If a shutdown persists, Trump may order Republicans to kill the filibuster altogether. Will Democrats risk the loss of their ...

In using the nuclear option, John Thune has turned a Senate precedent on its head, defying his reputation as an ...

It was a full-on nuclear explosion. Just like the Pacific Testing Grounds near the Marshall Islands and French Polynesia. But this political blast tore through the Senate chamber. In November 2013, ...

Charlie Kirk shooting witness says she saw "blood pouring out everywhere" Evangelical Christians Break with Trump on Cuts Drivers get great news as gas prices predicted to plunge to 20-year low More ...

Late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) detonated the first Senate "nuclear option" in 2013, curbing the filibuster to confirm executive branch nominees - except for the Supreme Court. Former ...

“A Savage Art” looks at the life of the prizewinning Pat Oliphant and argues such work is “a serious expression of a political thought.” By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. A critic once said, “If Pat Oliphant couldn’t draw, he’d be an assassin.” Luckily, Oliphant — a long-time Santa ...

A Pulitzer Prize finalist in the cartoonist category, Pat Bagley has worked for The Salt Lake Tribune for more than 45 years. He is one of roughly a dozen cartoonists still working at a major ...

Francesco Bailo have received funding from the Facebook (now Meta) and the Australian Department of Defence. Digital platforms have become the essential infrastructure of modern life. They power ...

In May and July of 2017, early in his first term, President Donald Trump unleashed flocks of shrieking tweets imploring the Senate to change its filibuster rule for legislative measures. He advocated ...

Section 1. Investigations Into Use of Federal Grant Funds. Federal funding reviews by my Administration have revealed that taxpayer funds are being spent on grants with highly political overtones. In ...