State-funded work came after Jonathan Jackson was paid as a $13,000-a-month consultant for JB Pritzker’s 2018 campaign for ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s partisan comments are causing concern among investors and lawmakers, as he breaks with tradition and engages in combative rhetoric.

The US Department of Justice issued a statement late Saturday defending its decision to retract files after their release.

The solution is a rational tariff and income tax policy but sadly, the elected Republicans Missouri citizens sent to Congress are standing on the sidelines with their eyes and mouth covered fearful of ...

November offered a masterclass in why Americans hold Congress in such low regard. In a single month, we saw scandals that would have once ended political careers — but in today’s Washington, they ...

Congress is wrapping up the year without a lot of legislative accomplishments under its belt and a growing list of lawmakers who are retiring. Former members say the challenges on Capitol Hill have ...

The October shutdown didn't hurt many Congressmen/Senators but it did hurt everyday Americans. Showing little bravery and significant petulance, Congress kicked the can down the road a measly few ...

In his first year back in the White House, President Trump has greatly expanded executive power while embracing the trappings ...

President Trump’s pressure campaign against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro continues to ramp up, with his threat this past week to impose a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers, but the ...

Todd R. Nelson is a retired educator who lives in Penobscot. His books of essays, “Cold Spell” and “The Land Between the Rivers,” are published by Down East Books.

A Detroit News review of Michigan House journals shows the Detroit Democrat missed 69 of the 84 session days where attendance ...

Massachusetts political leaders are ramping up messaging against federal agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE ...