The D.S.A. is still small. But as economic inequality keeps burning, Democratic Socialists are attracting intense interest ...

How Abraham Lincoln and a magazine illustrator elevated Christmas to a national holiday, and used it to win the Civil War.

Federalists, the party that advocated more states' rights and less central government than desired by the Federalists. Most ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican Matt Van Epps won a nationally watched special election in Tennessee for a seat in the U.S. House on Tuesday, maintaining his party’s grip on the district with help from ...

Americans are increasingly concerned about the state of U.S. democracy, according to a new study by the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and Public Agenda—which has also identified ...

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate duo is aiming to reduce the influx of political mail to households by cutting off a key federal subsidy that boosts Republican and Democratic party committees.

Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are reacting to the latest moves to compel the Department of Justice to release all materials related to Jeffrey Epstein. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe reports. John ...

A Democratic congressional candidate who’s under federal indictment for her actions during a protest against the immigration crackdown was given an unwelcome, prison-themed gift bag by a Republican ...

The 43-day government shutdown has exposed the intensifying battle between progressives and centrists over the direction of the Democratic Party in 2026 and beyond, an ideological struggle that could ...

Morris Katz is a 26-year-old political strategist who wants to take the Democratic party in a new direction. Leila Fadel talks to him about the candidates he's backing and his vision for the future.

WASHINGTON ‒ Eight Democratic Senate Caucus members broke from their ranks and joined with Republican senators to vote for a deal to reopen the government late on Nov. 9. The group includes Democrats ...

Salt Lake City — A Utah judge on Monday rejected a new congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers, adopting an alternate proposal creating a Democrat-leaning district ahead of the 2026 midterm ...