Barack Obama clung to leadership of the Democratic Party after leaving the presidency, but Democrats may move on.

We must treat attacks on our communities as an effort to silence every voice of dissent, because those are the stakes.

The low-drama South Dakotan has arrived at the apex of power in the Senate just as Donald Trump is exerting his own executive authority. Will Thune draw a line?

A generational divide, seen in newer lawmakers’ impatience with bipartisanship and for colleagues who don’t understand new ...

Divisions within the Democratic party are on display after Schumer indicated that he would vote to advance a GOP-led stopgap bill.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday issued a blistering statement on how senators should handle a ...

As the Senate prepares for a series of votes on Friday that are expected to keep the government from shutting down at ...

Senate Democrats mounted a last-ditch protest Thursday over a Republican-led government funding bill that already passed the House.

The ethos of cinema Comparing the moral stance of a popular movie to the national culture from which it arose is hard enough.