The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C. The party behind a shutdown rarely gets what it wants.

Progressive Democrats insist they’re madder than ever about Schumer, but there’s no sign of any coalescing around an alternative leader for Democrats in the Senate.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Republican leadership staff is reviewing “protocol” about the possibility of former Vice President Dick Cheney lying in state in the ...

I’ve never felt much personal connection to Veteran’s Day. My Seaton ancestors missed the service, for various reasons. Nothing to be ashamed of; it’s just a fact.

With the government shutdown now poised to end, it’s clear Trump and the Republicans are in worse shape politically now than ...

Bobby Kennedy lost with grace. Donald Trump tried to burn the house down. What that difference means for American democracy.

Smedley, director of public safety in the city and former commander of the Chester Veterans Council appealed to all persons to aid in the rebuilding of the military security of the nation today in a ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has worked his way up the MAGA ranks, but he can't get rid of rumors that he and wife Jeanette ...

Brian Walker showed up Friday at The Kansas Food Bank at 5:30 a.m., tall coffee cup in hand and a sense of dread swelling in his chest. By Monday, the federal agency that hands out federal food ...

As the federal government shutdown enters its fourth week, it is already the second-longest on record. A weary American public should start thinking not just about how to stop this shutdown but how to ...