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President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress. The White House announced the move on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant serv...

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The goal of keeping Democratic Senate seats and flipping four GOP seats once felt like a long shot. Now it's feasible.

The actions were a clear escalation of President Donald Trump’s long-running efforts — in the courts and through administrative action — to restrict news coverage by journalists he finds objectionable...

Public understanding of the constitution is crucial.

Democrats have a chance this fall to win control of both chambers of Congress and regain power in some swing states.

Groups tied to President Donald Trump have reserved more than $130 million in advertising in recent weeks.

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It’s something akin to a quiet earthquake: home nations jointly declaring their wish to be freed from English domination. A big move needs a big response, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

While there are many forces fueling polarization and dysfunction in America, we are focused on addressing the biggest, solvable problem: partisan primaries. We’ve coined this The Primary Problem.

Decision allows states to send ballots under process followed for years even as president tried to limit system

The leaders of Plaid Cymru, SNP and Sinn Fein say the UK government should prepare for constitutional change.

Plans to strengthen legislation already going through parliament might mean donors having to meet stricter UK residence requirements

Jill Lepore argues in her new Pulitzer-winning history that the Constitution desperately needs an update, traces emergence of roadblocks.

Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.

In the president's public language, Congress rarely appears as a coequal branch of government.

From military crackdowns to silencing dissent, this Constitution Day reminds us all that we must fight to uphold our rights and preserve the rule of law.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Burnham was offering "more government control, more taxes and more politicians", as he addressed MPs for the first time as PM.

The unpredictable Maine and Michigan Senate races remain critical to controlling the chamber.

The sudden death of Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who was also a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and the Judiciary Committee, plays havoc with Senate Majority…

Republicans say the legislation is necessary to stop voter fraud, but Democrats say it disenfranchises voters.

Exclusive: Data in justice department filing quoted in landmark supreme court decision relied on questionable methodology, Guardian analysis finds

Stunning rebuke to president as lawmakers vote 215-208 for measure forcing him to seek congressional approval

The Kentucky race has been viewed as a key test of President Trump's grip on the Republican Party.

Wes Streeting or Andy Burnham could launch a leadership bid – here are policies from which they could choose

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He could get $1 billion for his ballroom

The order reinstates mail access to the drug for one week while the justices consider emergency applications by drugmakers.

The shutdown caused chaos in airports across the US as politicians feuded over funds for Trump's immigration crackdown.

It comes after legislation to remove their right to sit in the upper chamber passed last month.

The decision could touch off a scramble by Republicans to redraw minority-majority congressional districts, especially in the South, that could cost many Black Democrats their seats.

The Senate turned back a similar measure Wednesday seeking to rein in the president as the unpopular war approaches the two-month mark.

The justice secretary says the limits are required to stem a growing backlog of cases in crown courts.

The bill abolishes the 92 seats reserved for peers who inherit their titles through their families.

Tucker Carlson and other MAGA figures with big online audiences have criticized the assault on Iran, triggering pushback from the president and White House.

The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C. Democrats — and some Republicans — hope to make their disapproval of Trump’s Iran strikes clear in a war powers vote.

Amid President Donald Trump's unconstitutional war against Iran, ACLU experts break down who has the power to declare war — and how Congress can assert its war powers. ACLU experts explain constitutio...

The strikes on Iran are the latest way Trump sidestepped the GOP-controlled legislature.

Labour, which took the seat with more than 50% of the vote in 2024, came behind Reform UK.

There already are a few standouts among Democrats’ potential 2028 candidates, but the long road to the next presidential contest features plenty of dark horses.

The ruling did not waffle or leave questions about legality for another day.

Judge rejects argument that advice is legally flawed and excludes trans people from services they have long used

The UK High Court on Friday ruled that the government’s decision to ban activist group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization last summer was unlawful, marking a major victory for civil libertie...

Parliament Act, passed after row over David Lloyd George’s budget, was last used in 2004 to pass ban on foxhunting

Groups typically aligned with Trump call for investigation as NRA wades into the national dialogue

Divided government would be good outcome next fall.

The North Carolina Republican has been at the forefront this month of staking out anti-MAGA ground and criticizing Trump’s aides.