Show the world that politicians can have very strong differences about public policy and still treat each other with respect.

After 10 years of President Donald Trump dominating the national discourse, one effect is a coarsening of political language.

Former New York Gov. David Paterson (D) on Sunday compared Zohran Mamdani’s success as the city’s Democratic mayoral ...

Donald Trump just made one of his most divisive comments ever in public – and that’s quite saying something. The President has sparked backlash by making ‘hateful’ claims about Democrats, and some ...

Republicans in Congress have just passed Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” Widely dubbed the cruelest piece of legislation in US ...

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For some Democratic leaders, the tax break and spending cut package passed by Trump's Republican allies in Congress on ...

Defending democracy against authoritarianism not a battle between liberals, conservatives. It's a struggle between rule of ...

Back-to-back retirement announcements last week from a Republican representative and senator represented a victory for ...

Democrats are rethinking ways to recapture voters they’ve lost to President Trump in recent election cycles, and they may ...

Today, many Democrats feel a similar fury toward the politicians who claim to represent them. In 2014 Mr. Brat used one issue in particular to illustrate that divide: immigration. Democratic ...

As I write this, House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is talking … and talking … and talking, using his ...