You were the deputy speaker. Then, you became the first female speaker. And now you are the first speaker to become a deputy ...

By Hurubie Meko and Troy Closson A coalition of 21 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Thursday, two days after the Education Department fired more than 1,300 workers ...

Democratic attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration over layoffs cutting nearly half of Education Department staff. The lawsuit alleges these cuts ...

Nearly two dozen Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration Thursday, seeking to halt an effort to lay off half of the Department of Education's workforce. The suit comes two days ...

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. Can the Democratic Party as currently constituted move to the center? After the 2024 ...

In the crevices of a damp bath towel, all kinds of bacteria are proliferating. They arrive in droves, wiped off their hosts along with dead skin, fungi and other microorganisms. They thrive on the ...

Obama's shocking upset over the madam-president-in-waiting was an inflection point for the institutional trajectory of the Democratic Party. Voters rejected the cultural centrism that was a ...

Democratic donors — from bundlers to small dollar donors — say they are still angry about the election results and uninspired by anything their side has put forward since then. “I’ll be ...

He’s coming out of left field. Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist candidate running for New York City mayor, is emerging as a serious contender, a new poll claims. The survey of likely ...

New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s decision to not seek reelection marks the latest bit of tough luck for Senate Democrats, who face an increasingly challenging midterm election map ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Trust in representative democratic institutions, such as parliaments and governments, is declining globally, while trust in non-representative institutions like ...