Sep 2, 2025
In a decision that had been expected for weeks, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, sent signals she will soon announce she isn't seeking reelection next year.
Sep 1, 2025
It was almost inevitable that, when news spread last week of Randy "Duke" Cunningham's death at age 83, people chose to remember him not as a disgraced politician but as a war hero.
Aug 26, 2025
In 1982, a precocious 10-year-old from Maine wrote a letter to Yuri Andropov, then General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (and thus its supreme leader), and called on him to make peace rather than war with the U.S.
Aug 24, 2025
For political reporters and politicians, the news that Dr. James Dobson died on Thursday dealt a jolt. Dobson, founder of pro-family organization Focus on the Family, played a starring role in the molding of evangelical conservatism into a potent political force.
Aug 22, 2025
The Israeli foreign minister says that the Iranian regime of Ayatollah Khamenei was definitely "weaker" than it was before the 12-day war in which it was pounded repeatedly by Israeli bombs.
Aug 20, 2025
Less than a month ago, virtually all polls across Virginia gave Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, a double-digit lead over the Republican lieutenant governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, in the race for governor.
Aug 19, 2025
To those who knew Augusta Petrone, it was no surprise that instructions upon her death were that in lieu of flowers or charitable donations, mourners were to donate "at some level to their favorite political party."
Aug 19, 2025
The initial results from Bolivia's closely watched presidential election on Monday underscored a broader trend unfolding across Latin America: a sharp shift away from the socialist left that once dominated the region, toward right-of-center leaders - often with strikingly...