1. Opinion | Fake it Till You Make It: The Generational Explanation Behind George Santos

2. California Dems prepare for fierce Senate battle

3. Biden on Chinese balloon: 'We’re going to take care of it'

4. China’s Mideast buildup stirs security worries for U.S.

5. Shrinking Colorado River hands Biden his first climate brawl

6. Karen Bass’ mission: Get 17,000 people off the streets of Los Angeles in a year

7. Diane Feinstein's extremely awkward, very uncomfortable exit from the political stage

8. Judge demands answers after Jan. 6 defendant recants guilt

9. 'Are you with me?' Biden previews re-elect campaign at DNC

10. Recession? What recession?

11. A balloon upended Blinken’s trip to China. That could be a good thing.

12. Europe United Like Never Before Against Putin. Here’s One Strange Reason Why.

13. New U.S. aid package includes longer-range bombs for Ukraine

14. All shook up: Why Dems see sliver of opportunity in deep-red Mississippi

15. Blinken's China trip postponed over Chinese balloon

16. Biden on robust jobs numbers: The ‘critics and cynics are wrong’

17. Jobs blowout: What the employment report means for Biden and Powell

18. China: ‘No intention’ of violating U.S. airspace after spy balloon spotted

19. Meet the border-district Republican at the immigration fight's 'epicenter'

20. Progressive Rep. Delia Ramirez set to give State of the Union response

21. Florida eyes more changes to voting laws ahead of 2024

22. Vindman leads new push to send military contractors to Ukraine

23. Sam Bankman Fried’s co-founder gave GOP govs group $500,000 right before bankruptcy

24. Roy Wood Jr. named entertainer at 2023 White House Correspondents' dinner

25. Sarah Huckabee Sanders picked for GOP State of the Union response

26. Buttigieg, two years into Biden’s Cabinet, ‘not planning on going anywhere’

27. U.S., Philippines agree to larger American military presence

28. Pelosi endorses Schiff in California Senate race — if Feinstein doesn't run

29. U.S. supports blocking Russia and Belarus from 2024 Olympics as war rages in Ukraine

30. Washington launches a new Google battle — with an old playbook

31. A new crypto threat to government launches

32. House GOP looks to prove whipping mettle on Omar ouster

33. Cruz control: Texas Republican keeps his distance from 2024 White House hunt

34. DeSantis builds conservative resume with new $114B-plus budget

35. Wall Street bets Powell will flinch on rate hikes once job market sours

36. Berlin doesn’t trust Washington

37. Harris at Tyre Nichols’ funeral: This isn't public safety

38. Jan. 6 defendant who sprayed line of police sentenced after tearful apology

39. Black caucus press Biden to use the bully pulpit to push for police reform

40. FBI searches ​​Biden's Rehoboth, Delaware home

41. House Republicans have their roster set for the panel that will probe any alleged wrongdoing by members of Congress.

42. The House GOP’s growing pains

43. Feds probing Santos’ role in service dog charity scheme

44. Nikki Haley poised to enter 2024 presidential race

45. Mark Zuckerberg beats back FTC antitrust challenge

46. Arizona Republicans fear they may blow it again

47. DeSantis snaps back at Trump: I got reelected

48. Omar, now a Dem unifier, faces down her GOP critics

49. ‘They come to me’: Jane Roberts’ legal recruiting work involved officials whose agencies had cases before the Supreme Court

