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Byline: Yasmeen Abutaleb, Dan Keating, Sabrina Rodriguez, Josh Dawsey Donald Trump's return to the White House was powered by a historic realignment of the American electorate that upended decades of [...]

The latest polling from The New York Times and Siena College shows Republicans leading in key Senate races in Montana, Texas and Florida. Control of the Senate appears likely to [...]

Byline: Aaron Blake Some of the ugliest moments in the 2016 Republican nominating contest came when Donald Trump attacked Sen. Ted Cruz's family. Trump baselessly suggested Cruz's father might have [...]

Byline: Laura Meckler, Susan Svrluga and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The resignation of Claudine Gay as president of Harvard University marks the culmination of a conservative war on higher education, long fought [...]

Whitney Smith's phone buzzed with a text from her mother, alerting her to the latest can-you-believe-it mess in Washington: ''Far right ousted the House speaker. Total chaos now.'' Ms. Smith, [...]

For decades, Republicans have had a far more robust network of conservative policy groups to push their legislative agenda. Now the States Project is aiming to fill that void on [...]

The strain of migrants in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities has taxed resources, divided Democrats and put pressure on President Biden to act. When Gov. Greg Abbott [...]

Bipartisan collaboration was once a point of pride in Oregon, where Republicans have brought the Senate to a halt with a political boycott. For the past month, the Oregon Senate [...]

Around the time that Donald Trump announced his presidential campaign, there was a lot of chatter about how anti-Trump Republicans were poised to repeat the failures of 2016, by declining [...]

There are a lot of us in the Northeastern media who properly spend a lot of time slamming the Republican Party for what a mess it's become. I have only [...]

Byline: Dan Balz Few weeks may be as revealing of the current state of American politics as the one that just passed. In New York, Wisconsin and Tennessee, what transpired [...]

Byline: Paul Kane Democrats received a promising jolt Tuesday after a double-digit victory by the liberal candidate in Wisconsin's state Supreme Court race, demonstrating that their focus last year on [...]

Byline: Philip Bump The Republican Party is likely to soon find itself in a familiar position: a crowded field of presidential candidates with Donald Trump at the front of the [...]

The former president, who relied on evangelical voters in 2016, has accused Christian leaders of ''disloyalty'' and blamed them for Republicans' disappointing midterm performance. On Sunday, the Rev. Robert Jeffress, [...]

In the latest twist in the surreal saga of George Santos, this mystery man congressman has been named to seats on the House committees for small business and for science. [...]

Byline: Liz Goodwin and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez Republicans are facing some early challenges in the fight for control of the Senate in 2024, with some hard-right stalwarts weighing runs and [...]

In Florida, where Hispanic evangelicals carry outsize influence, many of their pastors view the budding 2024 rivalry as a sign of the potency of their unabashedly politicized Christianity. MIAMI -- [...]

The errant surveys spooked some candidates into spending more money than necessary, and diverted help from others who otherwise had a fighting chance of winning. Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat, [...]

Republicans used doomsday-style ads to capitalize on suburban voters' fear of crime in New York, helping to flip enough seats to capture the House. GREAT NECK PLAZA, N.Y. -- Lynn [...]

Even as Representative Kevin McCarthy, the minority leader, survived his first test, he lacked the votes to cement the speakership. His Senate counterpart also faced a challenge to his position. [...]

Byline: Cristiano Lima and Aaron Schaffer The 2022 midterm elections are set to usher into the Senate GOP a slew of Silicon Valley critics who have indicated they may back [...]

Byline: Emily Rauhala, Rick Noack and Karla Adam BRUSSELS - Much of Europe breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday, after a weaker than expected showing by Republicans and the absence [...]

Byline: Dan Balz WASHINGTON - In the closing days of the 2022 campaign, Republicans were in a bullish mood. They believed that after a difficult summer, the momentum of the [...]

Byline: Hannah Knowles and Michael Scherer Republicans moved closer to winning control of the U.S. House Tuesday night, even as Democrats showed some early strength in competitive races across the [...]

Byline: Dan Balz For over a decade, change has been the constant in America's congressional elections, a seemingly never-ending struggle for power in a closely and deeply divided nation. On [...]

Over the summer, the Greenwich Country Day School sent out an invitation for its annual Cider and Donuts event. To emphasize its commitment to diversity, the school noted that the [...]

New Hampshire was once seen as one of the Republican Party's top chances to pick up a Senate seat in 2022. In a sign that New Hampshire is at risk [...]

Democrats enter the final sprint to November more optimistic than expected, especially in the race for the Senate. But Republicans remain bullish that they can sweep into a House majority. [...]

President Biden has taken pains to show that he understands there is a difference between what he calls extremist ''MAGA Republicans'' and other members of the Republican Party. WASHINGTON -- [...]

Abraham Lincoln's first Inaugural Address was a 3,600-word olive branch to a South on the eve of the Civil War. His second promised malice toward none after the war left [...]

Byline: Jonathan Edwards Colorado state Sen. Kevin Priola was a Republican for 32 years. On Monday, he announced that he couldn't be one any longer. So he defected to the [...]

Donald Trump's supporters have turned anger over his defeat two years ago, and the false notion that it can still be reversed, into central campaign issues ahead of the battleground [...]

Trailed by the Capitol riot fallout and 2024 speculation, the two erstwhile allies gave competing speeches that revealed the Republican Party's enduring challenges and divisions. WASHINGTON -- Eighteen months after [...]

Byline: Isaac Stanley-Becker and Josh Dawsey WASHINGTON - Over eight televised hearings revealing the fullest account yet of President Donald Trump's role in provoking the carnage at the Capitol on [...]

As Democratic leaders warn loudly of right-wing threats to democracy, their campaign arms are meddling in Republican primaries, betting they can help pick easier opponents in November. Even as national [...]

Even for an insider like me, the whirlwind of energy and debate within today's conservative movement can be bewildering. But what's clear is that the Republican Party is changing. A [...]

Byline: Meagan Flynn Arriving at the Middleburg Barn to cast an early ballot in Virginia's 10th Congressional District Republican primary last week was a bit like walking the red carpet, [...]

The top Senate Republican has been working to tamp down on the anti-interventionist strain in his party, his latest proxy battle against President Donald J. Trump's America First policy. WASHINGTON [...]

In the run-up to an August primary, a number of Republicans on the ballot in Arizona -- like those in Ohio -- have rushed to embrace Donald J. Trump and [...]

The second election night of the 2022 midterms has some national implications for Republicans. Here's a breakdown. Ohio's primary elections almost weren't going to happen Tuesday. A heated and confusing [...]

Why has the Ohio Republican Senate primary, which reaches its conclusion Tuesday, been so interesting (if not always edifying) to watch? In part, because it's the first time the divides [...]

Throughout the Trump era it was a frequent theme of liberal commentary that their political party represented a clear American majority, thwarted by our antidemocratic institutions and condemned to live [...]

Casting themselves as alternatives to a polarizing lawmaker, these candidates could reveal a window into the Republican electorate. KINGMAN, Ariz. -- Inside a flag-covered roadside pizzeria, Robert Hall slings dough [...]

With inflation, war and the pandemic looming larger, Democrats who hope that the browbeating of Ketanji Brown Jackson will rally Black voters behind their candidates may be disappointed. The spectacle [...]

Byline: Kathy Gilsinan It's almost hard to remember now, but back in the early pandemic two years ago, Americans had a moment of unity. Even Congress, fresh off a bitter [...]

The warning signs are everywhere. For 30 years, polls showed that Americans trusted Democrats over Republicans to invest in public education and strengthen schools. Within the past year, however, Republicans [...]