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A supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a sign before a 2016 campaign rally in Toledo. (Angelo Merendino/Getty Images) The U.S. Census Bureau released data Tuesday showing national poverty rates declined by 0.8 of a percentage point in 2016 to a rate of 12.7 percent. But not all groups are experiencing the good fortune. […]Read More

There were two more special elections on Tuesday, and there were two more very good results for Democrats. We’re now at the point where the disappointment Democrats experienced in Georgia is looking like an aberration. The two special elections Tuesday were held in state House districts in Oklahoma and New Hampshire. Both had gone for President […]

President Trump on Wednesday vowed not to cut taxes for the wealthy, promised to try to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation and extolled the virtues of bipartisanship, saying it had led to “some of the greatest legislation ever passed.” That he did all of that while declaring himself “a conservative” only heightened the sense of surrealism that […]Read More

The top Republican in the Senate is ready to formally dispense with a long-running practice that gives senators an early chance to block federal judicial nominees who would have jurisdiction over their states — at least at the circuit court level. In an interview with the New York Times this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch […]

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Sept. 13 ESPN anchor Jemele Hill’s comments calling President Trump a white supremacist was a “fireable offense.” ESPN said Hill’s comments do not represent their position. (Reuters) This post has been updated. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders suggested Wednesday that ESPN host Jemele Hill should […]Read More

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks during a news conference announcing the Medicare for All legislation on Capitol Hill. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News) The Medicare for All legislation backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and 16 Senate Democrats does not include details on how it might be paid for. Today, as the bill’s supporters gathered for a crowded, […]Read More

Jared Kushner’s family company owns 666 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, shown here in March. (Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images) Jared Kushner and his family company seemed close to striking a deal in 2016 to transform their aging, money-losing 41-story Manhattan office tower into a new and profitable Fifth Avenue skyscraper twice as tall. A team led by […]

Sen. Rand Paul gained an important ally Tuesday in his quest to have the Senate vote to force a debate on authorizing the military’s combat operations against extremist groups, as Sen. Tim Kaine signaled that he was ready to come on board. But Kaine’s decision to join Paul’s efforts did not inspire other senators to […]Read More

Award-winning writer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda is accepting the 2017 Freedom Award from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society on Sept. 12, and is bringing a message on the importance of arts programs to the Capitol. (Jenny Starrs,Paul Kane/The Washington Post) Lin-Manuel Miranda believes one of the lasting lessons of “Hamilton” is just how screwed up […]Read More

This file photo taken Sept. 26, 2016, shows Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton (L) and Republican nominee Donald Trump at a debate. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images) Hillary Clinton has made little secret that she blames lots and lots of things not named Hillary Clinton for her 2016 loss. And amid a publicity tour for her just-released book — […]Read More

White House officials trying to jump-start work on the GOP’s top fall priority — tax cuts — are coming up against the same obstacle that has vexed President Trump all year: divided Republican lawmakers. Trump advisers and top congressional leaders, hoping to assuage conservatives hungry for details, are working urgently to assemble a framework that […]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). (Richard Vogel/Associated Press) Nancy Pelosi would like to be House speaker again. A whole bunch of Democratic senators would like to be their party’s 2020 presidential nominee. These two goals just collided head-on. The Washington Post’s Kelsey Snell and David Weigel report that Pelosi is declining to endorse Bernie Sanders’s […]Read More