50. Trump big money machine prepares for battle with DeSantis, other rivals

51. Musk blows off Dems in first Capitol tour as Twitter CEO

52. No, AP African-American Studies Is Not ‘Indoctrination’

53. Biden says Hudson River Tunnel project is finally full steam ahead

54. Matt Schlapp accuser files a second suit against top conservative operative

55. Dems name new members to combat GOP investigations — including Schiff

56. N.Y. AG's office: Trump and kids 'falsely deny facts they have admitted'

57. On the Run with George Santos

58. Top Oversight Democrat Jamie Raskin is asking for visitor records for Donald Trump and Mike Pence's residences.

59. Santos forgoes his committees as House GOP struggles to boot Omar

60. Democrats rev abortion advertising back up for next round of elections

61. Gun safety groups to Biden: Your work isn’t done

62. The House GOP's investigations: A field guide

63. Meet Ron DeSantis’ inner circle

64. Biden to end Covid health emergency declarations in May

65. Biden touts N.Y., Baltimore rail money in hopes of a reset

66. Federal judge blocks more of New Jersey's new gun carry law

67. Secret hold restricts DOJ's bid to access phone of Trump ally Rep. Scott Perry

68. Bolsonaro wants to extend his stay in Florida

69. Renner outlines permitless carry gun legislation

70. Meadows ally faces charge, possible plea over illegal campaign finance contribution

71. House Dems tap Hoyer to lead new regional council

72. Education Department releases new data on 25M applications for Biden's student debt relief

73. Kevin McCarthy reiterated interest in curbing the ability of House members to trade stocks. 

74. Why whale deaths are dividing environmentalists — and firing up Tucker Carlson

75. New York Republicans want George Santos gone. They know just the person to help.

76. Schumer plots debt ceiling course against McCarthy: 'We'll win'

77. Trump hits the trail as 2024 campaign gets off the ground

78. Paul Pelosi attack video released

79. GOP national sales tax talk backfires, as Dems see political gold

80. AOC in line to become her party's No. 2 on Oversight panel

81. House GOP passes bill to curb Biden's use of oil reserve

82. Ronna McDaniel wins her race for RNC chair

83. Mr. Musk goes to Washington to stump for Twitter and Tesla

84. Three men indicted in plot to kill Iranian-American journalist on U.S. soil

85. DOJ warns against protests turning violent ahead of Tyre Nichols footage release

86. Biden confirms Jeff Zients as chief of staff

87. ‘Thousands of Men Have Come Home Because of Him’

88. ‘There Is a Real Sense That the Apocalypse Is Coming’

89. As Santos digs in, both parties ramp up campaign plans for his demise

90. Unlike Trump Appointees, Biden Officials Are In Big Demand In the Private Sector

91. In fight against rats, Adams commits to citywide curbside compost

92. Democratic freshmen found out their committee postings on Thursday. Some will get slots well-positioned to defend the Biden administration against GOP probes. 

93. DeSantis rolls out sweeping criminal justice package

94. DA: 5 Memphis cops 'all responsible' for Tyre Nichols' death

95. DeSantis scrambles RNC race after praising Dhillon and urging ‘new blood’

96. Trump unveils new education policy loaded with culture war proposals

97. Amid 2.9 percent growth, Biden says his economic plan is ‘working’

98. Biden's economy dodges recession

99. Justice Department disrupts group behind thousands of ransomware attacks

100. U.S. to send Ukraine more advanced Abrams tanks — but no secret armor

101. Schiff kicks off California Senate bid

102. Biden grants Hong Kongers in the U.S. a 2-year deportation reprieve

103. Pritzker slams DeSantis for blocking AP course

104. Social media is a defective product, lawsuit contends

105. McCarthy names GOP members to run sweeping investigative panel

106. Biden’s next 2 years: A brutal war and a rough campaign

107. Frozen: Trump’s primary challengers balk at jumping into the unknown

108. Meta to reinstate Donald Trump’s Facebook account

109. Senior FDA official resigns following baby formula crisis, turmoil in agency

110. NYPD commissioner reveals plans for smartphone app, new cameras

111. ‘A Hard Sell’: Can Biden’s DOJ really shatter Google’s grip on digital ads?

