It Is Happening Every Day, Every Where
In positioning himself as a junior partner to the president and doing his bidding on matters large and small, the Louisiana Republican is diminishing a job that involves leading a coequal branch of government.
Ms. Gabbard grew up in a secretive offshoot of the Hare Krishna movement and has made a dizzying journey from conservative to liberal darling to Trump ally.
A New York Times analysis shows new maps stifled partisan competition for seats in the House of Representatives and state legislatures.
The Bay Area politician, known for her antiwar position and breaking barriers in Congress, just left the House after more than two decades.
The former congressman was the focus of a House Ethics panel report accusing him of “regularly” paying for sex and using drugs, which helped doom his short-lived nomination for attorney general.
The speaker’s election happens even before newly elected representatives are sworn in, and must be resolved before anything else can be addressed.
Representative Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, the only Democrat in a leadership position to leave Congress this year, talked about her party, her competitive district, and what the Trump era has in store.