Politics

The US intelligence community said in a landmark report Tuesday that the Russian government meddled in the 2020 election with an influence campaign…

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has embarked on an aggressive new effort to push back against the well-funded effort to recall him, arguing…

Lawmakers are rushing to extend the federal government’s key relief program for small business owners as the deadline to apply for a loan from…

A group of Democratic lawmakers is proposing a substantial increase in the international affairs budget for the next fiscal year, with specific…

The migrant crisis roiling the United States has made the complicated politics in Congress over immigration even dicier, with Democrats at sharp odds…

Children are alternating schedules to make space for one another in confined facilities, some kids haven’t seen sunlight in days, and others…

The latest round of stimulus payments that started going out over the weekend are open to being seized by private debt collectors — a problem…

Visiting the warehouse of a flooring company here Tuesday to begin selling his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief law, President Joe Biden seemed ready to…

Kamala Harris declared “the status of women is the status of democracy” on Tuesday, in her first speech before the United Nations as the…

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 87-year-old veteran Democrat, insisted on Tuesday that she is committed to serving out her full term in office even after…

President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he currently has no plans to visit the southern border, even as his administration scrambles to respond to a…

The US intelligence community has assessed that Russia attempted to interfere in the 2020 election by conducting influence operations aimed at…

The House has passed the Equality Act, which would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to protect people from being discriminated based on sexual…

The argument for impeaching New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is increasingly compelling. There have now been several seemingly credible allegations of…

The Senate confirmed Isabel Guzman to lead the Small Business Administration on Tuesday, giving her a key role in implementing the Biden…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell gave a stark warning Tuesday about how Republicans would grind the chamber to a halt if Democrats changed the…

Count Dick Durbin among the growing chorus of voices on the liberal left who believe the time has come to jettison the Senate’s legislative…

Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that he’s taking executive action to restore voting and other civil rights to former…

The US Army initially considered denying a request from Washington, DC’s government for a National Guard deployment ahead of the January 6…

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has now opened a grand jury investigation of former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a new campaign Monday denouncing a recall effort against him and blasting the calls for his ouster as a…

Army Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, whose brother Alex was a star witness in the House impeachment inquiry, has been selected for promotion to colonel…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized China’s threats to regional stability during bilateral talks in Tokyo on Tuesday, warning that…

Texas Republicans are targeting Houston’s efforts to expand voting access during the 2020 election with a series of measures that would limit…

Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, the chamber’s second-ranking Democrat, said Monday that he doesn’t believe there’s enough…

A 16-year-old testified against her father in court on Monday, as prosecutors used against him what they had learned from his children about his…

A review of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Covid-19 guidance has found that some of the agency’s guidance during the…

The $1.9 trillion relief package signed by President Joe Biden greatly enhances the federal child tax credit for one year, allowing millions more…

Five independently elected investigators have turned their attention to former President Donald Trump, a sign his legal woes are mounting as he no…

After averting a conviction in his second impeachment trial, former President Donald Trump faces significant new legal threats as prosecutors in…

The office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirmed to CNN on Monday that it has started an investigation into former President…

A prosecutor in Fulton County, Georgia, has opened a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump for his “attempts to influence…

Sen. Joe Manchin, the key Democratic swing vote, said Monday that he will likely support Vanita Gupta as the No. 3 at the Justice Department, taking…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is keeping the pressure on President Joe Biden to forgive $50,000 in federal student loan debt. The New York…

The Senate voted Monday to confirm Deb Haaland as President Joe Biden’s Interior secretary, a historic move that will make her the first Native…

The Trump administration’s coronavirus testing czar on Monday called on former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence to…

An Army reservist charged with storming the US Capitol was a well-known White supremacist and Nazi sympathizer at the Navy base where he worked as a…

Two men have been arrested and charged for assaulting US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died after responding on January 6 to hundreds of…

Former Kentucky state representative Charles Booker tweeted on Monday that he is “strongly considering” running for Senate in 2022…

The Biden administration plans to use a convention center in Dallas to hold more than 2,000 migrant teenagers, according to a Department of Homeland…

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is very good at one thing: Making comments that are, at best, ill-informed and at worst, racist and/or dangerous.…

Top Trump adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner resurfaced on Sunday by penning a Wall Street Journal op-ed about the Middle East, his first public…

A former staffer who accused Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment spoke with investigators on Monday over Zoom for several…

The White House said it would welcome former President Donald Trump’s help in promoting the coronavirus vaccine to his supporters but says…

The White House is looking to fulfill one of President Joe Biden’s campaign promises by raising taxes for the wealthy and on corporations,…

President Joe Biden is facing growing political tension, including from within his own party, over his administration’s strategy on the…

Two left-leaning groups are teaming up to pour $30 million into an effort to persuade US senators to pass a sweeping voting rights bill that would…

Gene Sperling, a former top economic official in the last two Democratic presidential administrations, will serve as the coordinator overseeing the…

Half of New York state registered voters do not believe Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo should immediately resign, a poll released on Monday by Siena…

Gene Sperling, a former top economic official in the last two Democratic presidential administrations, will serve as the point person in overseeing…

More than 4,000 unaccompanied migrant children are in Border Patrol custody, CNN has learned, marking yet another increase in the number of children…

Stacey Abrams’ stark warning about Georgia’s new election bill being racist is shining a spotlight on a nationwide battle over whose…

President Joe Biden will announce Monday that Gene Sperling, a former top economic official in the last two Democratic presidential administrations,…

More than 7 million Americans are under winter weather alerts this morning after heavy snow and blizzard conditions hit the Rocky Mountains and…

Officials in the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office located a recently released recording of former President Donald Trump‘s call to a…

As a growing number of women have come forward to accuse New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, unwanted touching and inappropriate…

Some Americans are seeing their stimulus checks pending in their bank accounts, and they’re complaining about banks holding their stimulus…

President Joe Biden said Sunday he wants to see what comes of an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against New York Gov. Andrew…

Some Americans are already seeing the latest round of stimulus payments hit their bank accounts, as the first batch of funds is rolled out. The…

Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson, who in the past peddled baseless conspiracy theories about the people who waged the Jan. 6 attack on our…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday afternoon joined a majority of New York congressional Democrats, including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, in…

Hillary Clinton weighed in Monday on Oprah Winfrey’s explosive interview with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and her husband, Prince Harry,…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an interview Sunday morning that women should be believed but stopped short of calling for New York Democratic…

After savoring the passage of his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package in the Rose Garden last week, President Joe Biden begins the tough work of…

Stacey Abrams on Sunday lambasted efforts by Republicans to restrict voting rights in Georgia, calling it “racist” and “a redux of…

When Ernest Hemingway was finishing a novel in Paris in 1929, he let a fellow writer read the manuscript. F. Scott Fitzgerald responded with 10 pages…