Amanda Gorman, who read a poem at today’s presidential inauguration ceremony, had written about half of her piece, a few lines per day, when rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. She said she...

American Media sought advice last year from the U.S. Justice Department over whether it should register as a foreign agent in connection with work the publisher did for Saudi Arabia.

President Trump’s re-election effort is alleged to have paid more than $170 million to companies affiliated with former campaign manager Brad Parscale without disclosing the ultimate recipients of...

Georgia Republican Kelly Loeffler and her husband, New York Stock Exchange Chairman Jeffrey Sprecher, suffered losses but limited damage.

The defense had claimed that actions in the case were permissible under the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision and other money-in-politics rulings.

Although the pandemic and security concerns mean the inaugural parade will look different this year, it will include a familiar voice. Charlie Brotman, 93, served as the official announcer for every...

A warrant shows the Federal Bureau of Investigation has searched electronic devices belonging to defense executive Martin Kao.

Orin Kramer, an influential Democratic fundraiser and hedge-fund founder who spent the past year helping Pete Buttigieg, is throwing his weight behind former Vice President Joe Biden.

Retailers are spending millions a year to combat organized rings that steal from their stores in bulk and peddle the goods online, often on Amazon. It is a menace that has been supercharged by the...

The families of the elementary-school massacre victims were seeking internal company data to show how conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s false claims about the killings spread on social media. 

President Trump said he would continue to fight election results that showed him on the cusp of losing to former Vice President Joe Biden. Privately, advisers are urging him to prepare for that...

A Virginia man was arrested by police Friday night for possessing an unregistered handgun and 500 rounds of ammunition after he drove to a U.S. Capitol security checkpoint and presented unauthorized...

House committees asked John Bolton to testify in their impeachment inquiry, but an attorney for the former national security adviser said he wouldn’t appear voluntarily.

Turkish accusations that Saudi Arabia was involved in Jamal Khashoggi’s likely killing have undermined the kingdom’s U.S. public relations strategy.

With scant police resources to locate missing people, the Missing in Baltimore City Facebook group has increasingly become a resource for families to crowdsource and find support as they search for...

Keisha Lance Bottoms is navigating a police killing in her city, and her response will be closely scrutinized as she tries to show Atlanta is cracking down on racial disparities in policing amid a...

Four of the top six Democratic presidential campaigns spent heavily ahead of the Iowa caucuses, and they are now at a major disadvantage on the airwaves heading into next month’s crucial Super...

Many of Kevin McCarthy’s detractors reap small donations online, making them less dependent on business groups.

The party is drawing on heightened emotions among voters to boost contributions to unprecedented levels, political strategists say.

Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, indicted on campaign finance violation charges that include channeling foreign money into U.S. politics, described their close ties to politicians including President...

Donald Trump’s personal lawyer helped a major donor to the president’s inauguration pitch a nuclear-power investment to the Qatari sovereign wealth fund at a meeting in April.

Less than six months after entering the 2020 Democratic race with little national profile, the small-town mayor is posting big-league campaign cash totals.

Cities install miles of bike lanes. Connecting them into a sensible network proves harder. ‘It just sort of ends.’

Jump-starting journalism in smaller, economically depressed places requires a degree of patience, and some tolerance for risk.

GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy on Friday resigned from his post as deputy national finance chairman at the Republican National Committee following a Wall Street Journal report that he had agreed to...

As the Democratic party prizes grass-roots support and presidential hopefuls swear off super PACs, Cory Booker has relied on big donations and outside money.

Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter used campaign funds to pursue affairs with three lobbyists and two congressional aides, including a member of his own staff, federal prosecutors alleged.

The latest campaign filings indicate most companies and trade groups that said they would suspend contributions pending a review after the Capitol riot have done so, with business and industry PAC...

The Washington lobbyist whose wife leased a Capitol Hill condo to EPA chief Scott Pruitt is leaving the firm, citing the recent controversy for accelerating his departure.