Paul Waldman

Mitch McConnell may no longer be the Senate majority leader, but he does not lack for influence in the chamber’s caucus.

In a speech in 2010, as the excruciating year-long debate over the Affordable Care Act neared its end, then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.”

From the Southern Baptist Convention to the Supreme Court, more and more conservatives want to reverse equality for same-sex marriages.

As a candidate, Donald Trump staked out moderate and popular positions on key issues that Democrats could also run on.

Elon Musk’s time with the Department of Government Efficiency has ended, but not before a press availability at the White House alongside President Donald Trump.

For this budget to pass, just about every Republican will have to vote for it — just as occurred in 1993 — which means they can all be held responsible for what it does.

Republicans' big bill for Trump's legislative agenda includes major cuts to the Inflation Reduction Act and other Biden-era climate programs.

Trump and his White House staffers see economic pain from tariffs as a necessary price to pay, even as port traffic falls and Americans fear price increases.

Before his second term began, President Donald Trump said that tariffs were “not going to be a cost to you, it’s going to be a cost to another country.”

After Tesla’s Q1 earnings showed major losses, Musk told investors that he’ll soon step back from his role overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

President Donald Trump signed an executive order focused on water pressure in showerheads that promised, "No longer will showerheads be weak and worthless.”