House Democrats keep options open as effort to oust Johnson grows

House Democrats are divided over whether they would try and save Speaker Mike Johnson if an effort to oust him gets underway in the chamber, with institutionalists insisting that voting against ... Read More

Michigan Democrats Reclaim Full Control of Statehouse With Special Election Wins

The departure of two Democratic representatives who won suburban mayoral posts last fall evenly split the Michigan House. Read More

Governing the Ungovernable

House Speaker Mike Johnson has problems in Washington. Trump can help, and hurt. When members of Congress return to Washington from their home districts, they often trudge to Capitol Hill for a tally ... Read More

‘Save Democracy’ Democrats Look to Win Primaries on Anti-Trump Sentiment

In two races in Maryland and Virginia, candidates are turning political fame into campaigns, and a Pennsylvania race is focused on a congressman’s role in Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 loss. Read More

Johnson Needs Democrats on Ukraine, Handing Them Power to Shape Aid Plan

The Republican speaker’s elaborate strategy for passing a foreign aid package over his party’s objections will require the cooperation of Democrats to push it through — and possibly save his job. Read More

Election Updates: Biden, competing with Trump to be tough on China, calls for new steel tariffs.

Mr. Biden’s stop in Pittsburgh is part of a three-day swing through Pennsylvania, a crucial battleground state that he narrowly won in 2020 and has visited more than any other. The president’s ... Read More

In the 2024 Race, Trump’s Trial Is About to Take Center Stage

The race for president will shift much of its focus to a Manhattan courtroom. “This looks like no other presidential campaign in the history of the country,” one Republican pollster said. Read More

Biden hosts foreign leaders; Trump on trial in New York

Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more. Read More

Fiery new Trump ad shows Biden saying he’d ‘beat the hell out of him’: ‘Democrats are the party of violence’

Donald Trump’s campaign is set to launch a digital ad painting President Biden and Democrats as the “party of violence,” The Post first learned. Read More

Johnson Pushes Ahead on Foreign Aid Bill, Teeing Up a Weekend Vote

The Republican speaker, with his job on the line, said he expected Saturday evening votes on the long-stalled package of aid to Ukraine, Israel and other American allies. Read More

Johnson Says the House Will Vote on an Israel Bill in the Coming Days

Speaker Mike Johnson left unclear whether the vote on the security package, coming after Iranian attacks on Israel, would also include aid for Ukraine. Read More

Poland's president becomes the latest leader to visit Donald Trump as allies eye a possible return

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump met Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility ... Read More