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GOP Sen. Ben Sasse wrote on Facebook Wednesday night that he has been urging his Republican colleagues to “reject” objecting the…

Republican Rep.-elect Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina says he “absolutely” regrets posting a tweet mocking liberals just after he was…

Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia will quarantine after coming into close contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, his campaign…

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump headed back to Washington Thursday morning in a departure that was earlier than anticipated as…

Americans can expect to start seeing $600 in their bank accounts immediately as the federal government’s second round of stimulus payments is…

Just a week after Sen. Marco Rubio was criticized for getting the coronavirus vaccine ahead of some front-line workers, the Florida Republican is…

Florida Congresswoman-elect María Elvira Salazar said Thursday that she has tested positive for Covid-19 and will be unable to attend the…

United States President Donald Trump received unconfirmed information earlier this month that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack American…

President Donald Trump is expected to return to Washington earlier than anticipated ahead of a planned disruption by Republicans when Congress meets…

The Census Bureau announced it will miss Thursday’s deadline to produce the population count used to divide seats in Congress between the…

Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley said Wednesday he will object when Congress counts the Electoral College votes next week, which will force…

Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are on defense just under one week from a crucial Senate runoff election that will determine who…

A total of 2,570,593 votes have been cast in Georgia’s runoff elections, the Georgia secretary of state’s office told CNN Wednesday, with…

The US government needs to be doing a better job with the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir said Wednesday,…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected a bill to increase direct payments to $2,000, likely closing the door on any pathway to passage…

On Joe Biden’s first day as President, his White House will issue a memo to halt or delay midnight regulations and actions taken by the Trump…

The Trump administration will halt imports of palm oil from Malaysia over findings of forced labor abuses at the plantations of one of the…

The Trump administration will soon take steps toward designating Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism as an 11th hour effort to create hurdles for…

The biggest obstacle to retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin’s nomination for secretary of defense is his retirement date from the military just four…

Things are going to drag on in the Senate for a few days. Bottom line: There is absolutely no sign right now that a standalone bill on $2,000 checks…

The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled sanctions on a Venezuelan judge and prosecutor for their roles in the prosecution and sentencing of…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced legislation Tuesday to combine two additional demands from President Donald Trump to an expansion…

President-elect Joe Biden’s explosive allegation this week that the outgoing Trump administration is throwing up “roadblocks” on…

Welcome to Atlanta, where the players politic. Anger, fear, new voters, PAC money, minority turnout — these are often credited with shaping…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s margin for error is slim on Sunday, when lawmakers return to Washington to officially usher in a new session of…

President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that the Trump administration’s plan to distribute Covid-19 vaccines across the country has fallen…

With just a few days left in the year, alarm bells are going off among health officials across the country over the slow effort to administer tens of…

President Donald Trump’s ability to scramble American political lines continues even from the golf course, with House votes Monday showing that…

His mood darkened as soon as he walked into his members-only club Mar-a-Lago, three days before Christmas, according to multiple sources. The changes…

All eyes are on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday. After the House overwhelmingly voted to both override President Donald…

President-elect Joe Biden will explore making cuts to the country’s nuclear modernization program, potentially reversing Trump administration…

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received the first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine live on television on Tuesday in Washington, DC, and urged…

All eyes are on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday. After the House overwhelmingly voted to both override President Donald…

President Donald Trump and former first lady Michelle Obama are the most admired man and woman of 2020, according to a new Gallup poll released…

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.…