Russell Berman
The Once and Future Speaker?
Is Nancy Pelosi's leadership the key to Democrats regaining the House, or the thing that will hold them back?
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John Moore / Getty Images 85 Immigrants Sentenced Together Before One Judge
Mass trials are now the norm in McAllen, where the Trump administration’s new policy on prosecuting illegal border crossing has strained the federal court system.
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Andrew Harnik / AP It’s Not Collusion, It’s Corruption
Democrats want to highlight Trump scandals in their push for Congress this fall—just not the one that has dominated headlines and threatens his presidency.
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP Maine Voters Overrule Their Leaders
With support from Governor Paul LePage, the legislature nullified a statewide referendum approving ranked-choice voting. On Tuesday, the citizens got the final word and enacted it again.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Mark Sanford’s Unforgivable Sin
The former South Carolina governor survived a sex scandal, but not his criticism of President Trump. GOP voters ousted him in a House primary on Tuesday night.
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Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP San Francisco Still Doesn’t Know Who Its Mayor Will Be
Ranked-choice voting has produced the closest citywide election in decades, as the race between London Breed and Mark Leno remains uncalled a week later.
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Jeff Chiu / AP The Democrats Barely Pull It Off in California
The party’s fears of being shut out of races that could determine the House majority did not come to pass on Tuesday night.
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Steve Helber / AP / Katie Martin / ... The 2018 Congressional Retirement Tracker
Democratic Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota announced Tuesday he would run for state attorney general rather than reelection to the House. Here's a running list of all the lawmakers calling it quits this year.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP 'This Was Litigated 20 Years Ago'
Twenty years on, Bill Clinton hasn’t figured out how to talk about impeachment and the investigation that nearly ousted him from office.
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Bryan R. Smith / AFP / Getty Images The Outrage Over Trump’s Market-Shaking Tweet
The president’s cryptic preview of May’s strong monthly jobs report broke yet another longstanding federal protocol.
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Aaron Bernstein / AP 'This Is Not a Reform. It Is Terrible.'
Democratic and Republican leaders hate California's jungle primary, which after Tuesday's vote could shut them out of key races. But that's partly the point.
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Jeff Chiu / AP Rival Candidates Try an Unusual Election Message: Vote for Both of Us
In a move that could block the race’s frontrunner, two contenders for mayor of San Francisco are taking advantage of the city’s ranked-choice voting system and endorsing each other.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The House Is on the Brink of Forcing Votes on Immigration
The bid by a group of GOP moderates to bypass Speaker Paul Ryan on DACA is just five signatures away from success.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Democrats Split Over Trump's Prison Pitch
The party is torn over a reform bill that just passed the House with the president’s support: Should it back modest changes to the criminal-justice system or hold out for more?
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Bebeto Matthews / AP / Paul Spella / ... Is the 'Cynthia Effect' Real?
Cynthia Nixon’s strong debut has New York Governor Andrew Cuomo scrambling to the left in a heated primary. But can Democratic voters trust a celebrity candidate in the age of Trump?
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP A House Republican Rebellion on Two Fronts
As House moderates near success in forcing votes on DACA, Speaker Paul Ryan is facing another uprising from the conservatives who tanked the farm bill on Friday.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP The House Republican Blockade on Immigration Finally Ruptures
Fed up after years of inaction, a group of GOP lawmakers is close to forcing votes on bills to protect immigrants at risk of deportation.
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Darron Cummings / AP An Ominous Night for House Republicans
The GOP's glee over Don Blankenship's defeat in West Virginia obscures warning signs for House incumbents, who lost three out of four races for Senate and a reelection primary on Tuesday.
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Darron Cummings / AP Incumbency Is Toxic in the 2018 Republican Primaries
In Indiana and West Virginia, GOP congressmen seeking promotions to the Senate are struggling to fend off challenges from Washington outsiders.
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Carolyn Kaster / John Bazemore / AP / ... An Exodus From Congress Tests the Lure of Lobbying
There’s a wave of lawmakers fleeing Capitol Hill this year, but if recent history is a guide, many of them will put down roots in the D.C. swamp.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Mike Pompeo Barely Avoids an Unprecedented Reproach
After a last-minute flip by Senator Rand Paul, President Trump’s pick for secretary of state wins approval from the Foreign Relations Committee despite opposition from Democrats.
