Congress

A prominent tech journalist sees Silicon Valley corporations making policy in Washington—and lawmakers refusing to regulate social media properly.

Even her opponents within the Republican Party stand to profit from the Georgia congresswoman’s latest outburst.

On Long Island, Tom Suozzi’s centrism flipped a congressional district back to the Democrats.

Whether folly, hubris, or denial, it was always going to end this way.

New Yorker staff writers respond to listeners about the 2024 race for the White House.

Can Joe Biden put the Democratic Party back together again in time for the 2024 election? Plus, E. Jean Carroll on her case against Trump.

The 2024 Presidential primary season officially begins with next week’s Iowa caucuses, but the race for the Republican nomination is already in its home stretch.

The attack on the U.S. Capitol, in 2021, is set to be a central issue for both the Trump and Biden campaigns in different ways.

With an embattled House of Representatives, a four-time indicted former President, and wars raging overseas, 2023 was a year comparable to none.

Many Republicans are resisting calls for more U.S. aid for Ukraine. Part of the explanation is the right’s affinity for the projects of Viktor Orbán, in Hungary, and Vladimir Putin, in Russia.

Biden’s signature support for Ukraine goes from “as long as it takes” to “as long as we can.”

The ex-congressman has already pivoted from politics to pop culture—and become the latest beneficiary of America’s enduring fascination with con artists. Are we the ones being duped?

Former Representative Jim Cooper of Tennessee joins The Political Scene to discuss the rush of lawmakers leaving Congress and what’s driving them away.

Worries about a second Trump term and the end of aid to Ukraine are entirely justified.

Washington finally rediscovers how to give a grifting congressman the boot.

Andrew Marantz discusses the divided political response to Hamas’s terror attack and Israel’s counteroffensive.

Congress’s foreign-aid follies with Israel and Ukraine, and the fear of Trump in 2024.

The Democratic coalition once seemed united in its staunch, unquestioning support for the country. Today, that consensus seems to be cracking.

Robert Samuels discusses his recent reporting on the South Carolina senator and Presidential candidate.

In court, Donald Trump’s former associates renounce the fallacy of a stolen 2020 election in order to avoid prison time. But, in Congress, standing by “the Big Lie” can make you Speaker.