Arthur Delaney

WASHINGTON — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) joined former Republican Rep. Joe Walsh on Monday to promote a “no dictators declaration” in response to the prospect of a second Donald Trump presidency. The symbolic pledge is an election season ploy to […]

WASHINGTON ― Former President Donald Trump’s statement on Tuesday in favor of an unlimited federal tax deduction for state and local taxes ― a flip-flop from the stance he held during his presidency ― left heads spinning on Capitol Hill.

WASHINGTON — A coordinator of Project 2025, the right-wing policy playbook for a second Donald Trump administration, suggested to a possible contributor that working on the project would be a good way to win an administration job. Steve Bradbury, a

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers rejected a ploy by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to combine legislation to fund the government with a right-wing bill attacking the illusory threat of illegal voting. Johnson’s gambit failed thanks to unified opposition from Democrats, plus

WASHINGTON ― The Federal Reserve is set to cut interest rates Wednesday, revving up the economy in the pivotal months ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election. Whether the Fed will cut rates is not in doubt. But the size

Former President Donald Trump blamed Democrats on Monday for the latest attempt on his life, saying their rhetoric about him being a “threat to democracy” motivated a gunman at his property in Florida. In the same breath, he used the

WASHINGTON — Several Democrats warned this week that unfounded Republican accusations about Haitian immigrants eating people’s pets could lead to violence against the Haitian community. “The biggest problem with this kind of really psychotic rhetoric is that, unfortunately, there are

WASHINGTON ― House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has abandoned his plan for the House to vote on legislation pairing government funding and new measures to counter a phantom voter fraud threat. Johnson had scheduled a vote for Wednesday afternoon even

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that Congress must pass new rules for voter registration to head off the supposed threat of noncitizens illegally voting in November’s election. “The American people understand this,” Johnson said at a

WASHINGTON — Several far-right Republicans have come out against a plan by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to pair must-pass government funding with a bill targeting the supposed threat of widespread noncitizen voting. At least six Republicans have said they