Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of

Continue reading…The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

There’s never been a better time to be a disgraced politician seeking a second chance. A pair of former governors who resigned in scandal are vying to lead major cities

Continue reading…2 former governors resigned in scandal. Now they want to be mayors.

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House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan said he plans to hold hearings on recent judicial rulings against the Trump administration’s agenda, after President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and conservatives have called

Continue reading…Jordan vows hearings on judicial rulings after Trump calls for impeachments

SAN FRANCISCO — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered a sharp critique of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday, suggesting he had forfeited a crucial bargaining chip by allowing

Continue reading…Pelosi shivs Schumer: ‘Don’t give away anything for nothing’

President Donald Trump wants Congress to repair a significant cut to the District of Columbia’s budget and is happy to leave the procedural details to Speaker Mike Johnson, according to

Continue reading…Trump wants House to ‘get on board’ with Washington budget fix

Congressional Democrats — who were hoping to blast Republicans over budget cuts — instead took incoming from their exasperated constituents when they traveled home to host town halls. In Arizona,

Continue reading…‘You’re not fighting!’: Dems run into angry crowds at town halls

A progressive House member from Chicago is calling on Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down from his leadership position, joining a growing list of fellow Democrats to air that

Continue reading…Chicago lawmaker joins the anti-Schumer pile on by House members

A normally even-keeled Democratic congressman wants Chuck Schumer to feel the heat. If the Senate minority leader doesn’t adopt a tougher line in the next big Washington negotiation, Rep. Glenn

Continue reading…House Democrat puts Schumer on notice: ‘Get right’ or get out

The Senate Democratic leader said it himself on cable news on Tuesday night. By siding with Republicans on the government funding bill, Chuck Schumer knew members of his own party

Continue reading…Schumer bashing has gone mainstream

Add another member of Congress to the list of angry Democrats saying it might be time Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to call it quits. Rep. Glenn Ivey, who represents

Continue reading…Another House Democrat piles on embattled Chuck Schumer

WestExec Advisors has long operated as an exclusive Washington consulting firm known for its meteoric rise and lineup of heavy-hitter Democrats and former national security officials. But its business is

Continue reading…Dem-leaning WestExec Advisors lost big-name clients since the election

JB Pritzker criticized Chuck Schumer and declined to say whether he should continue leading Senate Democrats amid an escalating internal crisis over the party’s strategy in the second Trump presidency.

Continue reading…JB Pritzker on Chuck Schumer’s spending vote: ‘I disagree with what he did’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for the impeachment of the federal judge who ordered a two-week halt to his efforts to remove Venezuelan migrants using extraordinary war powers that

Continue reading…Trump calls for impeachment of judge who tried to halt deportations

Senate Democrats are bracing for a painful post-mortem as they try to avoid a September rerun of their latest government funding defeat. Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, and nine

Continue reading…‘Full of despair’: Senate Dems look to regroup after losing shutdown fight

Moderate Democrats are on a tear. Democrats are overperforming at the state level, with centrist candidates flipping one seat and coming close in another in special elections in deep red

Continue reading…Centrist Democrats are having their moment

After nearly three decades on Capitol Hill, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) reached the apex of his career as the new Senate majority leader and head of the Republican caucus. But

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The Senate passed a bill Friday night to free up more than $1 billion in Washington’s city budget, fixing an omission in the government funding bill now on its way

Continue reading…Senate passes DC budget fix after House GOP omission