A new analysis found that Trump's tax agenda could add at least $5 trillion to the national debt, with Republicans facing ...

Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation with the Times Opinion columnists Michelle Goldberg ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be the nation’s top health official is uncertain after a key Republican joined ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wasn't the only one of President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks to face tough questions on Capitol Hill ...

President Trump’s executive actions, including a freeze on federal grants and a buyout offer to federal employees, have drawn criticism from Democrats and some Republicans, while his pick ...

The House GOP majority was already tiny. As a Florida Republican resigns to join Team Trump, the party's troubles just got a little worse. By Steve Benen After Donald Trump’s presidential ...

Gretchen Whitmer ends her time in that office. Nesbitt, a Republican from Lawton, held the top Republican role in the state Senate as its minority leader during the recently concluded legislative ...

After all, since the direct election of senators began in 1913, during 17 of 27 midterm election cycles, one party ... Moody (R-FL). (Photos by Rod Lamkey Jr./AP) The same Republican senator ...

said: "Party unity is the consensus on the reconciliation ... 218-215. If more than one Republican defects and the Democrats remain unified, the GOP won't be able to pass its priorities.

Still, political analysts say that Benson may be have a tough time sufficiently ... Michigan hasn’t awarded either party more than two consecutive terms since Republican John Engler in 1998.

“I would make a pretty bad Republican”, he said ... in reference to previous senators who left the Democratic Party but did not caucus – meaning he did not attend a meeting – with Republicans.

Here is why: Democratic and Republican voters both take cues from their party’s political leaders. Although Democratic voters are somewhat less supportive of Republican-led climate solutions ...