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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, welcomes incoming Republican senators in his office at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. From left are, Sen.-elect Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., Sen.-elect Jim Banks, R-Ind., Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Sen.-elect John Curtis, R-Utah, Sen.-elect David McCormick, R-Pa., and Sen.-elect Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected the next Senate majority leader

November 13, 2024 at 11:37 a.m.

Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Mitch McConnell into...

FILE – Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump greets members of the National Guard on the U.S.-Mexico border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Trump tested the limits on using the military at home. If elected again, he plans to go further

October 13, 2024 at 12:11 p.m.

During his first term as president, Donald Trump tested the limits of how he could use the military to achieve policy goals. If given a second term, the Republican and...

A person in a wheelchair holds a sign that reads "Mass Deportation Now" on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Donald Trump is putting mass deportations at the heart of his campaign. Some Republicans are worried

August 10, 2024 at 8:30 a.m.

Trump is putting immigration at the heart of his campaign and pushing the GOP towards a bellicose strategy that hearkens back to the 1950s.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrive a campaign rally, Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump ramps up his defense of Vance after one of the rockiest VP rollouts in recent memory

August 1, 2024 at 8:34 a.m.

Donald Trump is used to defending himself. But this week, the Republican presidential nominee has been put in the rare position of having to defend someone else — his running...

Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to board Air Force Two at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on July 24, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski/AP)

Volunteers and donations surge into Democratic campaigns with Vice President Kamala Harris atop the ticket

July 26, 2024 at 7:33 p.m.

Congressional Democrats in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and beyond are seeing an outpouring of volunteers to help Vice President Kamala Harris.

President Joe Biden raises the hand of Vice President Kamala Harris after viewing the Independence Day fireworks display over the National Mall from the balcony of the White House, July 4, 2024, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP)

House Republicans vote to rebuke Kamala Harris over administration’s handling of border policy

July 26, 2024 at 7:25 a.m.

House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris’s role in the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. border with Mexico/

President Joe Biden walks down the steps of Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on July 17, 2024. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. (Susan Walsh/AP)

Democrats hail Biden’s decision to not seek reelection as selfless. Republicans urge him to resign

July 21, 2024 at 3:27 p.m.

Democratic lawmakers hailed President Joe Biden’s historic decision on Sunday not to seek reelection, praising him as putting his country and his party before himself. Republicans called on him to...

President Joe Biden showed no indication of dropping out of the race despite a halting debate performance on June 27, 2024. (Kevin D. Liles/For The Washington Post)

Democrats in Congress are torn between backing Biden for renomination and sounding the alarm

July 3, 2024 at 4:56 p.m.

President Joe Biden's disastrous debate demeanor last week has reverberated across the Democratic Party. It is forcing lawmakers to grapple with a potential crisis that could reach beyond the results...

President Joe Biden listens as he meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office at the White House, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under new plan from President Biden

June 18, 2024 at 5:39 p.m.

President Joe Biden is taking an expansive, election-year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S.

U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a working session with world leaders during a G7 summit at Borgo Egnazia, Italy, Thursday, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Biden will announce deportation protection and work permits for spouses of US citizens

June 17, 2024 at 6:36 p.m.

President Joe Biden is planning to announce a sweeping new policy Tuesday that would lift the threat of deportation for tens of thousands of people married to U.S. citizens.

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