William Barr, Donald Trump’s second attorney general and perceived hatchet man until he split from the former president over his lies about election fraud, has a book deal. William Barr’s…
Even as Democrats filed into their caucus meeting with Biden about changing Senate rules to reform federal elections, a response to GOP-backed state laws designed to restrict ballot access, a…
9.12pm BST21:12 Senate will soon vote on John Lewis Voting Rights Act, Schumer says After Senate Republicans successfully blocked Democrats’ Freedom to Vote Act, majority leader Chuck Schumer said he…
9.08pm BST21:08 Joe Biden is now touring a neighborhood in Queens, New York, that was severely impacted by the flooding from Hurricane Ida last week. Joe Biden, along with Alexandria…
The redistricting cycle arrives at a moment when American democracy is already in peril. Republican lawmakers in states across the country, some of whom hold office because of gerrymandering, have…
Texas Democrats come to Capitol: ‘We won’t buckle to the big lie’Lawmakers arrive in DC to call for legislation to strengthen voting rightsExplainer: why did Democratic lawmakers flee Texas?Texas governor…
A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania compared Democrats to Nazis and told supporters: “Go fight them.” Scott Perry. Photograph: Reuters Scott Perry, a member of the hard-right Freedom Caucus, made the…
It’s no secret that I oppose eliminating the Senate’s 60-vote threshold. I held the same view during three terms in the U.S. House, and said the same after I was…
3.20pm BST15:20 It appears the meeting between Joe Manchin and civil rights leaders has come to an end. Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) MANCHIN speaks to reporters post meeting w civil rts…