Most of the attention has gone to the Trump administration's zero-tolerance border policy, which stepped up prosecutions in 2018 of parents who jumped the border with children. There are no family facilities in federal jails, so the children were separated -- and the government didn't have a good plan to reunite them. Published November 16, 2020
Eyeing his own 2024 presidential bid, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan unloaded on President Trump on Monday, saying that while he struck a chord with some disaffected voters he was ineffective, spawned "toxic politics" that chased away suburban women and young voters, and showed a "loose affiliation with the truth." Published November 16, 2020
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday it's time for Republicans to ditch their D.C.-centric mindset and look beyond the Beltway for the next generation of leaders and solutions, saying the party must surmount the past four years of "toxic politics." Published November 16, 2020
A leading Hispanic group said Tuesday that Joseph R. Biden, the presumptive president-elect, must name at least five Hispanics to his Cabinet in a nod to the diversity of the coalition that powered him in last week's election. Published November 15, 2020
A federal judge ruled Saturday that Chad Wolf is illegally serving as acting secretary at Homeland Security, and that as such the Trump administration's latest attempt to reel in the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty -- issued by Mr. Wolf -- can't stand. Published November 14, 2020
A group of Senate Democrats demanded Saturday that a new extension of tentative legal status for would-be undocumented immigrants be part of any year-end spending package, throwing a new wrinkle into an already touchy debate over avoiding a government shutdown. Published November 14, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blew off disappointing election results Thursday, saying it does nothing to undercut her demand for a massive new coronavirus spending bill she says is needed to "crush" the virus. Published November 12, 2020
Republicans are guaranteed at least 50 seats in the Senate next year after Sen. Dan Sullivan was projected Wednesday to win reelection in Alaska. Published November 11, 2020
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued 10 pardons Tuesday to immigrants he said risked being deported as long as they had crimes on their records. Published November 10, 2020
Democrat Cal Cunningham conceded the North Carolina Senate race Tuesday, confirming Sen. Thom Tillis, the Republican incumbent, will serve a second term. Published November 10, 2020
A leading Latino group said Tuesday that Joe Biden, the presumptive president-elect, must name at least five Latinos to his Cabinet in a nod to the diversity of the coalition that powered him in the election. Published November 10, 2020
Sen. John Kennedy unloaded Tuesday on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying her refusal to budge on coronavirus spending demands is holding up money that all sides agree on. Published November 10, 2020
Top House Democrats sent letters Tuesday to the White House and more than 50 agencies demanding they preserve documents that would shed light on some of the big controversies of the past four years, signaling investigations will continue even after President Trump leaves office. Published November 10, 2020
President Trump may be on his way out, but Senate Republicans want to send him off with a last infusion of cash for his border wall. Published November 10, 2020
Georgia's two senators issued a joint statement Monday demanding fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger resign as the state suffers through another embarrassing vote count. Published November 9, 2020
The federal budget deficit surged in October to $284 billion, according to a preliminary accounting Monday by the Congressional Budget Office, reversing several months of relatively good news as coronavirus spending remained elevated. Published November 9, 2020
Two Senate runoff elections are slated for Jan. 5, and they are expected to determine whether Republicans will keep control of the chamber, and the ability to derail Mr. Biden's plans, or whether Democrats will take control. Published November 8, 2020
A Pennsylvania mail carrier has said in a sworn affidavit that he was ordered by supervisors to collect and submit late ballots, which he said supervisors then backdated so that they appeared to have been mailed in time. Published November 7, 2020
President Trump expanded his share of the Hispanic vote from 28% in 2016 to 32% this year. That success has set off a round of soul-searching among those who insisted that Hispanics would punish this president. Published November 5, 2020
The GOP challenger in Michigan's Senate race demanded an investigation into the vote in that state, while in Georgia the Democratic challenger made up enough ground to force a January runoff with incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue. Published November 5, 2020
