Politics

Republican McCarthy Says He Is Leaving Congress at Year End

A former ‘young gun’ conservative who alienated populist right
Tumultuous speakership was third shortest in House history

December 06, 2023

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Kevin McCarthyPhotographer: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

While your average 81-year-old can be found winding down in retirement, Mr Biden has a much more stressful agenda planned — taking Donald Trump head-on for a second time.

Biden’s shock admission in US election race

December 06, 2023

By Editors Desk

The extreme policy plans and ideas of Donald J. Trump and his advisers would have a greater prospect of becoming reality if he were to win a second term.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

Why a Second Trump Presidency May Be More Radical Than His First

December 04, 2023

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December 02, 2023

Speaker Johnson says he believes GOP has the votes for Biden impeachment inquiry

Johnson added Republicans “have a duty to do this” and “we cannot stop the process.”

December 02, 2023

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a press conference about an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Joe Biden at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 29, 2023. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

December 01, 2023

George Santos’s messy expulsion vote, briefly explained

The scandal-plagued Congress member has finally reached the end of the line.

December 01, 2023

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) walks back to his office after debate on the House floor on a resolution to expel him from Congress, at the US Capitol, on November 1, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

December 01, 2023

George Santos Is Expelled From the House

The motion managed to pass despite last-minute opposition from all four top GOP House leaders.

December 01, 2023

December 01, 2023

Santos Relishes the Limelight Even as His Show Looks Likely to Close

Before the debate about his possible expulsion from Congress, George Santos seemed to embrace his starring role in a scandal of his own making.

December 01, 2023

George Santos argued against his expulsion at an early-morning news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.Credit...Kenny Holston/The New York Times

November 30, 2023

NYC Mayor’s Woes Are So Bad Even Andrew Cuomo Is Eyeing a Run

Federal probe of campaign, migrant crisis dog Eric Adams
Nearly a dozen Democratic candidates considering challenges

November 30, 2023

Andrew Cuomo, left, and Eric Adams.Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty Images North America

November 28, 2023

DeSantis v Newsom: the presidential match-up that isn’t

Is the governors’ debate a glimpse of an alternative reality, or of what’s to come?

November 28, 2023

November 26, 2023

George Santos says he expects to be expelled from Congress in coming days; math ‘doesn’t look good’

His decision not to seek reelection, he said, was not because of external pressure, but due to his frustration with the “sheer arrogance” of his colleagues.

November 26, 2023

AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., talks to reporters as he arrives to the Republican caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.

November 25, 2023

‘It doesn’t look good’: George Santos expects to be expelled from Congress

On X Spaces Friday night, Republican congressman charted his rise from ‘It girl’ to ‘Mary Magdalene of the United States Congress’

November 25, 2023

George Santos leaves the Capitol in Washington DC on 31 January 2023. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock

November 19, 2023

Rosalynn Carter, Who Wielded Influence in Turbulent Presidency, Dies at 96

The former first lady sat in on cabinet meetings and served as an envoy during Jimmy Carter’s

November 19, 2023

Rosalynn Carter in 2011. She was a key adviser to her husband during his presidential term. NIKKI KAHN/THE WASHINGTON POST/GETTY IMAGES

November 17, 2023

White House condemns Elon Musk tweet as ‘abhorrent promotion’ of antisemitism

November 17, 2023

Elon Musk speaks to reporters as he leaves a Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 13. (Elizabeth Frantz for The Washington Post)

November 17, 2023

What Kind of Trouble Is Eric Adams In?

New York City’s mayor has downplayed the federal investigation into his campaign fund-raising, but, by dodging questions and obfuscating, he’s invited even more public scrutiny.

November 17, 2023

Photograph by Mark Peterson / Redux for The New Yorker

November 16, 2023

George Santos announces he won’t seek reelection following damning Ethics Committee report

The report recommended that the allegations against Santos be referred to the Justice Department but stopped short of calling for Santos’s expulsion from the House or other discipline.

November 16, 2023

November 15, 2023

Biden set to sign spending bill with no Ukraine aid

The stopgap funding to avoid a government shutdown was approved by the House in a bipartisan vote

November 15, 2023

FILE PHOTO: US President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House. © Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

November 13, 2023

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott Suspends Republican Presidential Campaign

Departure narrows field for Trump alternative as race focuses on DeSantis, Haley

November 13, 2023

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott speaking to the media following the third Republican presidential primary debate. PHOTO: GIORGIO VIERA/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

November 12, 2023

House Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to avert shutdown draws criticism from conservatives

The House approved a nearly $14.5 billion military aid package Thursday for Israel, but it featured a partisan approach by new Speaker Mike Johnson that poses a direct challenge to Democrats and President Joe Biden.

November 12, 2023

November 10, 2023

Trump suggests he would use FBI to go after political rivals if elected in 2024

Trump said: ‘If I happen to be president and I see somebody doing well and beating me very badly, I say go down and indict them’

November 10, 2023

Donald Trump waits to take the witness stand during his civil fraud trial at the state supreme court Monday in New York, New York. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/AP

November 10, 2023

Manchin’s Retirement Fuels Talk of a 2024 Presidential Bid

Democrat in red West Virginia provided key votes for Biden

November 10, 2023

Joe ManchinPhotographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg