Democracy Wire

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has been drumming up business for a group of Washington-based political consultants who some of his fellow Republicans have accused of ripping off party donors.

The Trump administration may be violating a federal law that requires the president to wait for the Senate to confirm his nominees for senior government positions before putting those nominees to work.

On Monday night in Philadelphia’s historic Independence Hall, John McCain and Joe Biden, fiercely partisan adversaries who hoped to be president, showed off a friendship that transcends politics on Monday and recalled a time when Democrats and Republicans in Washington could put country over party to actually get things done.

The vice president's gesture of 'respect' for the flag betrays disrespect for the Americans he's supposed to be serving

Today’s New York Times opens a window into the return big energy is getting on its investments in the 2016 presidential race.

A grabbag for your Friday.