Eric Cortellessa
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Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland Expected to Announce Retirement
Senator Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat, plans to announce his retirement in the coming days, TIME has learned. → Read More
Biden Visited Ukraine to Show Support. The U.S. Political Reality Is More Complicated
House Republicans have a vocal faction resolutely opposed to increased U.S. funding going toward Ukraine. → Read More
How Biden Got Republicans To Run Away From Their History of Pushing Social Security and Medicare Cuts
The GOP has bristled at Biden's attacks, but leading conservatives have pushed such cuts for decades, including Paul Ryan and Ron DeSantis. → Read More
Why Republicans Are Comparing a New House Investigative Panel to the Church Committee
What was the Church Committee and Why Do Republicans Keep Bringing It Up? → Read More
McCarthy Proposes Gutting Ethics Watchdog in Bid for Speaker
McCarthy proposed hamstringing the Office of Congressional Ethics as it faces calls to investigate lawmakers involved in the Jan. 6 attack → Read More
Kari Lake Preparing to File Election Lawsuit Next Week
Kari Lake plans to sue Arizona’s largest county next week to overturn her election loss, sources familiar with the matter tell TIME. → Read More
Arizona Voting Machine Problems Spark Conspiracy Theories
Arizona election officials reassured voters their ballots would be counted after tabulation machines in Maricopa County malfunctioned. → Read More
'I'm Scared to Death': Arizona Braces for Tense Election
Arizona Democrats say they fear political violence and instability in the days ahead as votes are counted. → Read More
In Florida Senate Race, GOP Messaging on Crime Runs Up Against an Ex-Cop Opponent
On Tuesday, Val Demings and Marco Rubio will participate in their only scheduled debate. The state’s recovery from Hurricane Ian is sure to be a major subject. → Read More
Inside House Republicans’ Plan to Investigate Hunter Biden as a 'National Security Threat'
Rep. James Comer, who would run the Oversight Committee in a Republican House, confirmed he has a copy of Hunter Biden’s hard drive and plans to use it to advance investigations. → Read More
How a USDA Analyst Helped Stymie the Biden Administration's Bid to Block a Sugar Merger
Admnistration officials were frustrated that a government bureaucrat testified for the merger, undermining the administration's position. → Read More
House Moves Toward Updating Electoral Count Act, Hoping to Avoid Repeat of Jan. 6
The race is on for Congress to amend the statute that Trump acolytes cited in their scheme to overthrow an election. → Read More
Fact-checking 6 Criticisms of Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
Will it make inflation worse? Is it an abuse of executive power? Here’s what to know. → Read More
Blake Masters Bets on Immigration Outcry to Shake Up Arizona Senate Race Against Mark Kelly
Few Republican candidates are pushing immigration as hard as Blake Masters is ahead of November. → Read More
Liz Cheney Loses Wyoming Republican Primary in Race Defined by Her Criticism of Trump
Cheney’s national profile rose through the Jan. 6 committee's hearings, while alienating her from the GOP's Trump-loving base. → Read More
No, Biden is Not Hiring 87,000 New IRS Agents
It's a false claim being spread by prominent Republicans after the FBI searched Trump's home. → Read More
Schumer Stalls Anti-Big-Tech Bill, Despite Broad Support
The bill, which Amazon, Meta and Google oppose, appears to have the support of enough Senators for it to pass. → Read More
Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger on Where the Jan. 6 Committee Goes Next
In an interview with TIME, Kinzinger discusses what he thinks the Jan. 6 committee has accomplished and where it will go from here. → Read More
How Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney Turned the Jan. 6 Hearings Into Must-See TV
As the committee gears up for another hearing, Thompson and Cheney are preparing to tie a bow around the narrative they have pieced together over the last six weeks. → Read More
Jan. 6 Hearing: Trump Drafted Tweet Urging March to Capitol
Trump and his allies were aware that his supporters intended to march to the Capitol and encouraged it, the Jan. 6 committee said. → Read More