The history behind a Laphonza Butler Senate appointment

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Sunday that he was appointing Emily’s List President Laphonza Butler as the replacement to former senator Dianne

Trump’s understandable surprise at seeing his company in court

About nine months after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president in 2017, ProPublica published a striking — if not surprising — story. A

Democrats can’t really save Kevin McCarthy

To become House speaker, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had to give away much of the store to a small group of House Republicans.

Matt Gaetz accuses McCarthy of a horrible act: Compromise

Three in 10 Republicans don’t think the Biden impeachment probe will be fair

Leaders of the House Republican conference would like Americans to be under the impression that the party’s investigation into the possible impeachment

Supreme Court weighs sentencing law, denies appeal from Trump lawyer Eastman

The Supreme Court inaugurated a new term Monday by spending hours dissecting one word of a criminal sentencing statute, after turning away

Trump takes his campaign to court in preview of upcoming criminal trials

Former president Donald Trump did not speak in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday, but he waged combat against prosecutors and a judge