Author: Susan Page, USA TODAY

Congressional scholars and modern politicians rate Speaker Nancy Pelosi as one of the most consequential legislative leaders in U.S. and House history.

Pelosi has a history of standing up to China and also of defying presidents, from George H.W. Bush to Bill Clinton to Donald Trump and now Joe Biden.

Henry Kissinger, at 99, finds himself worried about the nation and the world during a time of tumult.

A new USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll shows the country in a funk, signaling problems for President Biden and Democrats in the November midterm elections.

‘Unprecedented’ seems too small a word to describe the Capitol riot hearing that stretched for nearly two hours in the Cannon Caucus Room.

More Republicans blame “loose gun laws” for mass shootings, a new polls shows. That could make GOP lawmakers feel more comfortable about compromising.

Does Joe Biden’s son Hunter bear some responsibility for the controversies around him? “No,” Valerie Biden Owens said. “Hunter walked through hell.”

Nearly everyone is glad 2021 is over, according to a USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll. “Awful” and “chaos” were among the words used to describe it.

Joe Biden’s backers used to compare him to FDR. Now some fear the apt comparison will be to Jimmy Carter.