After years in the background, Sen. John Thune (R-SD) is stepping into the limelight as the new Senate Majority Leader as Sen ...

The Republican leader Mitch McConnell contracted polio at age ... Attending in person would be an unusually high-profile show of support by the mayor of the nation’s largest Democratic stronghold.

Ferguson, a Biden appointee sworn in this year, clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas and served as chief counsel to Senator Mitch McConnell of ... on the Senate side, we did our job and we did ...

Though Trump's nominee for FTC chair, Andrew Ferguson, is expected to narrow the agency's regulatory power, relaxed oversight of tech companies isn’t as likely.

The authors of the bestselling “How Democracies Die” talk with editor Michael Tomasky about what kind of mark four more years ...

It was late October 2023, and House Republicans were in a bind. Divisions within the GOP had ended the political careers of three consecutive party leaders in eight years. After nearly three weeks ...

Debbie Stabenow, who is retiring, was the first Democrat to have been elected to her state House, state Senate, the U.S. House and to the U.S. Senate.

As we enter 2025, it has become increasingly evident that the swift Senate confirmation of President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

Mitch McConnell's decision to step down as a Senate GOP leader ahead of Trump's return to office could have a lasting impact.

President Donald J. Trump’s swearing-in on Inauguration Day comes amidst controversy, as half of voters celebrate his ...

Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been described as both “the most important Republican since Ronald Reagan” and “the most conservative leader of either party in the ...