Politics

When a congressman beat a senator unconscious, America confronted the limits of free speech

In John Magee’s print, Preston Brooks wields a cane against Charles Sumner, who is clutching a pen and a rolled-up speech. John L. Magee, The New York Public LibraryOn May 22, 1856, Preston Brooks ...

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US to take over Strait of Hormuz, charge 20 percent fee for cargo shipped through, Trump says

President Donald Trump on Monday said the U.S. will take over the Strait of Hormuz — and will be reimbursed “at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped” for overseeing one of the world’s most critical...

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What Lindsey Graham Wanted

Senator Lindsey Graham, who died unexpectedly last night, was a pivotal citizen of the Washington conversation. He loved being in the mix, slapping bipartisan backs off camera, and then, when the l...

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GOP leaders scramble to unjam the House as time runs short

Republican leaders on Capitol Hill have high hopes they can use the dwindling pre-midterm legislative calendar to bolster their case for reelection.First, they’ll have to put down a weekslong inter...

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The House’s top progressive thinks Democrats are failing on AI

The chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus says Democrats are “in the wilderness” when it comes to artificial intelligence — warning that members of his party are being cowed by special inte...

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The Many Lives of Lindsey Graham

When then-Rep. Lindsey O. Graham first ran for the Senate in 2002, it was the end of an era. Graham was seeking to replace the soon-to-be-100 Sen. Strom Thurmond, and South Carolina’s junior senato...

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Vance’s tough talk on Israel is alienating some Jewish GOP donors

JD Vance has an Israel problem.The vice president’s pugnacious defense of a ceasefire agreement with Iran that rattled Israeli diplomats — and his tough talk on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ...

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New York Democrats confront brutal redistricting referendum math

ALBANY, New York – New York Democrats prepping a 2027 referendum to redraw the state’s congressional map will need to confront a bizarre reality about next year’s electorate: There might be more vo...

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79-year-old Mitt Romney thinks no one over 80 should hold office

Mitt Romney has reignited a debate that has followed American politics for years: When does experience become a liability? The former Utah senator and 2012 Republican presidential nominee said thi...

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Trump Loses His Wingman

Lindsey Graham had just returned from a trip to Ukraine last night when he called President Trump to talk with him—about the trip, about one of the president’s key legislative priorities, about the...

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Graham’s office releases preliminary cause of death

Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden passing was caused by a heart issue, according to a preliminary examination by the District of Columbia’s medical examiner.The preliminary findings, released by Graham’...

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McConnell says he intends to return to the Senate — but not yet

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Sunday that he will return to the Senate after a weeks-long hospitalization in a statement seeking to put to bed rampant speculation about his health.McConnell, in...

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Lindsey Graham sacrificed his reputation to Donald Trump. He got plenty in return.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) holds up a hat that reads "Trump 2028" during an event at the Kennedy Center on August 13, 2025, in Washington, DC. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Sen. Lindse...

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The story Lindsey Graham mourners are telling

As tributes continue to pour in following the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, one theme has emerged across the political spectrum: while the South Carolina Republican became one of President D...

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Ron Johnson ‘prepared’ to take over Senate Budget Committee after Graham’s death

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is poised to take over the Budget Committee in the wake of Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death late Saturday.The third-term Republican is effectively next in line to wield...

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Texas Hispanics swung hard to Trump. A new poll shows they’re furious at his deportations.

Benny Melendez voted for President Donald Trump in 2024. But since Trump returned to the White House, it has been increasingly difficult for Melendez to run his small construction company in south ...

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Progressives look to recharge the Green New Deal for the AI era

A new crop of progressive Democrats poised to join the House next year could pump new energy into the quest for a "Green New Deal" and even expand its scope eight years after activists put the aggr...

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‘A key link’: Trump’s Senate whisperer is gone

President Donald Trump has lost one of the foremost political allies he relied on to navigate the Senate and help move his legislative priorities.Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who died late Saturda...

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Trump’s personal law firm has a pipeline to top DOJ jobs

Sullivan & Cromwell, one of the most prestigious law firms in the world, has developed a mutually beneficial relationship with President Donald Trump — rankling some of the firm’s top talent in...

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Make America the '90s Again

Inside the subterranean caverns of the hottest, most secretive club in Donald Trump’s Washington, a pair of ring girls stepped into a miniature octagon.It was the night before cage fighters would b...

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The Return of the Democratic Manly Man

Brian Poindexter had just finished wolfing down a Reuben sandwich in a deli outside Cleveland when he delivered a message that, coming from a Democratic House candidate in the year 2026, sounded al...

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