In fact, there’s a long history of presidents putting pressure on Fed chiefs to cut interest rates. But President Trump’s ...

A 48-hour period in 2011 may go down as the era's defining political moment, setting in motion events that are still ...

How Democrats found their way out of the political wilderness once before, and how they could do it again now.

Before being elected to the U.S. Senate, Durbin served seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives — winning his first ...

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Senate Democrat, is retiring after 30 years of service. The powerful ...

Complaining about your taxes is as popular an American pastime as baseball and apple pie. But it’s been a thorn in the side of the U.S. government, which has long struggled to offer a ...

Presidents have played an important and sometimes surprising role in driving regulatory changes.

Even presidents need the occasional sugar fix. From George Washington to Donald Trump, these are the go-to desserts for ...

The White House and Vatican have had a relationship stretching back to at least 1919, and includes Pope John Paul II and ...

MPs and peers are campaigning to block Donald Trump from addressing parliament during his state visit to the UK, warning the US president “does not respect democracy”. The US president has suggested ...

C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb talked about his quest to bring live, gavel-to-gavel coverage of Congress into every American home. In an interview with current C-SPAN CEO Sam Feist, Lamb and C-SPAN's ...

Having honed their message for years, both AOC and Bernie come across as authentic ― but more than that, crowds are coming ...