On Washington: Gorsuch Confirmation Presents Democrats With 2 Difficult Paths

Will Democrats try to block Judge Neil M. Gorsuch’s confirmation or hold their fire for a later vacancy? Either way, he seems headed for the Supreme Court.

Russia Inquiries Overlap in a Tangle of Secrets and Sniping

The Senate, the House and the F.B.I. are conducting investigations into Russia’s election meddling, all with different agendas.

Intruder Arrested at White House After Saying He Has ‘Bomb in the Trunk’

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS March 19, 2017 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Secret Service detained a man late on Saturday after he drove his car up to a checkpoint near the White House and said he had a bomb, according to the police, an episode that...

States Could Make Work a Medicaid Requirement Under G.O.P. Deal

By THOMAS KAPLAN and ROBERT PEAR March 17, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump and conservative lawmakers in the House agreed on Friday to allow states to impose work requirements on able-bodied Medicaid recipients and to accept federal...

‘I Am an American Because of Him’: The Journey of Pence’s Irish Grandfather

‘I Am an American Because of Him’: The Journey of Pence’s Irish Grandfather By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG March 16, 2017 The family of Richard Michael Cawley, Vice President Mike Pence’s maternal grandfather, lived in Doocastle, County...