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When Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama came hat in hand to Capitol Hill last month to ask his state’s senior Republican for help raising money, Sen. Richard C. Shelby had a blunt reply. “I told him he could raise it himself, you know, like I did, you know, like everybody else,” said Shelby, who […]

President Trump gets a tour of the newly opened Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Miss., on Saturday. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) follows at right. (Susan Walsh/AP) Despite protests and boycotts, President Trump spent part of the weekend in a state with a rich history of racial discrimination praising some of the figures that worked […]

NBC “Sunday Night Football” announcers Mike Tirico, left, Chris Collinsworth, center, and Al Michaels rehearse before a game Nov. 26. (Keith Srakocic/AP) Dylan Farrow wrote in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday that “we are in the midst of a revolution” but noted that “the revolution has been selective.” She was talking about the sparing […]Read More

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Dec. 10 said that the women who have accused President Trump of sexual misconduct “should be heard.” (Reuters) Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Sunday that the women who have accused President Trump of touching or groping them without their consent “should […]Read More

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — President Trump has jumped into a contentious Senate race here in recent days, supporting embattled Republican Roy Moore in an election that neared the finish line Sunday under the glare of a national spotlight. Trump’s 11th-hour imprint was splashed across the front pages of the state’s biggest newspapers over the weekend, as […]

In recent weeks, Democrats have scored huge electoral wins in Virginia, cultivated public opposition to the Republican tax plan, purged two liberal stars accused of sexual misconduct and gotten closer to winning a Senate race in Alabama that should be out of reach in such a conservative state. But they still can’t agree on what […]

NEW YORK — President Trump’s first address to the United Nations, the world body he once said risked becoming an irrelevant salon, will be a test of his “America First” agenda on global engagement, climate change and North Korea, but one topic — Iran — looms largest. Trump’s speech on Tuesday, and a series of […]Read More

Democratic lawmakers shut out of governance for much of this year now find themselves at the center of high-stakes negotiations with President Trump that could achieve a prize they have sought for nearly a decade: permanent legal status for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants. For a small but vocal contingent of Democrats, these talks […]

Protesters hold signs as they listen to speakers at a rally outside City Hall in San Francisco in January. (Jeff Chiu/Associated Press) In what appeared to be an act of defiance against President Trump and to the dismay of many in law enforcement, California lawmakers took a significant step toward making the state a so-called “sanctuary state.” […]Read More

President Trump spoke to reporters on Sept. 14 about his deal with Democrats on DACA and immigration reform, saying “we’re moving very rapidly on the wall.” (The Washington Post) An amazing thing happened this week. News outlets that President Trump has branded “fake news” reported Trump agreed in principle to grant long-term legal status to […]Read More

Sen. Luther Strange waves to constituents before a Republican primary candidate forum in Pelham, Ala., on Aug 4.  (Brynn Anderson/AP) President Trump is putting his political capital on the line in a big way in Alabama’s closely contested Senate race. The president, who has previously endorsed Sen. Luther Strange (R), said he will travel to […]

If “war” against the Republican establishment is what former White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon wants, then war is what he will get. Deep-pocketed supporters of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and other GOP leaders have resolved to fight a protracted battle over the next year for the soul of the party in congressional […]