Now that Rep. Nancy Pelosi has confirmedthat she will not be running for reelection in 2026, the stage is set for what could be an energetic race for her San Francisco district. For the first time in nearly 40 years, the powerful California seat ...

Only one American woman in politics, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, made Forbes’s 2025 list of most powerful women. Wiles, the White House’s first female chief of staff, is

Dopamine politics may define the era we live in, but it doesn’t have to define us. Dopamine hits don’t last. Strong conversations do. If we want a democracy that endures, we have to choose dialogue—again and again.

“New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, in his victory speech, celebrated the fall of the Cuomo political dynasty and promised to usher in a new generation of change. NEW YORK CITY MAYOR-ELECT ZOHRAN MAMDANI: Thank you, my friends. The sun may have ...

I’ve never succeeded in getting anyone to listen to reason or embrace love if hate is one of their main modes of being.

A voter casts their ballot at a polling station at Chesterbrook Elementary School in McLean, Virginia, on Nov. 4, 2025.Graeme Sloan—Bloomberg via Getty Images The last decade taught us painful lessons about how social media can reshape democracy ...

After the 2013 government shutdown ended, Republican leaders made clear they had only been humoring Sen. Ted Cruz and his plot to defund Obamacare. “It was not a smart play. It had no chance of success,” then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. New York City billionaire John Catsimatidis has long been immersed in ...

A New Jersey woman who worked as a congressional staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., has been charged in connection with staging a fake political attack that included writing and scarring on her body. Natalie Greene, 26, made her initial court ...

Buckle up, we're heading into holiday season again and we all know what that means: It's time to decide how much we want to talk about politics with family over a meal. Get excited. I'll just be honest with you, fine people. I'm on the record as wanting to ...

The political squabbling appears to be a sort of "proxy debate" over the high and rising costs of health insurance and health care in the U.S., said John Graves, a professor of health policy and medicine at Vanderbilt University.