How Project 2025's rightward vision became a flashpoint in this year's election
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For the past year, Project 2025 has endured as a persistent force in the presidential election, its...
Lisa Mascaro, The Associated Press
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Democrat Hakeem Jeffries stumps in California in a bid to reclaim House control
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries crisscrossed Southern California over the weekend in communities far from the presidential...
Filing in Trump case details remarkable schism with Pence over rejecting 2020 election loss
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Days before rioters roamed the halls of the U.S. Capitol threatening to "hang Mike Pence," Donald Trump...
Speaker Johnson demands Zelenskyy remove Ukraine's ambassador to US after Pennsylvania visit
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fire his country's ambassador to...
A year ago Kevin McCarthy was booted as House speaker. Mike Johnson is trying to avoid that fate
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One year since Kevin McCarthy was booted from the House speaker's office after Congress voted in a...
Bernie Sanders preparing resolutions to block $20B in US arms sales to Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders is preparing several resolutions that would stop more than $20 billion in U.S. arms...
2 Black women could make Senate history on Election Day
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly...
Two Black women could make US Senate history this election. But they strive to make a difference
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly...
Tight race for control of Congress could be decided by just a handful of campaigns
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The race for control of Congress is as close as ever, with barely two dozen House seats...
'It's our time': As Harris accepts the nomination, many women say a female president is long overdue
WASHINGTON (AP) -- "Electric." "Joyful."
Pelosi says it's her life goal to ensure 'that man' Trump never steps in the White House again
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nancy Pelosi's influence can be seen all across the Democratic Party shakeup that in a few short...
Project 2025's new leader Kevin Roberts postpones his own book launch until after the election
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Project 2025 hits turmoil, the head of the influential, far-right Heritage Foundation is postponing the release...
Pelosi warns in her new book that political threats and violence 'must stop'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nancy Pelosi thought briefly she might have died on Jan. 6, 2021.
Pelosi and Democratic leaders try to guide their party through Biden uproar
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nancy Pelosi's phone lit up the night of President Joe Biden's debate performance with a question that...
Biden's candidacy faces new peril, including first Senate Democrat saying he should exit race
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden's imperiled reelection campaign hit new trouble Wednesday as House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said...
Biden's candidacy faces new peril, as first Senate Democrat says he should exit race
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden's imperiled reelection campaign hit new trouble Wednesday as House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said...
Biden's candidacy faces new peril as Pelosi, Clooney and more Democrats weigh in
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden's imperiled re-election campaign hit new trouble Wednesday as House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said...
Pelosi says 'it's up to the president' to decide whether to stay in the race
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday "it's up to the president to decide" if he should stay...
Pelosi says 'it's up to the president' to decide to stay in the race
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday "it's up to the president to decide" if he should stay...
Biden tells Hill Democrats he won't step aside amid party drama and "it's time for it to end'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden, in a letter to congressional Democrats, stood firm against calls for him to drop...
Biden tells Hill Democrats he 'declines' to step aside and says it's time for party drama 'to end'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden, in a letter to congressional Democrats, stood firm against calls for him to drop...
Biden's uncertain political future divides Democrats as they return to Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Deeply torn over President Joe Biden's candidacy, Democratic lawmakers return to Washington at a pivotal moment as...
House Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment to reverse Supreme Court's immunity decision
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A leading House Democrat is preparing a constitutional amendment in response to the Supreme Court's landmark immunity...
Jan. 6 shadows the 2024 campaign, but not on the debate stage. That alarms democracy advocates
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the first presidential debate, Republican Donald Trump skimmed over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the...
Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans
WASHINGTON (AP) -- From his home office in small-town Kentucky, a seasoned political operative is quietly investigating scores of federal...
Mike Pence's foundation launches a $10 million election-year campaign to preserve Trump-era tax cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Vice President Mike Pence's foundation is launching a $10 million campaign to preserve the Trump-era tax...
Cheers, cake and a fist-bump from GOP as Trump returns to Capitol Hill in a first since Jan. 6 riot
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump made a triumphant return to Capitol Hill on Thursday, his first with lawmakers since the...
Trump returns to Capitol Hill and whips up Republican lawmakers in first meeting since Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump made a triumphant return Thursday to Capitol Hill, whipping up House and Senate Republicans in...
Trump returns to Capitol Hill and whips up Republican lawmakers, a first meeting since Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump made a triumphant return Thursday to Capitol Hill, whipping up House and Senate Republicans in...
Trump returns to Capitol Hill and meets with Republican lawmakers, a first since Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump is making a triumphant return to Capitol Hill on Thursday, meeting with House and Senate...
Trump is returning to Capitol Hill to meet with Republican lawmakers, a first since Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump is making a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with House and Senate Republicans...
House Democrats step up to try to stop Project 2025 plans for a Trump White House
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Warning about the far-right Project 2025 agenda for a Donald Trump White House, a group of House...
Trump will meet with House and Senate Republicans this week near the Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans will meet privately with Donald Trump on Thursday, as the former president who is now...
A group of House Democrats steps up to try to stop Project 2025 and a Trump White House
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Warning about the far-right Project 2025 agenda for a Donald Trump White House, a group of House...