Politics
Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Fake Trump Electors
January 31, 2022
Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Fake Trump Electors
WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack issued 14 subpoenas on Friday to people who falsely…
Pennsylvania Court Says State’s Mail Voting Law Is Unconstitutional
January 28, 2022
Pennsylvania Court Says State’s Mail Voting Law Is Unconstitutional
A state court in Pennsylvania on Friday struck down the state’s landmark election law as unconstitutional, dealing a temporary blow…
Relax, America: Willow, the White House Cat, Has Arrived
January 28, 2022
Relax, America: Willow, the White House Cat, Has Arrived
WASHINGTON — The cat has landed. After keeping the nation on tenterhooks since even before taking office, the Biden White…
McConnell Warns Against ‘Radical’ Supreme Court Pick
January 28, 2022
McConnell Warns Against ‘Radical’ Supreme Court Pick
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from both parties and both houses of Congress on Thursday rushed to influence President Biden’s choice for…
New Justice Will Have Little Power to Thwart Supreme Court’s Rightward Lurch
January 28, 2022
New Justice Will Have Little Power to Thwart Supreme Court’s Rightward Lurch
WASHINGTON — Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s successor at the Supreme Court may turn out to possess a blazing intellect, infectious…
Are New Voting Bill Talks for Real or for Show?
January 28, 2022
Are New Voting Bill Talks for Real or for Show?
WASHINGTON — Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, was finally closing in on a hard-fought agreement with Republicans on a…
Breyer’s Retirement Gives Democrats a Dose of (Cautious) Optimism
January 27, 2022
Breyer’s Retirement Gives Democrats a Dose of (Cautious) Optimism
WASHINGTON — Black and progressive allies of President Biden, discouraged by dispiriting legislative losses on social spending and voting rights…
Biden Expected to Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court
January 27, 2022
Biden Expected to Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — President Biden and his legal team have spent a year preparing for this moment: the chance to make…
Senate Democrats Plan to Move Quickly on Successor to Justice Breyer
January 27, 2022
Senate Democrats Plan to Move Quickly on Successor to Justice Breyer
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats say they plan to move speedily to consider President Biden’s nominee for the Supreme Court vacancy…
Confessions of a Liberal Heretic
January 27, 2022
Confessions of a Liberal Heretic
A funny thing happened on the way to the emerging Democratic majority. Twenty years on, the co-authors of a hugely…