Giuseppe Garibaldi’s courage and charisma made him a hero of Italian unification in the 19th century. Here’s how he became a ...

The illustrator Thomas Nast, born in 1840, is perhaps America's most famous political cartoonist. Among other things, he has ...

Our crossing of paths left an indelible mark when Banji Adekunle and his bosom friend, Taiye Oladapo, were both undergraduates at the University of Ibadan ...

Republicans have their new bogeyman, and his name is Zohran Mamdani, the Mayor-elect of New York City. Following the Democratic Socialists’ win in New York City Tuesday night, Republicans quickly ...

Democrat Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to give Democrats a victory heading into the 2026 midterm elections and make ...

A team of centrist Democratic consultants thinks they’ve figured out what went wrong in the 2024 election. The problem, apparently, was that the Democratic Party was insufficiently nostalgic for 1992.

The percentage of Americans who believe the Democratic Party is “out of touch” has increased by double-digits over the last decade, with 70% indicating the party is disconnected from the issues that ...

Senate Republicans and Democrats are trying to hammer out a proposal to end the 30-day government shutdown as soon as next week, as some centrist Democrats argue behind the scenes that their party has ...

A woman records Josh Shapiro as he launches his general election campaign for Pennsylvania governor on May 26, 2022, in Johnstown. (Justin Merriman/For The Washington Post) CANONSBURG, Pa. — Eugene ...

TORO, the mascot for the Houston Texans, is being inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame. Andrew Johnson is the man behind the costume, who chose his career path in the 5th grade and trains like an ...

WASHINGTON — Democrats took a victory lap on Wednesday after sweeping the first major elections since Donald Trump returned to the White House, a much-needed balm for a wounded party that had spent ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Two Democrats romped to wins over Republican incumbents in elections to the Georgia Public Service Commission on Tuesday, delivering the largest statewide margins of victory by ...