In his first few days back in office, President Donald Trump engaged in a whirlwind of executive actions, from exiting the ...

The triumph of Trump’s most controversial picks has set the tone for the president’s domineering relationship with Congress — ...

At a time when Republicans control all levers of power in Washington and national Democrats are struggling to respond to ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell was a generational force for the Republican Party — using procedural tactics and political will to ...

Lincoln’s time as a young man on the make had made him think hard about the relationship between Americans and their ...

Matthew Lohmeier is one of Trump’s choices for a key position in the military. His main qualification is saying the ...

With Trump in office and Republicans controlling Congress, the RNC brought on new people to help advance its agenda and vision to “make America great again.” ...

Republican lawmakers introduced a bill to strip D.C. of its governing power, but city officials want statehood instead.

Donald Trump’s measures ending government diversity efforts are part of a much broader effort to reverse civil rights gains ...

Alongside the Club for Growth, such groups as Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform and the Koch Network’s Americans for ...

Red hot means already doing well, not getting hot. Or is the author wrong? Don't touch that, it's red hot means actually hot, ...

In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...