112. Inside Washington’s about-face on sending tanks to Ukraine

113. Lawsuit threatened as nonprofit reconfigures African American studies course rejected in Florida

114. Murphy administration bought eight new SUVs — at a cost of $521K — with federal Covid funds

115. Bivalent booster cuts risk of XBB.1.5 symptomatic infection by about half

116. Pair of lawsuits kick off state-federal battle over abortion pills

117. The private angst over Donald Trump’s racist attacks on Elaine Chao goes public

118. Mitch Daniels on Senate bid: 'I'm worried about winning it and regretting it'

119. McDaniel vs. Dhillon: Inside the battle for the RNC

120. Daughter of No. 2 House Democrat arrested during clash with Boston cops

121. RNC chair challenger looks to Never Trumpers for a boost

122. The people of New Hampshire vs. Joe Biden

123. Nikki Haley dismisses Pompeo's VP claims as 'lies and gossip'

124. Watch: Wes Moore sworn in as Maryland’s first Black governor

125. Eric Adams: ‘No more room’ in NYC for migrants and asylum seekers

126. Governors to voters: The state of our nation is bleak, except under me

127. ‘Our system works’: Josh Shapiro sworn in as Pennsylvania governor

128. The strategist who didn't believe in the red wave

129. Candidates for RNC chair are set to square off

130. Hochul touts efforts to curb gun violence in State of the State speech

131. Conservative commentator Diamond of ‘Diamond and Silk’ dies at 51

132. The unauthorized history of the House Freedom Caucus

133. Within hours of Debbie Stabenow announcing her retirement, Dems are scrambling to replace her

134. January 2023

135. Adams slams Dem Colorado governor for busing migrants

136. State legislatures are coming back. These are the lawmakers to follow.

137. ‘Florida is where woke goes to die’: DeSantis celebrates second term

138. U.S. to send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, in major reversal

139. McCarthy broaches Santos, Omar and other panel dramas in closed-door meeting

140. The improbability of George Santos’ $199 expenses

141. Inflation surprise: Wage gains eclipse price spikes

142. Biden hosts Democrats at White House as standoff over debt ceiling looms

143. Jeff Zients is Mr. Fix It. But he’s never had a slate of challenges like this.

144. Dems mobilize to defend Omar in face of GOP defections

145. U.S. hits Iran with fresh sanctions amid subsiding protests

146. RNC to consider resolution condemning Kanye, Fuentes and antisemitism writ large

147. New GOP senator irks colleagues with Judiciary committee push

148. Lawmakers to codify abortion rights in state constitution, sending it to voters

149. Florida eyes banning TikTok at state universities

150. Mike Pence had classified documents at home, turned them over

151. Trump tries to intervene as Navarro faces trial for defying Jan. 6 committee

152. Lindsey Graham said he doubted there was anything "sinister" in how Joe Biden handled classified documents.  

153. New DOJ lawsuit could break up Google

154. Election deniers mostly lost in 2022. Their ideas still have a foothold anyway.

155. Abortion opponents’ next fight is with GOP lawmakers

156. ‘This is not a moment to slow down:’ U.S. says Ukraine making new gains

157. Garland defends handling of Biden, Trump classified document probes

158. Police: 2 students dead, teacher hurt in Des Moines shooting

159. The House's legal lieutenant in its Trump wars speaks out — about Jan. 6 and more

160. 4 more Oath Keepers found guilty of seditious conspiracy tied to Jan. 6 attack

161. Borrow the opposition playbook? House GOP weighs the ultimate 'tit for tat'

162. Jeff Zients to be Biden’s next chief of staff

163. DeSantis defends banning African American studies course as Black leaders call for action

164. Red states are winning big from Dems’ climate law

165. ‘Fox News in Spanish’: Inside an upstart media company’s big plans to impact the 2024 election

166. Jan. 6 intruder who sat at Pelosi’s desk convicted on all charges

167. Dems ask watchdog to investigate IRS’s tardy audit of Trump

168. Gallego officially launches bid for Sinema’s seat

169. The Women of Iran Are Not Backing Down

170. Storied Senate Judiciary panel eyes a new era of quieter productivity

171. Biden turns to Africa to counter China

172. Ron Klain set to depart as Biden’s chief of staff

173. One Woman’s Audacious Quest to Dignify Politics

174. ‘A f--king idiot’: Man who breached Pelosi suite says he’s guilty of bluster, not crime

175. One Republican governor. One Democratic. Two very different inaugural speeches.

176. Treasury study shows stark racial differences in tax breaks, credits

177. Supreme Court says justices 'actively cooperated' in leak probe

178. DOJ says it doesn't have to cooperate with House GOP probes into ongoing investigations

179. George Santos appears to admit drag queen past in Wiki post

180. Trump withdraws Florida lawsuit against New York attorney general

181. Kaine launches Senate reelection bid, giving Dems a 2024 boost

182. Judge sanctions Trump, Habba nearly $1 million for ‘completely frivolous’ Clinton suit

183. Trump to GOP: Don’t touch Medicare or Social Security in debt ceiling fight

184. Colombia’s First Black VP on Black Power, Climate Reparations and the Assassination Attempt on Her Life

185. Don’t freak out over the debt limit … yet

186. Dark money group linked to Leonard Leo is dissolved

187. ‘I Just Want More Tradespeople in Congress’

