Jonathan Nicholson

Senate prospects appeared dim Monday for a controversial bill that recently passed the House that many civil liberties groups and nonprofits said could be used to retaliate against them for their activities. In an email to HuffPost on Monday, a […]

The soon-to-be top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee cautioned Scott Bessent, Donald Trump’s pick to be the next treasury secretary, to respect the Federal Reserve’s policy independence. “I have been a fierce critic of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s extreme

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) — the House backbencher who launched a longshot candidacy for the president on the grounds that President Joe Biden was too old to run again, presaging Kamala Harris’ taking his spot on the ticket — is

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s local run-into-your-neighbor meeting place is a dump. Literally. “Our kind of community center where I live is actually the dump, because we don’t have trash service. So that’s where you see your neighbors that you don’t

A panoply of civil liberties advocacy groups and other nonprofits are raising alarms over a bill that passed the House Thursday, saying it could be used to punish them for speaking out under the incoming second Trump administration. The bill,

The House Ethics Committee deadlocked Wednesday over whether to release details of its investigation of attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz for sexual misconduct and drug use, the panel’s top Democrat said. Rep. Susan Wild (D-Penn.) told reporters the evenly split

Businessman Nick Begich, a Republican endorsed by Donald Trump, beat first-term Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) for the state’s sole seat in the House of Representatives. Begich’s win Wednesday came after the Alaska Division of Elections tabulated voters’ backup choices under

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), the longest-serving woman in congressional history, beat back a challenge from a term-limited Republican state lawmaker to keep her northwest Ohio House seat. Kaptur, with almost 21 congressional terms under her belt, has been in Congress

President-elect Donald Trump’s endorsement of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) should put an end to any debate over his hold on the Republican conference, several party members said Wednesday. Johnson was poised to win another term as speaker in the

House Republican leaders on Tuesday suggested President-elect Donald Trump not look to their ranks for any more picks for his White House Cabinet, acknowledging their cushion for votes will be narrow. “He’s already pulled a few really talented people out