Politics

As Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) tries to defend his seat in Maine’s highly competitive second district, a new player has entered the ring: the state’s iconic red crustacean. A political …

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s challenge to the FBI’s seizure of documents from his Florida estate again sided with the former president Thursday in the ongoing showdown with the Justice …

Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told the Jan. 6 panel during lengthy testimony Thursday that she still believes false claims that the 2020 election was …

Hurricane Ian’s rampage across Florida disabled two major bridges, severed access along an interstate, canceled thousands of flights and destroyed untold numbers of homes and businesses — all of which …

He said he foresees a 51-49 Democratic majority next year.

As Hurricane Ian loped through southwest Florida, emptying an ocean of rain on the region, lifting buildings off their foundations with its wind speed, and swamping lowlands with gray and …

President Joe Biden’s great political comeback is looking like a dead-cat bounce. He’s up from his mid-summer trough of an approval rating that averaged below 40 percent, but he’s still …

A year after Amy Coney Barrett joined the Supreme Court, the boutique Indiana firm SouthBank Legal opened its first-ever Washington office in Penn Quarter, a move the firm hailed in …

Special Counsel John Durham’s probe into the origins of the FBI investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign’s ties to Russia is inching closer toward what’s expected to be its final …

President Joe Biden on Thursday praised the Federal Emergency Management Agency for its response to Hurricane Ian, telling the room full of FEMA workers that they’re restoring Americans’ faith in …

Western allies are rushing to come up with plans to respond to the Kremlin’s forced annexation of parts of eastern Ukraine expected to be unveiled Friday, as Vladimir Putin pushes …

The Biden administration is curtailing its sweeping student debt relief program for several million Americans whose federal student loans are owned by private companies over concerns the industry would challenge …

Where did the LIV Golf tournament go to die? Fox. If that joke didn’t scan for you, it’s likely you haven’t been following the sporting news, which has teemed all …

Convenience store chain Wawa is accusing a New Jersey congressional candidate of plucking his campaign’s goose logo straight from their archives. In a polite-but-firm cease-and-desist letter shared with POLITICO, the …

The Senate is on track to clear a stopgap spending bill Thursday afternoon and send it to the House, likely averting a government shutdown that would hit in less than …

Hurricane Ian’s wreckage is poised to leave millions of Floridians without power, possibly for weeks — and could worsen a supply-chain crunch that threatens the nation’s readiness for future disasters. …

She came to an agreement with lawmakers last week that paved the way for her testimony.

Hurricane Ian’s path of destruction cut through some of the fastest-growing counties in the nation, pulverizing communities whose populations have doubled and tripled in recent decades during a period of …

The Biden administration has launched a diplomatic initiative — the Pacific Partnership Strategy — to reinforce its intent to counter China’s growing influence in the region. The initiative is timed …

President Joe Biden on Thursday declared a major disaster in Florida as Tropical Storm Ian swept across the state, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. The declaration brings …

Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Demilitarized Zone that divides North and South Korea on Thursday, emphasizing the United States’ commitment to its Asian allies just a day after Kim …