It’s not just that the former president subjected his company to unusual scrutiny. It’s also that he could have felt confident that scrutiny wouldn’t matter.

A new term starts Monday. The justices will confront numerous hot-button cases, while grappling with how to rebuild the public’s trust in their work.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pick to serve the remainder of Dianne Feinstein’s term is a member of several select historical groups.

The executive of the program said the main challenge is “how do I make this into a positive business case, given the market conditions as we see them right now.”

Butler, the president of Emily’s List, has worked for decades in the labor movement and was an adviser on Kamala D. Harris’s 2020 presidential campaign.

The FTX founder orchestrated one of the largest ever campaign-finance frauds in an attempt to buy favorable political treatment, prosecutors will argue.

Relations between the president and union leader could affect the nation’s economy--and the next election

Rep. Matt Gaetz plans to introduce a motion this week to remove McCarthy as House speaker, in a dramatic escalation of the long-simmering tensions between the men.

A recap of the latest developments in Donald Trump’s four criminal cases, and what comes next.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had to lean on Democrats to avert a shutdown, and GOP senators defied Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Ukraine.

After Biden and Trump passed through Michigan this past week, picketers said they were left fending for themselves and disillusioned with unfulfilled promises from both parties’ likely nominees.

Seven months after entering hospice, Jimmy Carter defied expectations with his 99th birthday on Sunday.

Kennedy might run with a third party, which could be bad for the Trump allies who sought to exploit his candidacy and raised his stock on the right.

GOP lawmakers in districts that Biden won feared damage to their reelection prospects from a shutdown.

Lawmakers avoid closing the government, but Ukraine funding — and McCarthy’s position — now may be at risk

Just hours before a potential government shutdown, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate passed a roughly 45-day continuing resolution.

Explore how your senator voted on keeping the government open.

The journalist daughter of Sen. Bob Menendez said on her MSNBC show that she will not be involved in coverage of his federal bribery charges.

Republicans last week offered a kaleidoscopic display of self-inflicted wounds by politicians unwilling to govern responsibly and loath to confront the damage done by Donald Trump.

The Washington Post recorded how Republicans and Democrats voted on a short-term government funding bill.