Jon Ward

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.

Mike Pence still insists he hasn’t made his mind up about a 2024 campaign. But an interview with Yahoo News shows that he’s certainly started talking like a contender for the Republican nomination. The former vice president has ready-made critiques of his potential rivals, comparing Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida to California's liberal Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, while also taking direct aim at Donald Trump.

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.

While it may not always dominate the headlines, the debate over free speech in the U.S. remains at the forefront of our political conversation.

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A new Yahoo News/YouGov survey shows that opinions are mixed about race-based criteria for college admissions, ahead of a decision from the Supreme Court this week.

Large numbers of Americans are unhappy with the idea of a Biden vs. Trump rematch, polls show, but both the Democratic and Republican parties appear to be paralyzed, unable to do anything about it. Here's why.

The Supreme Court may find that when social media platforms restrict, fact-check, take down or leave up content, this is constitutionally protected speech and the government cannot interfere, which is the view of many legal experts.

You’re shifting gears to head into the weekend, so here are the top five political stories worth remembering this week.

The former South Carolina governor and ex-U.S. ambassador to the U.N. suffered an embarrassing loss in the Silver State Tuesday, receiving fewer votes than the "none of these candidates" option.

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...

President Jimmy Carter’s religious devotion animated his life and presidency. But Carter accepted that the intersection of faith and politics would involve compromise and moral complexity.