The right has long targeted the Department of Education, which became a Cabinet agency in 1980 under President Jimmy Carter.

O n a freezing night in January, several hundred people came to Boston’s Museum of Science for a town hall-style discussion ...

A political aide to former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Kofi Tonto, has criticised the immediate-past Managing ...

Anthony Weiner has said he's ready to return to politics after being involved in multiple sexting scandals and a criminal conviction over the years. He also said he has the support of his ex-wife, Hum ...

Why in the world should NYC forgive Anthony Weiner’s transgressions? “Right now the conversations in Dem political circles are not serious enough about our need to solve ...

The president is pursuing the long-standing conservative goal of neutralizing the federal bureaucracy.

I enter this race as an underdog and I know this is going to be an uphill fight, but I’m excited for the challenge." ...

The Senate confirmed Russell Vought as White House Office of Management and Budget director after a 30-hour floor fight, ...

Throughout last year's US presidential campaign, Donald Trump sought to separate himself from Project 2025. Two weeks into Trump's second term, some experts are pointing to apparent parallels between ...

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In 2022, Brett Smiley, a relative moderate, became mayor of Providence after vowing to address housing and public safety. In ...

A tough new assessment says the Democratic Party needs to reassess the loss of support among groups of voters it has long ...