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Republicans almost unanimously opposed the Protecting Our Democracy Act, which might be broken into separate components in the Senate.

Lawmakers tossed out some bipartisan provisions as they rushed to advance the bill, which would increase the Pentagon’s budget by more than what President Biden had requested.

Mr. Dole, a son of the Kansas prairie who was left for dead on a World War II battlefield, became one of the longest-serving Republican leaders.

The party’s good fortune in avoiding profound punishment for all its follies is the reason those follies will probably continue.

Neither race received much national attention, but there’s a long history of special election results foreshadowing the next general election.

The 13 Republican lawmakers who broke with their party to support a $1 trillion bipartisan public works bill have drawn anger and threats from their colleagues and constituents.

The partisan gap in Covid’s death toll has grown faster over the past month than at any previous point.

Republicans ran up the margins in rural Virginia counties, the latest sign that Democrats, as one lawmaker put it, “continue to tank in small-town America.”

Mr. Sweeney, the second most powerful lawmaker in New Jersey and a Democrat, lost his bid for re-election to Edward Durr, a driver for a furniture chain.

While Eric Adams easily won the New York City mayor’s race, Republicans made inroads across New York, from bedroom communities on Long Island to City Council races in Queens and Brooklyn.

Party officials say the White House and Congress must do more to address the electorate’s deep malaise or risk watching voters lurch back toward the G.O.P. by default.

It’s not necessarily a theological affinity for Jesus Christ. Many Americans are being drawn to the evangelical label because of its association with the G.O.P.

The message, delivered by a lobbyist close to the House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, has already led one Republican firm to cut ties.

Democrats need a bigger, bolder campaign blueprint to save democracy that doesn’t hinge on the whims of Congress.

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

By following a G.O.P. base strategy on pandemic issues in a state hard hit by Covid, he may have left himself vulnerable.

The storming of the Capitol closed the door on one era of American politics and opened the door to another.

The much criticized review showed much the same results as in November, with 99 more Biden votes and 261 fewer Trump ones.

Representative Anthony Gonzalez, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump, is the first of the group to retire rather than face a stiff primary challenge.

The “Justice for J6” rally planned for Saturday on Capitol Hill has presented a dilemma for Republicans, who are toiling to avoid dredging up memories of the Jan. 6 riot.