Relatives and colleagues remember former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming as a figure who was "gifted in crossing party lines." ...

Activist groups and progressive staffers push unpopular cultural positions, making it seem like Democrats are more extreme ...

Former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson has died at the age of 93, according to a statement from his family and the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. Simpson, who represented Wyoming, died early Friday after ...

Alan Simpson, a bipartisan Republican senator and immigration reform leader, passed away at 93 in Cody, Wyoming. Read about ...

Political heroes are scant ... Congress has hemorrhaged moderate leaders in recent years. In 2022, 50 of the most moderate members left the House, and this year, the Senate lost moderates like ...

With Iran already wounded economically and diplomatically, hard-liners forced out two top officials and blocked talks with ...

Alan Simpson, a former U.S. senator and a moderate Republican known for crafting major immigration reform, passed away at 93. He was celebrated for his bipartisan efforts, advocacy for gay and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The party chose the battleground-state moderate Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan to deliver its response to Trump’s address to ...

Democratic U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, a moderate elected in a state carried by Donald Trump last year, made a ...