Arizona Vote Review ‘Made Up the Numbers,’ Election Experts Say

An analysis found that a hand recount of votes by Republican investigators missed thousands of ballots, and possibly many more.

Opinion | Wonking Out: Biden Should Ignore the Debt Limit and Mint a $1 Trillion Coin

Now is the time for some courageous gimmickry.

Opinion | Of Vaccine Mandates and Facing Reality

Many Americans said they’d quit if required to take their shots. Luckily they didn’t.

Opinion | Memo to Democrats: ‘Grow Up. Do Your Job.’

Suggestions for Democrats in Congress; the return of live performances; Justice Sandra Day O'Connor; an airline no-fly list; boys' struggles.

Democrats Move to Avert Shutdown, but Divisions Imperil Biden’s Agenda

Democrats prepared a spending bill to keep the government funded past a Thursday deadline, but moderates dug in harder against their ambitious social safety net bill.

Opinion | Voters Had Their Say. Partisans Ignored Them.

The independent commissions set up against gerrymandering might be hopeless.

Opinion | How Much Does How Much We Hate Each Other Matter?

A lot hinges on the answer.

Republicans at Odds Over Infrastructure Bill as Vote Approaches

With a bipartisan infrastructure bill set for a Thursday vote in the House, a campaign by business groups and some Senate Republicans to secure G.O.P. support may be the measure’s last hope.

Military Officials Say They Urged Biden Against Afghanistan Withdrawal

During a heated Senate hearing, Gen. Mark Milley also defended his actions in the final months of the Trump administration.

Opinion | Do Democrats Have the Courage of Liz Cheney?

When one party in our two-party system goes completely rogue, it falls on the other party to protect democracy.

How the Debt Ceiling Came to Be a Political Cudgel

The current fight over raising the debt limit is proving to be another lesson in American political dysfunction.

Opinion | ‘I Want to Go to a Hospital or Clinic Where Everyone Is Vaccinated’

Vaccine mandates in hospitals and schools; Haitians and immigration policy; abortion and Republicans.

Opinion | We Underestimated Trump Before. It Didn’t Go Well.

The former president continues to pose a threat because our political imagination fails us. 

Republicans Block Government Funding, Refusing to Lift Debt Limit

Senate Republicans opposed legislation to avert a government shutdown and prevent a debt default at a critical moment for Democrats’ domestic agenda.

Texas Republicans propose a new congressional map that aims to protect the party’s incumbents.

Rather than trying to make significant gains in the state, where Democrats have been increasingly ascendant in recent years, Republicans appear to be trying to bolster their existing congressional delegation.

How an Anti-Trump Plotter in 2016 Became His Champion Against Liz Cheney

Harriet Hageman, a Wyoming Republican, is the former president’s choice to take on his leading G.O.P. critic. But five years ago, she tried to overturn his victory in the party’s primary race.

Opinion | This Is No Way to Run a Democracy

“What the country really needs is some sort of Biden-Get-Your-Groove-Back campaign.”

Opinion | Republicans Are Playing a Dangerous Game With Debt

They know the borrowing limit must be raised, one way or another.

Opinion | Can Joe Biden Recover?

Biden can definitely float his way back up. Clawing his way up might be a different story. 

‘Stop the Steal’ Movement Races Forward, Ignoring Arizona Humiliation

As a Republican review of 2020 votes in Arizona sputtered to a close, Donald Trump and his allies signaled that their attack on the election, and their drive to reshape future elections, were far from over.