Times columnists Mark Z. Barabak and Sammy Roth agree the country has never seen anything like the weeks since Trump took ...

Overall, a slim majority of Americans (55%) express a great deal or fair amount of confidence in federal career employees, ...

There’s understandable confusion over Capitol Hill lingo discussing the budget process and appropriations/spending process — ...

In the US, some Republicans view the members of a tiny Christian group as “guardians of lost values"–and a powerful political ...

Ratings from individual polls vary widely, with Trump’s approval rating as high as plus 9 (53% approval vs. 44% disapproval) in a poll by Quantus Insights to a 2-point net negative rating (47% ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks to school children as she signs a bill that creates education savings accounts, Tuesday, Jan.

Experts analyze President Trump's proposal to eliminate Social Security taxes and Brookings' bipartisan plan, noting impacts on beneficiaries and solvency.

Far too many of us have committed the sin of using religion to justify our political agenda. But that is now the way forward, it only corrupts the soul.

Representative Jake Auchincloss discusses how the Democratic Party can offer meaningful alternatives to voters.

Jamie Raskin lays out the legal strategy to oppose Trump but says, “We’re not going to sue our way out of a political crisis” ...

The federal government is racing toward a fiscal cliff, with a new report citing a mind-numbing $838 billion cash shortfall ...

Pinpointing the genesis of “waste, fraud and abuse” as political rhetoric is difficult. But the concept is older than the ...