‘Poor Chuck’: Schumer Confronts Midyear Mess
The majority leader has hugely consequential issues bearing down on him, such as climate change, Whitehouse said in an interview, "and he has no margin to work
How The Anti-Abortion Movement Used The Progressive Playbook To Chip Away At Roe V. Wade
The Supreme Court is hugely important in these shifts, of course, but what's often lost in the breathless coverage of the Court is that constitutional law doesn
A Pricey New Drug That May Not Work? Why Drug Pricing Critics Are Staying Quiet.
"Everyone is a bit terrified by Alzheimer's, so the average person hears concerning the FDA approval of a treatment, and they don't know concerning the controve
Police Reform Talks Stalling As Law Enforcement Groups Bristle
Meanwhile, Scott — weeks after declaring police reform talks "June or bust" — said both sides "still have a ways to go." Even if both parties can
Deal Or No Deal? Confusion Rules Senate Infrastructure Talks
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), a member of a bipartisan negotiating group, said talks are "in the middle stages" but that he did not expect a deal before the Senate
‘A Different Way To Live And Work’: Commuter Rail Braces For Permanent Commuting Shifts
While subway ridership in New York fell to similar lows, it's seen a faster uptick and is now down roughly 60 percent. And buses, which primarily serve essentia
McAuliffe Wins Big In Virginia
The November face-off will be the first major election during President Joe Biden's tenure in the White House — and a measure of how damaging now-previous Pre
Senate China Bill Heads For Next Steep Climb In House
The House is expected to take up those bills — which likely would be taken to the floor in pieces rather than as one package — in late June or…
Why The GOP Just Got Blown Out In A Congressional Race
Part of the GOP's decline can be attributed to urban-rural polarization, a process set in motion before Donald Trump's ascent. "The fact is that CD-1 in particu
DeSantis Cashes In On Rising Star Status With Big-money Blitz
In this April 30 file photo surrounded by legislators, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the end of a legislative session at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla.
Google Agrees To Advertising Changes After €220M French Antitrust Fine
PARIS — Big Tech's advertising technology business took another antitrust hit on Monday. France's competition authority fined Google €220 million for abusin
Trump Reemerges On The Trail And Plays The Hits Of Yore
Trump applauded audits taking place in various states and scoffed at the notion that all of this was subversive and problematic for society. "I'm not the o
The Partisan Divide In Vaccinations Is Starker Than You Realize
House members representing districts with low vaccination rates and public health experts, discussing their efforts to reach the unvaccinated, described what es
'Hard To Love It': Modest Job Gains Leave Lingering Doubts About Recovery
"This is a lukewarm report that will only serve to stoke fears about labor market shortages," Aberdeen Standard Investments Deputy Chief Economist James McCann
Republicans Dive Into Politically Fraught Push For Covid's Origin Story
That leaves Republicans with few options for uncovering the information they're seeking from Beijing — but plenty of incentives to use the pandemic's murky ge
The Jobs Report That Could Upend Biden’s Economic Agenda
Democrats have downplayed the concerns, maintaining that the path back to full employment was always going to be winding and stacked with challenges. And econom
Democrats’ 2020 Defeats Haunt Them In Voting Rights Fight
In this May 6, 2021 file photo, a group opposing new voter legislation gather outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas. | Eric Gay/AP Pho
Biden Taps Harris To Tackle Voting Rights Legislation
"The work ahead of us is to make voting accessible to all American voters, and to make sure every vote is counted through a free, fair, and transparent pro
Republicans Fear Trump Will Lead To A ‘Lost Generation’ Of Talent
"Rational, good quality candidates don't want to associate with people like Marjorie Taylor Green. So people just check out," said Mike Madrid, a Republican str
America’s Power Outage: Texas Residents Line-Up To Fetch Water From Borehole
Residents of Texas have been captured lining up to fetch water amid days of blackout in the state caused by failure in natural gas operations. Operators reveale