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Johnson might try to stay on as caretaker prime minister for a few months until a new leader is selected. Johnson has faced mounting pressure to step down in the face of multiple political scandals.

No one knows for sure what the political effect will be if the minority loses the right to filibuster judicial nominees. A look at what may happen if the Senate's exercises the "nuclear option."

The European Union refuses to give Poland COVID stimulus payments worth billions and is threatening to withhold more unless Poland reverses changes limiting the judiciary's independence.

While Democratic strategists acknowledge past mistakes and make renewed pledges to woo Latino voters, Republicans are also making inroads.

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Ronald Hansen, national political reporter for The Arizona Republic, about Sen. Krysten Sinema leaving the Democratic Party to become an independent.

A DNC panel approved changes to its primary calendar, but states face different challenges in implementing the plan.

The political turmoil in Greece reaches a climax on Friday when Prime Minister George Papandreou faces a confidence vote in parliament that could bring down his government. On Thursday, the main opposition party rejected the idea of joining the government to help steer Greece through the austerity plan included in the E.U. bailout. Instead, they demanded new elections. Guy Raz talks to NPR's Sylvia Poggioli, who is in Athens.

The Republican National Committee on Friday chooses its next chair in a vote that is seeing more attention and contention than one might expect. What exactly does it mean to be conservative nowadays?

The presidential nominating contest is really a game of math: Which candidate can rack up the most delegates before the Party's convention? Here's how those delegates are awarded.

Al Franken's victory in the long-running battle for Minnesota's U.S. Senate seat gives Democrats the 60 votes needed to defeat a filibuster. But it may not be that easy. There are a dozen Democrats who may not toe the party line.