Matthew McConaughey Says He Won’t Run for Texas Governor ‘at This Moment’
The actor and author Matthew McConaughey announced on Sunday that he would not run for governor of Texas for now, after months of weighing whether...
Carrie P. Meek, 5-Term Florida Representative, Dies at 95
Carrie P. Meek, who was spurred by memories of childhood discrimination and inspired by her heritage as she rose to political power in her native...
Local News Outlets May Reap $1.7 Billion in Build Back Better Aid
Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the second-ranking House Republican, echoed that criticism on Twitter: “This is Biden and Dems in Congress helping pay the reporters’...
Democrats Struggle to Energize Their Base as Frustrations Mount
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez and other Democrats acknowledge that a significant part of the challenge facing their party is structural: With slim congressional majorities, the party cannot...
UK officials still blocking Peter Wright’s ‘embarrassing’ Spycatcher files
A documentary-maker has accused the Cabinet Office of defying the 30-year rule in withholding details of the MI5 exposéThe Cabinet Office has been accused of...
The Disconnect Between Biden’s Popular Policies and His Unpopularity
Over the past few years, many Democrats argued that there was a simple secret to electoral success: enact popular legislation.President Biden tried to make that...
Seeking Backers for New Fund, Jared Kushner Turns to Middle East
That spring, only a few months later, Mr. Kushner successfully pushed for his father-in-law to make his first international trip to a summit in Riyadh,...
That ‘Team Beto’ Fund-Raising Email? It Might Not Be From Beto.
In one solicitation, the link to the Blue South PAC donation page on ActBlue, the Democratic digital donation-processing site, was highlighted in bright yellow and...
Macron tells Johnson to ‘get serious’ on Channel crisis after tweeted letter
French president says: ‘We do not communicate on these issues by tweets’ after PM issues five-point plan via TwitterPresident Emmanuel Macron has told Boris Johnson...
Guantánamo Bay: Beyond the Prison
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Mention this place, and people tend to think of caged men wearing orange uniforms and on their knees, the image of...