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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and others in Congress to ask for more aid for his country's war against Russia.

Zelenskyy is making a last-ditch push to get more U.S. weapons and aid for Ukraine

7:37pm December 12, 2023

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden has asked Congress for billions more in help for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. But Republicans have made it contingent on major changes in U.S. border policy.

Donald Trump speaks to members of the media in November 2018.

How should the media cover Trump and Biden in 2024? One man has an answer

10:27am December 12, 2023

What have journalists learned from covering the 2016 and 2020 elections? How can we do better? We asked the man who led The Washington Post through the Trump presidency.

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Then presidential candidate Joe Biden waves to supporters as he finishes speaking during a drive-in campaign rally in Georgia in 2020.

'Rebuild the base': How the Biden campaign will tackle a possible Trump rematch

5:37am December 07, 2023

A campaign manager for President Biden outlines the strategy if there's a repeat of the 2020 election against Donald Trump, and how Democrats plan to win over voters once again.

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President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass funding for Ukraine in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 6, 2023.

Senate fails to advance Ukraine aid despite dire warnings from Biden

5:43pm December 06, 2023

by Lexie Schapitl

Republicans blocked a procedural vote on a national security funding bill over demands for additional border security measures.

Supporters hold up a banner displaying the Haudenosaunee Confederacy as they cheer for the Haudenosaunee Nationals during a July 23, 2023 match against England in San Diego, Calif.

Biden is backing an Indigenous lacrosse team to compete in the 2028 Olympics

3:42pm December 06, 2023

by Lexie Schapitl

Lacrosse will be an Olympic sport in 2028. President Biden says he supports efforts by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy to field its own team.

Then-President Donald Trump walks past weights and a crane after delivering remarks at the White House in July 2020.

Trump, 77, issues letter lauding his health and weight loss on Biden's 81st birthday

11:32am November 21, 2023

by Emily Olson

The report, signed by Trump's personal physician, says the GOP frontrunner has lost weight. But it didn't say whether he weighs the same as Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, as Trump has claimed.

Two turkeys, named Liberty and Bell, were "pardoned" Monday at the White House ahead of Thanksgiving. Shown here, they're at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington on Monday.

Politics & Government

The president once again pardons turkeys who did nothing wrong, but why?

5:03pm November 20, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

It's a tradition that ironically features an American president sanctioning an event sponsored by a lobbying group, which advocates the opposite of what actually takes place at said event.

President Biden and China's President Xi Jinping during their last meeting a year ago in Bali, Indonesia.

Biden meets Xi Jinping this week as more Americans see China as a critical threat

1:18pm November 13, 2023

by Tamara Keith

Voter concern about the rise of China has spiked. But it's unlikely that foreign policy issues will outweigh domestic issues to drive decisions at the polls a year from now.

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Vice President Harris smiles as South Carolina Democratic Party chair Christale Spain accepts President Biden's paperwork for the state's Democratic presidential primary.

Politics & Government

Harris highlights South Carolina's new importance to Dems in a quick trip to the state

12:31pm November 10, 2023

by Asma Khalid

The first Democratic primary is in South Carolina this year, a state that resuscitated President Biden's campaign in 2020, and whose large base of Black voters were key to Biden's victory that year.

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman walks onto stage in his trademark Carhart hoodie and basketball shorts Saturday night at Prairie Meadows Casino in Altoona, Iowa. Fetterman was the featured speaker at the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty and Justice Celebration on Nov. 4.

Republicans have had most of Iowa's attention all year. Democrats want to change that

12:19pm November 06, 2023

by Clay Masters

As Republicans barnstorm the state, a high-profile visit by Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., was designed to bolster enthusiasm for an Iowa Democratic Party that hasn't had the easiest few years.

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