The lame duck portion of President Donald Trump’s presidency is starting two and a half years ahead of schedule, according to veteran political strategist James Carville. Usually a president’s power ...

Senate President Nick Scutari won’t continue his lame-duck pursuit of the controversial proposal to defang the Comptroller’s Office and give its investigatory powers to the State Commission of ...

Ms. Cottle writes about national politics for Opinion. It came a day or two late for Thanksgiving, but congressional Republicans gave democracy lovers something to be thankful for over the holiday ...

The last few weeks have not been very kind to Donald Trump and the Republican Party — and Democrats are jubilant. It began when the party trounced the GOP in last month’s elections. The president’s ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. After a long, ugly summer and fall, the holidays are upon us. For some, it’s turkey season. For others, it’s ...

When Donald Trump’s approval ratings dropped sharply last April, the wound was essentially self-inflicted and the prescription relatively simple: Dial it back. Meaning smaller and less destructive ...

At several points in the past few months, it looked as if Trump had gone too far and that resistance to his incipient dictatorship had reached a turning point. But each time, it didn’t quite happen.

All of a sudden, Donald Trump can’t catch a break. November has been a month of humiliations and stinging defeats for a president who, not so long ago, carried himself like an emperor who was ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. For the first time in his second term, President Donald Trump was confronted by his ...

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) discusses the aftermath of the government shutdown and why he believes the bipartisan discharge petition to ...

For a president who wants to project vigor and command at all times, Donald Trump made the worst possible spectacle of himself in the Oval Office last Thursday. It came in the form of two images ...