In the face of widespread pessimism about the political fate of the United States and growing political polarization, scholars and citizens across the country are reimagining how American democracy could better serve the needs of the whole population.

In an October 2025 poll, a slight majority said that radical change is needed to ...Read more

Five years after Democrats pushed to nationalize election law, they’re up in arms that Republican President Donald Trump is talking about nationalizing election law. Go figure.

Last week, Trump caused quite a stir — he has that gift, after all — with his comments on a podcast about the November midterm elections. “The Republicans should...Read more

WASHINGTON — Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro has indisputable liberal credentials. A founding member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the first executive director of EMILY’s List, she has long championed causes such as paid family leave and raising the minimum wage.

The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee is also ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The battle over immigration enforcement has become a fight over whether to temporarily extend funding for the last outstanding fiscal 2026 spending bill.

With no immigration deal in sight, Senate Democrats and Republicans spent much of Tuesday at odds over whether to pass a short-term measure to buy more time before current ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The leaders of the agencies enforcing President Trump's immigration crackdown faced tough questioning on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, with one Democratic lawmaker asking the head of ICE if he would apologize to the families of two U.S. citizens who were killed by federal agents and called domestic terrorists by Homeland Security ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will unveil plans to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants as he seeks to drive domestic reliance on the fossil fuel.

The marquee initiative, set to be announced Wednesday, will come through an executive order, as Trump directs Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The FBI claims it seized voting records from a Georgia county due to alleged “improprieties” with the 2020 election, part of a probe that originated with a lawyer who helped President Donald Trump unsuccessfully challenge results of that race.

Information about the investigation was included in a U.S. Justice Department ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Tom Malinowski on Tuesday conceded his comeback bid in New Jersey’s open 11th District, clearing the path to the Democratic nomination for progressive organizer Analilia Mejia.

Mejia led Malinowski by nearly 900 votes as of Tuesday morning, according to The Associated Press, which has yet to call the special ...Read more

The United States and Iran each struck a positive tone about the start of diplomatic talks, though analysts remain skeptical that the engagement will be enough to head off U.S. airstrikes.

The timeline and terms of the negotiations remain unclear after an opening round of talks on Friday that President Donald Trump cast as “very good” and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — When Rep. April McClain Delaney made an oversight visit to an immigration detention site in Baltimore last month, 47 days after her office originally requested, the Maryland Democrat said she found concerning conditions with detainees gesturing for food and water and placed in rooms with 40 others.

But it was clear Immigration ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As Democrats blast a voter ID proposal touted by President Donald Trump, congressional Republicans are trying to smooth out their own internal disagreements over how far they should go — and whether to tighten federal control over elections in the first place.

With a bill known as the SAVE America Act headed to the House floor ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pamela Bondi is set to face House lawmakers at an oversight hearing Wednesday expected to focus in part on a string of controversies stemming from the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein file release.

For Bondi, it will be her first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee as attorney ...Read more

Rep. Kevin Kiley plans to introduce federal legislation that will seek to lower gas prices in California.

The bill would withhold some federal highway funding for states with a gas tax exceeding 50 cents per gallon, according to a news release on Tuesday. Those states would have an 8% reduction in dollars from the National Highway Performance ...Read more

A panel of judges on the North Carolina Court of Appeals on Tuesday heard arguments in Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s challenge to a major power shift that stripped him of his appointments to state and local election boards.

Attorneys for Stein argued that the power shift — which transferred appointments to Republican State Auditor Dave ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The FBI claims it seized voting records from a Georgia county due to alleged “improprieties” with the 2020 election, part of a probe that originated with a lawyer who helped President Donald Trump unsuccessfully challenge results of that race.

Information about the investigation was included in a U.S. Justice Department ...Read more

Analilia Mejia appeared to cement victory in the Democratic primary to replace New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill in Congress after her top opponent conceded Tuesday morning.

It’s a massive upset for the state’s progressive movement.

Mejia led the race with a razor-thin margin when former U.S. Rep. Tom Malinowski, the closest contender, ...Read more

MIAMI — As the federal trial of former Florida Congressman David Rivera approaches, his defense team is aiming to remove a prosecutor from the Venezuelan-connected national security case — claiming he has a conflict of interest because of his wife’s alleged connection to a lobbying firm that once employed President Donald Trump’s current...Read more

WASHINGTON — Top officials with the U.S. immigration enforcement agencies defended their approach Tuesday at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, amid intense scrutiny of policies sparked by the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by immigration agents in Minneapolis.

It was the first hearing with representatives from Immigration and...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump plan to visit Fort Bragg on Friday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday afternoon.

Leavitt said during a press briefing that the Trumps plan to meet with “military families and the heroic members of our special forces who carried out the successful ...Read more

WASHINGTON ― The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump wants to renegotiate the 2013 permit that set in motion the construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge on the border between Detroit and Windsor, which Canada paid for, seeking a cut of the span's toll revenue.

The bridge construction deal that former Gov. Rick ...Read more