188. Mayors: Affordable housing demand is crushing us

189. Florida nixes African American studies course, claims it ‘lacks educational value’

190. Once burned, twice keen: Scaramucci isn’t giving up on crypto

191. Judge denies Navarro effort to dismiss contempt case for defying Jan. 6 committee

192. Supreme Court could not identify who shared draft abortion opinion

193. Kyrsten Sinema suggested the midterm elections showed Democrats were overreaching in trying to eliminate the filibuster. 

194. Failed New Mexico candidate appears in court in shooting case

195. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold its first hearing of the year on ticketing practices following the Ticketmaster Taylor Swift debacle. 

196. Treasury activates ‘extraordinary measures’ to avoid default

197. Top Michigan Republicans move to draft DeSantis for 2024

198. No German tanks for Ukraine until America sends its own, Scholz tells U.S. lawmakers

199. DeSantis v. California, again

200. Wes Moore makes history as Maryland’s first Black governor

201. Russian cryptocurrency owner arrested in Miami for allegedly transmitting over $700M in illicit funds

202. U.S. prepping major military package for Ukraine

203. SEC ramps up crypto crackdown

204. Russian strike toll: 45 dead civilians, including 6 children

205. DeSantis pushes to make Covid-19 changes permanent

206. The top Biden lawyer with his sights on Apple and Google

207. Why Harris world thinks she may be the biggest winner of the midterms

208. Banks’ shot: Rising conservative dives into Indiana Senate race

209. Matt Schlapp sued by former Herschel Walker aide over sexual assault allegations

210. Ron DeSantis Takes On the Likability Issue (Sort Of)

211. White House to McCarthy: ‘Come clean’ on your backroom speaker deals

212. What’s real behind the gas stove kerfuffle?

213. The global hunt for new Covid variants reaches airplane bathrooms

214. Storms force California to look harder at capturing rainfall to ease drought

215. Revealed: Who visited the Trump White House before Jan. 6

216. ‘The most important election nobody’s ever heard of’

217. Ukraine calls for ‘Cyber United Nations’ amid Russian attacks

218. Progressives may tank Hochul’s pick to lead New York’s top court. She's fighting back.

219. Pennsylvania GOP launches postmortem to figure out what exactly went so wrong

220. The Merrick Garland You Don’t Know

221. More documents found at Biden's Delaware home

222. Democrats slough off attacks on Buttigieg

223. US inflation eased again to 6.5% over the past 12 months

224. The dawn of the Very Online congressional natsec adviser

225. U.S. will hit debt limit Thursday, Yellen says

226. DOJ antitrust chief cleared to oversee Google probes

227. This GOP governor’s clean power empire

228. Menendez vows to block plan to sell fighter jets to Turkey

229. CDC, FDA see possible link between Pfizer’s bivalent shot and strokes

230. ‘There would’ve been gunfire’: Officer testifies at Proud Boys trial

231. David Kessler, top science officer for Biden's Covid response, to depart

232. Brian Kemp and the Electric Car: A Love Story

233. Pentagon mulls back pay for troops kicked out over Covid vaccine mandate

234. Opinion | Peace Is Only Possible If Ukraine Keeps Crimea. Here’s Why.

235. Trump Org. fined $1.6 million for criminal tax fraud

236. Why Israel won’t change course on Ukraine

237. Trump prepares to open next phase of 2024 campaign in South Carolina

238. Progressives eagerly await their chance to harass McCarthy

239. ‘We want people to be uncomfortable’: The conservative plan to target pharmacies that dispense abortion pills

240. Bannon refuses to talk to his own lawyers in charity fraud case

241. Oops: The New Democrat Coalition issued a letter appearing to endorse Andre Carson as House Intelligence Committee ranking member. That's still Adam Schiff's job.

