The CFTC has long taken a back seat to the much-larger Securities and Exchange Commission. But the next CFTC chair may have the chance to usher in new rules.

HOUSE CALL — “GOP holds onto House majority — clinching the trifecta,” by Jordain Carney, Madison Fernandez and Olivia Beavers … Meanwhile … “Pennsylvania Senate race headed to recount as Casey trails ...

THE PARTY SESSION NEVER ENDS — A steady stream of bills have made it to Gov. Maura Healey’s desk since legislators ended their last formal session this summer with a pile of legislation still stuck in ...

BROKER BATTLE: A City Council measure to rein in broker fees is the latest example of the self-professed blue-collar Mayor ...

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is questioned by reporters as he heads to the Senate Republican leadership elections as a candidate to replace longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky at the Capitol ...

Taking Platkin literally, I don’t buy that virtually any high school students have followed the defanging of OPRA or the Elections Transparency Act. But his broader point rings true for a lot of very ...

Public records show Jesse Hamilton scored a more than 18 percent bump at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, ...

Take promoting religious freedom. This was a foreign policy priority during Trump’s first term, in part because it appealed ...

TEAM CANADA — As the revamped Canada-U.S. Cabinet committee readies for Trump 2.0, and the Prime Minister’s Office organizes itself for the new era in Washington, those efforts build on the “Team ...

Kristi Noem’s ascension to Homeland Security secretary-in-waiting came as a surprise in some quarters. After all, the former ...

Trump and Musk want to run a giant experiment on the federal bureaucracy. Two big unknowns already loom over it.

The former Democratic member of Congress from Hawaii has many critics and no formal intelligence experience. She’s known chiefly for her opposition to American wars abroad — and sympathetic views on ...