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The House of Representatives on Monday passed a measure to increase stimulus checks for Americans under a certain income level to $2,000 after…

Rev. Josh Saefkow walked across the stage before his congregation at Flat Creek Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, holding…

The House of Representatives on Monday voted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the sweeping defense bill known as the National…

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said his transition team has “encountered roadblocks” from political leadership at the Defense…

President Donald Trump signed on Sunday evening a $900 billion pandemic relief bill into law that includes enhanced unemployment benefits and direct…

The new round of stimulus payments included in the $900 billion Covid relief package are expected to start going out this week, an administration…

A federal appeals court on Monday blocked New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s restrictions on religious gatherings, saying the restrictions “are…

Editor’s note: This story originally ran December 18, 2020. It has been updated with President Donald Trump signing relief legislation that…

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday condemned the bombing on Christmas morning in Nashville as he delivered remarks after a briefing from members of…

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to deliver remarks on Monday afternoon after receiving a briefing from members of his national security and…

President Donald Trump signed the massive $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law Sunday night, averting a government…

On Christmas Eve, staff at Mar-a-Lago made preparations for President Donald Trump to sign the Covid-19 relief package and government funding bill, a…

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday expressed concern that the worst may still come in America’s battle against Covid-19, agreeing with President-elect…

President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign a Covid-19 stimulus and government spending package has left small business support, jobless benefits…

When Congress met to tally the results of the 2004 presidential election, then-Sen. Barbara Boxer stood alone on the Senate floor to object to…

Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign a $900 billion relief package Congress passed…

Millions of jobless gig-workers and independent contractors, as well as long-term unemployed Americans, are set to lose their unemployment benefits…

President Donald Trump’s waffling over the $900 billion Covid relief package, which he has yet to sign, is leaving his fellow Republicans in…

In early December, we fact–checked misleading attack ads from both Democrats and Republicans in the two Georgia runoff elections that will…

Millions of jobless gig-workers and independent contractors, as well as long-term unemployed Americans, will lose their unemployment benefits after…

Though Congress has passed a $900 billion Covid relief package, millions of Americans are in danger of losing important benefits just after the…

For Christmas this year, Washington is giving the country more pain. Perhaps it is fitting that in the worst year in memory, the surprise prospect of…

President-elect Joe Biden is leaning on familiar faces and old allies from his decades in public life as he builds an administration that will…

President Donald Trump has always liked to talk about how strong the economy was under his watch. Although judging a president’s economic…

Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff each brought in more than $100 million in a two-month period, setting a blistering fundraising pace in their…

Hours before President Donald Trump retweeted a message for his vice president to “act” in stopping the ratification of the Electoral…

The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to advance a measure that would increase direct payments to Americans under a certain income level to…

A second round of stimulus payments that was included in a coronavirus relief package passed by Congress Monday night is now at risk if President…

The chief executive officer of Dominion Voting Systems on Thursday did not rule out taking legal action against President Donald Trump as the…

The next two weeks on Capitol Hill will test the legislative branch’s ability to confront a President who Democratic and Republican aides have…

More than a year and a half ago, special counsel Robert Mueller had caught on to what President Donald Trump might do with his pardon power.…

The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to advance a measure that would increase direct payments to Americans under a certain income level to…

A defamation law firm representing Dominion Voting Systems has sent letters to White House counsel Pat Cipollone and President Donald Trump’s…

The White House coronavirus task force has informed states that it will no longer proactively send its weekly state reports with tailored data and…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the sweeping defense bill that both chambers of Congress recently passed by veto-proof majorities, setting…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening announced 26 new pardons, including for longtime ally Roger Stone, former campaign chairman Paul Manafort…

Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has filed paperwork to participate in New York’s 2021 mayoral race, according to city…

Even in his waning days in power, President Donald Trump is still finding ways to inflict his signature loyalty tests on the Republican Party. As the…

An executive for a voting machine company that has been the target of conspiracy theories in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss…

US officials and private sector experts investigating the massive data breach that has rocked Washington increasingly believe the attackers were…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening announced 26 new pardons, including ones for longtime ally Roger Stone, former campaign chairman Paul…

The end of President Donald Trump’s time in office has been marked by a renewed interest in granting clemency — both from the President,…

US Central Command said Wednesday that the Sunday rocket attack on Baghdad’s International Zone near the US embassy was “almost certainly…

President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team has criticized Twitter’s decision to not allow the millions of followers of the White House…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the sweeping defense bill that both chambers of Congress recently passed by veto-proof majorities, setting…

The State Department on Wednesday issued the most decisive statement yet from the Trump administration blaming the Russian Security Service for the…

At his confirmation hearing nearly two years ago, Attorney General William Barr boasted that there was an advantage to putting him in charge of the…

President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team on Wednesday disputed suggestions from Pentagon officials who questioned the accuracy of…

Pedro Martinez has a simple message for Congress: “HELP US!” The military veteran and father of four said the $600 payments passed this…

President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday introduced Miguel Cardona as his nominee for education secretary, calling the Connecticut education…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is asking for changes to the coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress, leaving the future of the $900…

The end of President Donald Trump’s time in office has been marked by a renewed interest in granting clemency — both from the President,…

President Donald Trump’s surprise Tuesday night video cataloging his complaints about the massive — and painstakingly negotiated —…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a wave of lame duck pardons, including two for men who pleaded guilty in Robert Mueller’s…