242. Spy agencies report hundreds more UFO sightings since 2021

243. Justice Department reveals it has Jan. 6 select committee files that the panel opted not to release to the public.

244. America’s abortion access divide is reshaping blue-state border towns

245. Biden 'surprised' at document discovery, says he doesn't know what was in them

246. New study raises the heat on Exxon's secret climate research

247. What happened with the FAA's computer outage?

248. House GOP obsesses over mirage of a backroom-deal doc

249. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who once called global warming "healthy," is in a unique position: cheering a green energy project -- that benefits her district.

250. Newsom lays out spending cuts as California budget swings from surplus to deficit

251. SCOTUS: New York gun laws can stay in place, for now

252. Whisper campaign about RNC chair candidate’s Sikh faith roils campaign

253. U.S. beefs up Marine unit in Japan amid fresh threats from China

254. Russia's cyberattacks aim to 'terrorize' Ukrainians

255. In the battle against inflation, it's Jay Powell v. Wall Street

256. The congressman who wouldn’t leave

257. Barbara Lee tells lawmakers she's running for Senate

258. Biden’s next big headache

259. Local N.Y. GOP leaders to call on George Santos to resign

260. In Remembrance of a Beloved and Very Online Journalist

261. Nancy Mace is criticizing her party's approach to abortion, as the GOP-led House prepares to vote on two measures on the issue. 

262. A large bloc of House Democrats gave their stamp of approval to the establishment of a House Select Committee on China.

263. U.S. should grant a Brazilian request to extradite Bolsonaro, Kaine says

264. Ex-Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg sentenced to five months in jail for tax fraud

265. U.S. will train Ukrainians on Patriot system in Oklahoma as soon as next week

266. Judge sentences 'Baked Alaska' to 60 days in jail for Jan. 6 conduct

267. Yellen to stay on as Treasury chief through Biden's term

268. GOP races to suggest Trump equivalency in Biden-linked classified docs

269. Curious about George: House Republicans deliberate on Santos’ fate

270. Katie Porter launches Senate campaign for Feinstein’s seat

271. New worldwide threats prompt Pentagon to overhaul chem-bio weapons plans

272. Biden team preps for end to Covid's public health emergency — after one more extension

273. Mutually assured obstruction: House GOP aims 'weaponization' panel at DOJ

274. Cherokee tribes turn to K Street to fulfill a 187-year-old promise for a seat in Congress

275. Bannon rationalizes the Brazil riots as others seek to distance them from Trump

276. The American politics of Brazil’s insurrection

277. Federal judge temporarily blocks portions of New Jersey's new gun law

278. Russia’s Wagner group ramping up operations outside of Ukraine, U.S. warns

279. At last, Ukraine gets Western tanks

280. Pentagon weighs sending Stryker combat vehicles to Ukraine

281. Colorado governor pledges to end chartered migrant buses bound for Chicago, New York

282. U.S., Canada, Mexico slam Brazil unrest amid questions on Bolsonaro’s Florida stay

283. Migration issues cast long shadow over Biden’s visit to ‘3 Amigos’ summit

284. A nonpartisan legal watchdog filed a campaign finance complaint against George Santos.

285. The race for the top GOP spot on the House Homeland Security Committee has become a revolving door, with big names both dropping out and in the running. 

286. Rogers plans to step aside from plum House GOP post

287. Senate Dems tap Peters again as campaign chief in hopes of 2022 repeat

288. Maine’s Prisons Taught Washington a Crucial Lesson in Fighting Opioids

289. Thousands of nurses strike across New York City in push for higher staffing levels

290. Kyiv thinks Russian cyberattacks could be war crimes

291. How McCarthy got here: From Young Gun to Trump ally

292. Republicans defend speaker votes: Messy, but it worked

293. New York City stands up emergency situation room to triage possible nurses strike

294. ‘Corrupt, Out of Control and Dangerous’: The Bitter House Race That Poisoned American Elections

295. Schumer, Jeffries team up to bring the bacon home to New York

296. New York partially banned cryptocurrency mining. Now environmentalists want more.

297. The Shakespearean Tragedy of Kevin McCarthy, Prince of Washington

298. Inside the House GOP's speakership crisis

299. U.S. hiring stays brisk as employers add 223,000 jobs

300. Two lawmakers nearly come to blows — and other crazy moments from McCarthy’s final speaker votes