administration to enlist Treasury's sweeping influence to addr...

“The mob was fed lies,” the majority leader says.

Buy-in from both party leaders is needed, particularly ahead of Trump’s impeachment trial.

About 20 percent of Republicans said they “strongly” or “somewhat” approved of a Senate conviction in the latest poll, conducted between Jan...

From questions about trying a former president to whether conviction is a real possibility, the proceedings will be different than the first...

The past two weeks, Joe Biden can't fall back on the traditional feel-good inaugural moves. Here's what he needs to do instead.

Some policy advocates worry about the politicization of a critical taxpayer-funded program while millions of children are waiting on billion...

Samuel Pisar was a Holocaust survivor who pushed rival nations to engage in commerce, and he left an imprint on the likely next secretary of...

Democratic lawmakers are poised to crack down on the private equity industry.

It will be hard for the next administration to root out Trump political appointees that have moved into civil service jobs.

Soaring pleas for unity don’t work. Maybe concrete achievements will.

Behind the scenes at the last inauguration—as remembered by the Obama and Trump aides who were there.

Pressure mounted on Steven Dillingham after an inspector general memo alleged he pressured employees to rush a report on the number of unaut...