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A flyer advertising a discussion of the upcoming Trump administration’s immigration policies is displayed on a USC classroom door last month. In the Western United States, the idea of mass deportations goes far beyond the undocumented student population on a college campus, Bellantoni writes.

The many layers of Trump’s immigration policy

By Christina Bellantoni
Posted December 19, 2024 at 6:00am
By counting on resentment and fear of the other, the GOP has betrayed people like her mom, Curtis writes.

A holiday season of personal and political reflection

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted December 12, 2024 at 6:00am
Republicans were able to capitalize in November as Democratic voters drifted apart, Winston writes. Above, Donald Trump speaks at the Republican National Convention on July 18.

The great Democratic divide elects Trump twice

By David Winston
Posted December 11, 2024 at 6:00am
House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar center, and Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted Lieu, left, seen here in December with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., are the highest-ranking Californians in congressional leadership in the 119th Congress.

‘Diminished influence’: California’s missing clout

Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune, center, has scheduled 31 five-day work weeks in 2025, which was music to the ears of Rep. William R. Timmons IV.

Help wanted: Spending more time and effort in Congress

By Jason Dick
Posted December 9, 2024 at 4:42pm
A child waits for Kamala Harris to take the stage during a rally in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Oct. 28.

Democrats’ competing postmortems leave out history — and the obvious

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted December 5, 2024 at 6:00am
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., writes that now is the time for a national strategy to bridge the urban-rural broadband divide.

Bridging the urban-rural broadband divide

By Sen. Roger Wicker
Posted December 4, 2024 at 12:40pm
Kamala Harris speaks to supporters at Howard University after conceding the presidential race to Donald Trump on Nov. 6.

Here’s how the media missed the story, from joy to democracy

By David Winston
Posted December 4, 2024 at 6:00am
The moon rises over the Capitol dome as an airplane lands at nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Oct. 22.

Advancing America’s global AI leadership through digital diplomacy and strategic cooperation

By Joseph F. Dunford Jr., Frances F. Townsend and Michael J. Morell
Posted November 21, 2024 at 3:19pm
Jeff Crank speaks at an Oct. 11 rally for President-elect Donald Trump in Aurora, Colo. He once was a staffer for then-Rep. Joel Hefley and has been aligned with Americans for Prosperity.

Familiar faces: They’re new to Congress, but they’ve been here before

By Jackie Wang
Posted November 21, 2024 at 6:00am
Vice President Kamala Harris waves from the Democratic National Convention stage this summer. If Democrats want to understand what just happened, they should look at their declining party ID numbers, Winston writes.

America may have a new third party: the Democrats

By David Winston
Posted November 19, 2024 at 3:25pm