Washington Post Elections
Post Politics from The Washington Post is the source for political news headlines, in-depth politics coverage and political opinion, plus breaking news on the biden administration and White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, elections and more.
Updated: 51 weeks 1 day ago
How 91 felony charges boosted Trump’s standing in the GOP
Interviews in multiple states show that Trump’s constant message of victimhood has seeped in with voters.
Categories: News
U.S. fails to combat nations that attack dissidents abroad, report warns
A government watchdog says Washington needs tougher laws against crimes by other nations against U.S. citizens and residents who fight human rights abuses abroad.
Categories: News
Fraudster freed from prison by Trump faces prosecution under Biden
Philip Esformes, who was convicted of leading one of the largest-ever health-care frauds, was freed from prison by President Donald Trump. Now, President Biden’s Justice Department is moving to try him again.
Categories: News
Ark. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to face GOP-led audit over $19K lectern
Raised eyebrows over a hefty price tag for a lectern have turned into questions about Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her office, which is accused of altering documents.
Categories: News
Biden team launches organizing pilot project in Wisconsin and Arizona
The 2024 reelection effort is focused on recruiting large numbers of volunteers to use their own relationships to spread the Biden message directly.
Categories: News
The story behind Steve Scalise and David Duke that helped end a bid for speaker
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) breathed life into the decade-old controversy this week — and contributed to the demise of Scalise’s candidacy
Categories: News
Steve Scalise drops speaker bid as House devolves into further turmoil
Majority Leader Steve Scalise‘s withdrawal from the speaker race was another stunning development in a weeks-long devolution of the House Republican conference.
Categories: News
House speakership stalled as Scalise withdraws from race
Despite lengthy meetings with fellow Republicans Thursday, the House majority leader was unable to make headway on the 217 votes he needed to win the gavel.
Categories: News
Trump faults Netanyahu, calls Hezbollah ‘very smart’ amid Israel war
GOP rival Ron DeSantis criticized the remark as “absurd.”
Categories: News
Former IRS contractor pleads guilty to leaking Trump’s tax returns
U.S. authorities said Charles Edward Littlejohn leaked thousands of tax returns from wealthy people, leading to exposés in the New York Times and ProPublica.
Categories: News
Judge Aileen Cannon chides prosecutors at hearing for Trump co-defendants
The hearings will examine whether lawyers for Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira have conflicts of interest that keep them from giving adequate legal representation.
Categories: News
Tip: Don’t demand prosecution of crimes you are (allegedly) doing
In a superseding indictment made public Thursday, letters from Sen. Bob Menendez about a GOP official are cited as a reason to charge Menendez’s wife.
Categories: News
DeSantis reserves $2 million for Iowa ads amid tight cash reserves
The outlay — which can be modified over time — represents about 40 percent of the $5 million DeSantis’s campaign said it had at the end of September for use in the primary.
Categories: News
Trump’s anti-immigrant onslaught sparks fresh alarm heading into 2024
Donald Trump’s comments have renewed concern from Latino leaders, civil rights groups and extremism experts, particularly as he dominates the GOP primary field.
Categories: News
Can a Trump-Biden rematch be derailed?
New polling suggests that such a contest would spur more voter urgency — and that Robert Kennedy Jr. may not play a spoiler role.
Categories: News
16 Republican holdouts on Scalise for speaker, parsed
More than a dozen members appear to oppose Scalise, well more than the four or so GOP votes he can afford to lose. But how dug in are the holdouts?
Categories: News
Montana federal judge voices doubt over state’s TikTok ban
District Judge Donald Molloy said Montana had not substantiated its claims that TikTok users’ data was being “stolen” or misused.
Categories: News
Trump recenters the violence in Israel on himself
In a speech, the former president disparaged Benjamin Netanyahu, praised extremists and drew a dishonest comparison to events at the southern U.S. border.
Categories: News
Who are House speaker candidates Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan?
The two Republican lawmakers are now in the running to replace Kevin McCarthy, who was recently ousted from his role as House speaker.
Categories: News
Six GOP lawmakers want to expel scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos
The move comes a day after Santos was charged with an additional 10 crimes. Santos has denied any wrongdoing.
Categories: News