Is it possible to bridge America’s stark political divisions? In the wake of a presidential election that many feared could tear the U.S. apart, this question is on many people’s minds. A record-high 80% of Americans believe the...
WASHINGTON — House Leader Hakeem Jeffries won reelection Tuesday as the Democratic leader, receiving support from his colleagues despite the party’s inability to win back majority control of the chamber in the November election.Jeffries...
Donald Trump is often described as unprecedented, but in winning a non-consecutive second term—thus occupying two numerical slots in the presidential order—he has a significant antecedent: Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president. For...
Just over a year into Donald Trump’s first term as President, immigration agents raided a meat processing plant in Bean Station, Tennessee, arresting 104 workers. It was the largest worksite raid in a decade. Two months later, 114...
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s Politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.Inside Donald Trump’s hermetically sealed bubble of supporters, it’s become something of a given that...
President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to pick Matt Gaetz as Attorney General has cast a spotlight on the embattled Florida lawmaker’s legal and ethical troubles.Gaetz, a fierce defender of Trump and critic of the Justice Department,...
It’s never easy to create a successful business, but it’s a lot harder if you’re Black. Research shows that Black startup founders face significant, racially specific hurdles, including limited access to entrepreneurship training...
The outgoing Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.- supplied longer-range missiles to strike deeper into Russia territory, according to reports citing White House officials. The move comes amid concern in the West...
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had been long settled: Should women be allowed to serve their country by fighting on the front lines?The...
Former President Donald Trump is the president-elect. He is also a convicted felon, thanks to a jury verdict after a trial in New York state court for a hush money conspiracy before he became president the first time. Normally, a...
President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic who spreads medical disinformation and conspiracy theories, to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) alarmed public health experts...
Robert F. Kennedy. Matt Gaetz. Pete Hegseth. The flurry of announcements this week from Donald Trump revealing his planned cabinet for a second term have drawn stunned responses across the federal government. In the intelligence community,...
WASHINGTON — Biden Administration officials are working against the clock doling out billions in grants and taking other steps to try to preserve at least some of the outgoing president's legacy before President-elect Donald Trump...
Of all the reasons it could be hard to pay rent each month, did you have an algorithm-powered illegal cartel on your list? Millions of people across the United States are paying far more rent than they can reasonably afford, with...
Political scientist Dr. Ricky L. Jones, known for his analysis on race and Politics, recently sparked discussion by asserting that if Kamala Harris achieved a decisive leadership role, it might inadvertently pacify Black Americans’...
Donald Trump spent much of his first term feeling stung and betrayed by those he’d placed in power. This time, he’s not taking chances.As he works to fill his administration a second time, Trump has turned to a head-spinning mix...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services in the new administration. The idea of Trump, a Republican, appointing Kennedy to his cabinet would have been surprising just a few...
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was building up a following with his anti-vaccine nonprofit group, Children’s Health Defense, and becoming one of the world’s most iNFLuential spreaders of fear and distrust...
The majority of the state ballot measures meant to protect abortion access this year passed, and most of them were citizen-led initiatives, meaning organizers petitioned to get the measures on the ballot. Those types of measures give...
For many, housing was high on the docket of issues throughout the presidential election. During Vice President Kamala Harris and now President-elect Donald Trump’s debate in September, the first policy to come up was housing affordability....
Following her recent election loss, Kamala Harris’s campaign is facing backlash for its spending choices, even from within her own party over what many consider financial mismanagement, Newsweek reported. Despite a war chest...
