U.S. Congress

Derek Tran, a consumer rights lawyer and Army veteran, defeated Representative Michelle Steel, a Republican two-term incumbent, flipping a seat in Orange County, Calif.

By Amy Qin

The agriculture and nutrition measure was last updated in 2018 and originally expired two years ago. Farmers fear the Trump administration’s priorities will eclipse theirs next year.

By Maya C. Miller

Donald Trump will try to fill every judgeship that Democrats leave open.

By The Editorial Board

After a brutal election, Democrats need to get better at talking about trans issues.

By Michelle Goldberg

The longest-serving Senate leader is relinquishing his post in the next Congress and planning to use his influence in ways that could put him at odds with President-elect Donald J. Trump.

By Catie Edmondson

Readers respond to a column by David Brooks. Also: Blaming the Green Party for a Democratic loss in the Senate race in Pennsylvania; a sitcom cabinet.

The once and future president’s constitutional gimmicks are embarrassingly transparent.

By David French

After eight years in the Senate as a moderate Democrat, he took a leftward turn toward “new populism” in a failed shot at the presidency in 1976.

By Robert D. McFadden

Some in the party are considering alternative ways of assessing the federal budget as they prepare to extend temporary tax cuts passed in 2017.

By Andrew Duehren

The second Trump administration appears likely to inherit broader powers to force American service providers to help a warrantless wiretapping program.

By Charlie Savage