Budget bill reopens moderate vs. progressive divide for Dems
WASHINGTON -- One side is energized by the prospect of the greatest expansion of government support since the New Deal nearly a century ago. The other is fearful about dramatically...
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Biden Republicans? Some in GOP open to president¶¶Ňőap agenda
Jay Copan doesn't hide his disregard for the modern Republican Party.
“New strategy”: Politicians in crisis refuse calls to resign
The mere whiff of a scandal once unraveled political careers with stunning speed. Not anymore.
Vice presidents’ policy projects come with political risks
WASHINGTON — Mike Pence led the coronavirus task force only to be constantly overruled by the White House. Al Gore's efforts to “reinvent government" were largely forgotten during the Monica...
“Very angry”: Democrats face tough choices on immigration
Democrats who long blistered the Trump administration's hard-line immigration policies are suddenly in a tough political bind.
Democrats bank on COVID relief aid to win back wary working class
When Joe Biden visited this corner of southwestern Pennsylvania in the final weeks before the election, his goal wasn't to win it so much as to show the area's overwhelmingly...
Activists fear Biden’s commitment to $15 minimum wage
Union activist Terrance Wise recalls being laughed at when he began pushing for a national $15 per hour minimum wage almost a decade ago. Nearly a year into the pandemic,...
GOP tested anew by Georgia congresswoman’s Facebook activity
Republicans have a Marjorie Taylor Greene problem. Again.
Why Biden’s immigration plan may be risky for Democrats
As one of his first acts, Biden offered a sweeping immigration overhaul last week that would provide a path to U.S. citizenship for the estimated 11 million people who are...
Trump shuns “ex-presidents club” — and the feeling is mutual
It's a club Donald Trump was never really interested in joining and certainly not so soon: the cadre of former commanders in chief who revere the presidency enough to put...