Conservative veterans with large social media followings have been hired by the Defense Department and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s culture-war fights.

About a third of Democrats and Democratic-leaning adults identify as democratic socialists, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

The 44th commander in chief is hoping to break the mold of presidential libraries — and burnish his legacy — with his hulking Chicago center, which opens Thursday.

No departures are scheduled at Reagan National Airport after noon on the Fourth. Authorities also advised travelers to check schedules near other 250th-anniversary events this summer.

The president has publicly highlighted his ballroom project on roughly a third of the days this year.

The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

John Hurley’s exit follows internal disputes over the White House-backed push to target alleged fraud in the Somali community.

Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.

Conservatives amended state constitutions to affirm broad rights for people to choose their health care. Now abortion rights proponents are taking them at their word.

President-elect Donald Trump opened his transition back to the White House this week with a flurry of personnel announcements that sent forceful messages to major constituent groups, potential politic...

Democrat Derek Tran is leading Republican Rep. Michelle Steel by 102 votes in what's become the tightest House race in the nation.

The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem

A new poll shows California's reputation battered by its high cost of living and by partisanship -- half of Republicans say the state isn't really American

Trump's opponents have succeeded in getting to the U.S. Supreme Court with their argument the 14th Amendment disqualifies him from the ballot. But they face hurdles.

The president's problem with young voters isn't as dire as some recent surveys have indicated, a major new poll of young Americans shows. But the level of disenchantment is still serious, and lowered ...

Average Texans and Californians agree a lot more than their states' policies would suggest, even on issues like abortion and guns. Each tips slightly in one direction, but politics magnify the differe...

So, yesterday we covered Elon Musk’s ridiculous censorial threat to sue Media Matters “the split second the court opens on Monday.” Of course, as we noted, you can file lawsuits 24/7. And yet, a...

How is Joe Biden doing these days? Courtesy of CNN, here are his approval ratings from a variety of national polls over the past few months: From August through October Biden's approval dropped about...

Brace yourselves, this isn’t going to be pretty: A deep dive into the best survey data we have on the ideas and attitudes that shape the political conflict in the United States – Part I

Where I'm coming from when I write about what's happening in Gaza.

Voters haven't yet focused on their choice. That's what campaigns are for. Recent speeches by Trump and Biden give a taste of what that campaign will look like.

Republicans tried three strategies to defeat abortion rights in this week's elections. All three failed. But the GOP's strong antiabortion wing won't let the party change course.