Tag: Elections

"There is nothing in the history of the Senate remotely like what we're facing right now, which is the filibuster being used on everything," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told the Washington Examiner. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

The days of the filibuster are numbered

Philip Klein · January 26, 2018 3:48 am

Failed Missouri Senate candidate Jason Kander has proposed that Democrats could actually win in red states by going bolder and unapologetically embracing authentic progressivism. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer).

Beltway Confidential

Can the #Resistance work in the Rust Belt?

Emily Jashinsky · January 26, 2018 2:46 am

Louis Farrakhan is the leader of the controversial Nation of Islam, billed as an African American religious and political organization but criticized as an anti-Semitic and black supremacist group. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Hidden photo of Obama and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan surfaces after 13 years

Katie Leach · January 25, 2018 11:10 pm

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says President Trump "has made a number of dramatic improvements.". (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mitt Romney expected to announce Senate bid next week: Report

Katie Leach · January 25, 2018 11:01 pm

Congressional districts redrawn by Democrats could give Democrats a chance to win back seven to ten seats in Pennsylvania, a scenario that makes it much easier for the Democrats to retake the majority in lower chamber.

Court order on redistricting rattles vulnerable Pennsylvania GOP

Salena Zito · January 25, 2018 8:13 pm

Speculation about Oprah Winfrey's political future built after her emotional speech earlier this month at the Golden Globes in which she backed the #MeToo movement and supported the press. Winfrey said in an interview Thursday running for president is not something that interests her. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)

Oprah Winfrey on running in 2020: ‘That’s not for me’

Caitlin Yilek · January 25, 2018 2:00 pm

President Trump has been touring manufacturing centers to promote his tax and economic plan signed into law late last year. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s next challenge: Making tax cuts great again

W. James Antle III · January 25, 2018 5:01 am

Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Palestinian officials in London on Wednesday that he was considering a presidential bid, again. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

John Kerry discusses possible 2020 run against Trump

Katie Leach · January 25, 2018 3:29 am

Beltway Confidential

‘I should not be afraid of this election, but I am:’ Tommy Thompson warns Wisconsin GOP

Emily Jashinsky · January 24, 2018 9:33 pm

Former staffers in the office of Del. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing and circulating nude images and video content from the congresswoman's phone. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Former staffers plead guilty for circulating lewd photos of Democratic congresswoman and husband

Diana Stancy Correll · January 24, 2018 12:24 am

Joe Manchin notified aides of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of his decision, after expressing dissatisfaction to Schumer and others that "this place sucks." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Joe Manchin will run for re-election but wants his Senate colleagues to know ‘this place sucks’

Diana Stancy Correll · January 23, 2018 10:10 pm

Former Vice President Joe Biden said he and former President Barack Obama often struggled with whether to speak publicly about Russia's interference in the election and how much to say. (AP)

National Security

Joe Biden: Mitch McConnell ‘wanted no part’ of bipartisan condemnation of Russians in 2016

Melissa Quinn · January 23, 2018 9:00 pm