Magazine – Washington Briefing

House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and the House Democratic campaign arm chairwoman, Rep. Susan DelBene (D-WA), are linked arm-in-arm while they attend a Nov. 3 Election Night watch party at a Capitol Hill hotel in Washington, D.C.

Congressional Dems promise to investigate Trump administration

Kevin R. Kosar · November 7, 2026 5:50 am

President Donald Trump, joined from left by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD). (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Trump may be tempted to negotiate with congressional Democrats

Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa (D-TX) and Sen.-elect James Talarico (D-TX) hold a Nov. 2 campaign rally in Austin, Texas. (Eric Gay/AP)

GOP redistricting scheme goes awry

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) campaigns in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Oct. 17, ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) stands to Newsom's left, and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Cinde Warmington stands to the California governor's right. (Reba Saldanha/AP)

Gavin Newsom touts ‘ruthless’ approach to politics in New Hampshire pitch

(Washington Examiner illustration/AP Photos/Getty Images)

Will Republicans distance themselves from Trump after the midterm elections?

New rash of privacy bills working its way through the Senate

Grant Gross December 6, 2019 4:00 am

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

A year-end report card on Trump’s biggest national security headaches

Jamie McIntyre December 6, 2019 4:00 am

child patient at the dentist

Google’s most tenacious pest: Yelp’s Luther Lowe

Nihal Krishan December 6, 2019 4:00 am

Democratic lawmakers: Amtrak’s new arbitration policy will ‘stack the deck’ against consumers

Tim Pearce December 6, 2019 4:00 am

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

HIV prevention on demand?

Kimberly Leonard December 6, 2019 4:00 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Snoozefest’: Trump campaign veterans say tale of two billionaires is stark

Steven Nelson December 6, 2019 4:00 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Trump energy secretaries plot next phase of 'dominance' agenda

Josh Siegel December 3, 2019 12:30 am

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens to questioning of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, at the House Oversight and Reform Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019.

Top tech regulator at the DOJ also regulates technology use in his personal life

Nihal Krishan November 29, 2019 4:30 am

Google search result bias to be monitored again in 2020

Claude Thompson November 29, 2019 4:30 am

This image provided by the Twitter page of @fendifille shows a computer at Greater Preston CCG as Britain's National Health Service is investigating "an issue with IT" Friday May 12, 2017.

New privacy law could bring big changes to companies doing business in California

Grant Gross November 29, 2019 4:30 am

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens during a news conference with members of the Progressive Caucus in Washington, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018.

Democrats face mounting pressure on trade deal

Susan Ferrechio November 28, 2019 11:30 pm

‘Frenemy’: Trump counting on Mitt Romney to be his impeachment firewall

Steven Nelson November 28, 2019 11:30 pm