Jon Ward

A Democratic congresswoman in a key swing district in Virginia is pushing to take advantage of a backlash to the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling to fend off a Republican challenger who represents growing support for the GOP in the Hispanic community.

Bonnie Kristian’s new book, “Untrustworthy,” calls on Americans to stop reacting reflexively to the information coursing across their screens, and to subject it to scrutiny.

As the work of the Jan. 6 committee winds down, with a ninth hearing Thursday and a final report expected soon, there are signs that its work may have moved public opinion in a few ways.

The first and likely only debate between the preacher and the former football star running for U.S. Senate in Georgia featured a lengthy exchange on abortion, a fake police badge, lots of Bible references, and a lopsided series of questions to the candidates about their personal lives.

Michael Wear, a former faith adviser to President Barack Obama, is launching an institution that will train Christians in public life to reject culture-war fights and to emphasize the public service aspect of politics.

Political debates between opposing candidates ramped up this past week, and if you were hoping for substantive policy contrasts, you must not have watched a debate in the past few decades.

State legislatures are often overlooked in the heat of campaign season, yet the laws crafted there have as much impact, if not more, on the average person’s everyday life as the ones passed by Congress.

A prominent Republican election lawyer says the 2022 midterm elections are the first time the American public will render judgment on “the notion of election denial.”

“Christian nationalism” has been a hotly debated topic in American politics this year. Conservative writer Paul D. Miller says so-called moderates in the Christian nationalist community have a duty to publicly reject the extremists in their ranks.

Despite fears of partisan Election Day challenges, understaffing at poll places and other potential disruptions, voting across the country proceeded relatively smoothly, according to experts.

Following bitterly disappointing midterm election results, the Republican Party faced more internal divisions Tuesday about who should lead it into the 2024 presidential election and on Capitol Hill for the next two years.

There is a distinct difference in how groups on the left and right are reacting to a bill that supporters say would enhance protections for both gay rights and religious freedom.

Prominent Republican lawmakers on Monday condemned former President Donald Trump’s dinner last week with two men who have expressed virulent antisemitic views.

The Jan. 6 committee’s final hearing Monday was a concise, efficient summary of the case against former President Donald Trump, designed for a digital age dominated by short attention spans.

When Rob Portman announced he was retiring from the Senate two years ago, it was taken as another sign that Congress was going to the dogs.

Two weeks after President Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election, a group of Christian pastors stood on stage inside a nondenominational church in a suburb of Phoenix, whipping the congregation into a frenzy of prayer mixed with violent and bloody imagery.

Foreign policy is usually dismissed by political analysts as a second-tier campaign issue, especially in primaries, but the war in Ukraine has taken center stage as the 2024 Republican contest heats up.

Former President Donald Trump’s victories in Missouri, Michigan, and Idaho Saturday give him momentum for Super Tuesday, although the caucus votes featured...

Former President Donald Trump’s victories in Missouri, Michigan, and Idaho Saturday give him momentum for Super Tuesday, although the caucus votes featured...

Former President Donald Trump’s won caucuses in Missouri, Michigan, and Idaho Saturday, while Nikki Haley scored her first victory of the nominating cycle...