Nancy Pelosi's Last Battle  —  As she prepares to lead the House of Representatives again, the most powerful Democrat in Washington will have to navigate between a rampaging president and her colleagues' plans for fighting back.  —  Four days before the election that would return …

Trump Says in Interview He Is the Sole Arbiter of Truth  —  The conservative movement has long dismissed the value of neutral expertise — environmental scientists, arms control analysts, budget forecasters, or any other meddlesome nerds who question the simple verities of right-wing politics — as biased.

WHCA announces acclaimed author Ron Chernow as featured speaker for 2019 dinner  —  The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is pleased to announce that Ron Chernow, one of the most eminent biographers of American presidents and statesmen, will be the featured speaker at its annual dinner on Saturday, April 27, 2019.

Book Offers Firsthand Account of a Venomous Den Inside the White House  —  A firsthand account of the tumult inside President Trump's White House is scheduled to be published in January, the latest in a string of books that seek to decipher his unprecedented presidency.

FBI now classifies far-right Proud Boys as ‘extremist group’, documents say  —  Group is now designated ‘with ties to white nationalism’ according to report produced by Washington law enforcement  —  The FBI now classifies the far-right Proud Boys as an “extremist group with ties to white nationalism” …

Senate Democrats Sue To Block Matt Whitaker From Serving as Attorney General  —  This is now the second legal action seeking to stop the now-acting AG from serving any longer  —  A group of Senate Democrats is suing to block Matt Whitaker from serving as acting attorney general on grounds …

Beto O'Rourke blows up the 2020 Democratic primary  —  Sparked by his narrow defeat in a Texas Senate race, Beto O'Rourke is scrambling the 2020 presidential primary field, freezing Democratic donors and potential campaign staffers in place as they await word of his plans.

If an Election Was Stolen, Say It Was Stolen  —  Lessons from Sherrod Brown and Chuck Todd.  —  In our old feature,  —  What Are The Gobshites Saying These Days?,  —  we used to do a semi-regular weekly survey of the state of Our National Dialogue based on what went down on The Sunday Showz …

A $12 Billion Program to Help Farmers Stung by Trump's Trade War Has Aided Few  —  WASHINGTON — America's farmers have been shut out of foreign markets, hit with retaliatory tariffs and lost lucrative contracts in the face of President Trump's trade war.  But a $12 billion bailout program …

Founder's Big Idea to Revive BuzzFeed's Fortunes?  A Merger With Rivals  —  Jonah Peretti, the chief executive, says his company could eventually merge with other online publishers in order to negotiate better terms with tech platforms like Facebook.  —  BuzzFeed has long positioned itself …

So, About Tuesday Night...  OK, it is time to talk about that thing that happened.  No, not the Jaguars blowing a 16-point lead in the 4th quarter - though I have plenty to say about that - I am talking about the election.  —  Before I get into it, this election was the third consecutive …

Thomas Farr Devised Ways to Keep Blacks From Voting.  Mitch McConnell Wants to Make Him a Judge.  —  A protégé of Jesse Helms wrote a law targeting minority voters with ‘surgical precision’ in North Carolina.  His nomination is part of a plan to pack the courts with extremists.

Did a Tax Increase Tucked Into Trump's Tax Cut Come Back to Bite Republicans?  —  Republicans capped a popular deduction for state and local taxes to pay for the tax bill.  That may have hurt some House Republicans in the midterms.  —  President Trump's $1.5 trillion tax cut was supposed …

Gina Ortiz Jones concedes to Will Hurd in race for Texas' most competitive congressional district  —  AUSTIN — Nearly two weeks after Election Day, Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones on Monday conceded to Republican incumbent Will Hurd in the race for Texas' most competitive congressional district.

Elijah Cummings endured two painful years.  Soon he'll be more powerful than ever.  —  When the word of the Lord came to Elijah, it arrived on a slip of paper tucked in a stranger's bra.  —  In 2017, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings had been laid up in a Johns Hopkins hospital bed for two months …

Anti-vaccination stronghold in N.C. hit with state's worst chickenpox outbreak in 2 decades  —  Chickenpox has taken hold of a school in North Carolina where many families claim religious exemption from vaccines.  —  Cases of chickenpox have been multiplying at the Asheville Waldorf School …

Potential presidential candidate Cory Booker to return to NH for Democratic Party celebration  —  New Jersey senator to make second visit to first-in-nation primary state this year on Dec. 8  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. —  New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is the first potential Democratic contender …

The Dick Cheney Dossier: Inside Adam McKay's Searing Exposé of D.C.'s “Ultimate Gamesman” in ‘Vice’  —  Christian Bale (who gained 45 pounds) and Amy Adams star in a satirical takedown of one of the most cunning figures in American politics as the director opens up about the current climate …

Op-Ed from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo  —  The Amazon transaction is an historic transformative moment for the entire New York City region.  I have done enough development work during my career to know there is no large development project that is accomplished without controversy …

Trump's Lies Are a Virus, and News Organizations Are the Host  —  The news media today face an epistemic crisis: how to publish the president's commentary without amplifying his fabrications and conspiracy theories.  —  One flashpoint came several weeks ago, when President Donald Trump told Axios reporters …

After a 181-year ban, House Democrats aim to allow religious headwear on the floor  —  Ilhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim women newly-elected to Congress, is helping spearhead an effort to allow religious headwear, such as hijabs or kippahs, on the House floor.

The Odd Supreme Court Grant in the Census Citizenship Question Case  —  Currently pending in the Southern District of New York is a case in which many States, counties, cities and private organizations have sued the Department of Commerce, seeking to enjoin the Department's plan to add …

Trump's refugee director moved to new post  —  The Trump administration's controversial refugee office director is being reassigned inside the department, according to an internal HHS email obtained by POLITICO.  —  Scott Lloyd, who has come under fire for his oversight of migrant children …

YIKES: Ocasio-Cortez Fumbles Basic Civics TWICE In 1 Statement  —  Email address:  —  Leave this field empty if you're human:  —  New York Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez again proved that her transition into the political fray has been bumpy, to say the least, as she recently fumbled basic civics twice in one sentence.

Air pollution is shaving years from people's lives.  Where is it claiming the most?  —  WASHINGTON  —  People could add years to their lives in California and other smog-plagued parts of the world if authorities could reduce particulate pollution — soot from cars and industry …

A Libertarian runner-up picks a side in secretary of state race  —  Democrat John Barrow picked up a surprising endorsement in his Dec. 4 runoff bid for secretary of state: The third-place finisher who forced the race into overtime.  —  Libertarian J. Smythe DuVal on Monday threw his support behind Barrow …

Racism, Redefined  —  Considering the curious case of Sarah Jeong — the incoming New York Times columnist who turned out upon her hiring to have tweeted a series of blatantly racist remarks about the awfulness of white people but managed to retain her gig by claiming that she was merely imitating …

University lecturers told DON'T USE CAPS as it frightens students  —  UNIVERSITY lecturers have been told not to use words in capital letters when setting assignments because it might frighten students into failure.  —  Staff at Leeds Trinity's school of journalism have also been told to …