Democrats' focus on affordability—an issue that helped Trump one year ago—fueled their victories in Tuesday's elections.

Chuck Schumer couldn’t hold his senators together at a time when their unity and toughness were essential. Yet Trump cracks ...

Democrats and Republicans appear to be moving further apart on the shutdown, but there are signs that lawmakers could be ...

Despite considerable hand-wringing in the party about caving to Republicans in the government closure, some Democrats see ...

There is a difference between Democrats and Republicans. Republicans don’t want to give free health care and other freebies to illegal immigrants. Neither do I. There is not one illegal immigrant who ...

Sherrill, a congresswoman and former Naval helicopter pilot, is facing Ciattarelli, a former state lawmaker and business owner in a nationally watched, relatively tight race to take over for ...

Iowa’s Democratic Party has hemorrhaged more than 200,000 active voters since 2009. What happened? And can they begin ...

Primary candidates for the 2026 midterms are making the shutdown a campaign issue — and calling for Sen. Chuck Schumer to ...

Democrats weren’t winning the shutdown. But they weren’t losing it, either. Times Opinion columnist Ezra Klein argues that ...

Democrats’ frustration with their own party is up sharply, as many say it hasn’t pushed back hard enough against Trump and the GOP. In contrast, 40% of Republicans say they are frustrated with their ...

The stalemate between the Republicans and Democrats in Congress, which has had the government effectively shut down for more than 24 days (so far, and counting, sadly) has got to end, and quickly, ...