Democrats Slow G.O.P. Rush to Confirm Trump Nominees

Senate Republicans had hoped to rush through confirmation of a flurry of Cabinet nominees in the days immediately after President Trump assumed office. But Democrats, expressing reservations about some picks,…

Senate Democrats Block G.O.P. Effort to Criminalize Some Abortion Providers

Senate Democrats blocked a Republican-written bill on Wednesday that could subject some doctors who perform abortions to criminal penalties, thwarting the G.O.P.’s first attempt to restrict reproductive rights since the…

TikTok Makes Last-Minute Push as Supreme Court Is Poised to Rule on Ban

As the Supreme Court was poised on Friday to announce its landmark decision on whether to uphold a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the United States, the popular…

‘I’m Urging You Not to Run’: How Schumer Pushed Biden to Drop Out

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York sat in the foyer of President Biden’s Rehoboth Beach house, tired and tense. He had not slept the night before, and on the four-hour…