Republican and Democratic senators drafted a bill aimed at curbing emissions of Hydrofluorocarbons, commonly referred to as HFCs, in a rare bi-partisan attempt to tackle the climate crisis. The plan was forged despite the Trump administration’s objection to the move, The Washington Post reported.

Anyone still hoping for an orderly election and, if need be, a peaceful transition of power hasn't been paying attention to much that's happened over the past few months. As the presidential election approaches, everything is still in a...

A bipartisan group of 15 senators urged Defense Secretary Mark Esper in a letter Wednesday to maintain support for Stars and Stripes, which could be forced to stop publishing by the end of the month without Defense Department funding.

President heads to Florida and North Carolina while still refuting reports he labelled war dead ‘suckers’ and ‘losers’

He is returning to a 2016 tactic that helped him win the presidency. But will voters respond?

In an abrupt reversal, President Donald Trump is encouraging voters in the critical swing state of Florida to vote by mail after months of criticizing the practice — and while his campaign and the GOP challenge Nevada over its new vote-by-mail law.

There has long been conflict in the United States over who gets to vote and how. In the years since Barack Obama’s election as president, those voting debates have become increasingly partisan, with Republican elected officials often pushing measures like requiring photo IDs that make it harder for people to vote, and Democratic officials advancing provisions like same-day registration that make it easier to vote.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized Democrats in California over recent rolling blackouts during the state's record-breaking heat wave, saying "Democrats are unable to keep up with energy demand."

The president warned publicly this week that marijuana ballot initiatives were hurting Republicans.

A blank check for a president who doesn't sweat the details.

The Republican national convention, dominated by veneration of Donald Trump and bleak warnings of the dangers of socialism, has completely ignored the climate crisis, an omission that has disturbed some conservatives who warn the party risks being left behind by voters.

People who have studied the extremist right as a historical and sociopolitical phenomenon in depth are acutely aware of a simple truth: America has been very, very lucky so far when it comes to fascistic political movements. And now, with the arrival of the Donald Trump 2016 phenomenon, that luck may be about to run out... By David Neiwert.

Every four years the political parties describe the impending presidential election as a historic event – and every once in a while it's true. By Sean Wilentz.

William Ruckelshaus, who this week will receive the presidential medal of freedom, says candidates are harming US’s reputation ahead of Paris climate talks. By Oliver Milman. (Nov. 23)

The coverage of our elections has a fairy tale feel to it. Our national press pretends that they are dealing with men and women of principle, offering carefully thought-out solutions to our nation’s problems, rather than groveling servants of billionaires who finance their campaigns; and that the voters these candidates try to persuade in the primaries are well-informed and well-meaning Americans and not people who by and large get their information from Fox TV and hate radio. By Charles Simic.

How a group of radical conservatives ousted John Boehner—and pushed Congress to the right. By Ryan Lizza.

Donald Trump’s plan to ban Muslims from entering the United States presents many constitutional quandaries. By Amy Davidson.

Our In-Depth Investigation of the Propaganda Cycle. By Heather Hogan. (Sept. 2)

Will the GOP as we know it survive 2016? By David Frum.

While he has very little support among party elites, Cruz seems to believe that Republican voters are hungry for a candidate who will challenge their party’s foreign policy at the ideological level. By Jonathan Chait.