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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for a global minimum corporate tax rate on Monday, a pitch that comes as the Biden administration begins to…

The leader of a task force that reviewed security failures around the January 6 insurrection reiterated his call on Monday for background checks on…

Desperate for money to finance a struggling presidential campaign, then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 team reportedly turned to fundraising…

President Joe Biden recorded a video that will be played at naturalization ceremonies welcoming new US citizens in which he thanks them for choosing…

The Supreme Court on Monday wiped away a lower court opinion holding that then-President Donald Trump violated the First Amendment when he blocked…

Justice Democrats, the progressive group that launched Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s historic 2018 campaign, made its first splash of the…

Japan just saw the earliest bloom of its legendary cherry blossoms in 1,200 years. Pretty — but also a sign of climate change. Here’s…

A defining political clash took shape Sunday over Joe Biden’s latest effort to reshape the US economy, with Republicans mobilizing against a…

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden shared well-wishes with Americans celebrating Easter on Sunday and encouraged them to get Covid-19…

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar on Sunday said Major League Baseball’s decision to pull its all-star game from Atlanta in response to Georgia’s…

Mississippi’s Republican governor said Sunday that he doesn’t support the potential use of so-called Covid-19 vaccine passports in his…

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, to borrow a phrase from the late singer Tom Petty, is free fallin’. Gaetz, a loyal foot soldier for former President…

Former Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump have weighed in on Major League Baseball’s decision to move its All-Star Game out of Atlanta in…

When Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ditched her prepared remarks this week to voice a…

One US Capitol Police officer has died and another is injured after a suspect rammed a vehicle into a police barricade outside the Capitol building…

During Donald Trump’s presidency, many of his critics argued that he was the cause of so many problems plaguing the country and the Republican…

In an explosive excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, former House Speaker John Boehner calls Texas Sen. Ted Cruz a nasty name, refers to lots of…

Lawmakers in New Jersey have sent the state’s Democratic governor two election bills that together would expand voting rights for residents in…

Major League Baseball announced Friday that this season’s All-Star Game and MLB Draft will not be held in Atlanta in response to…

The White House says it no longer has custody of the documents House Democratic investigators sought to shed light on the inner workings of then…

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang said he was released from the hospital Friday after being treated for a kidney stone. “Have been…

It’s been a week for Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz. First came the news that he was considering resigning from Congress for a job in the…

The suspect in Friday’s attack on US Capitol Police officers outside the iconic Washington building has died, multiple sources told CNN, and…

The US Capitol is on lockdown as law enforcement responded to reports of a shooting and that an individual rammed a vehicle into two law enforcement…

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter dodged several questions in a new interview about a controversial laptop that is tied to him and was seized by…

In a new memoir, Hunter Biden reveals his staggering slide into crack addiction and how he was buoyed by his father, President Joe Biden.…

The White House says it no longer has custody of the documents House Democratic investigators sought to shed light on the inner workings of then…

The members of the Iran nuclear deal and the United States will visit Vienna next week in the first effort to kickstart face-to-face negotiations to…

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang was hospitalized after being diagnosed with what appears to be a kidney stone, his campaign said. Yang…

Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon on Thursday night recounted her arrest last week protesting Georgia’s controversial election overhaul bill as…

President Joe Biden may look relaxed, but don’t let that deceive you. He is a man in a hurry. Behind that seemingly laid-back smile, he’s…

Federal investigators looking into Rep. Matt Gaetz‘s relationships with young women have examined whether any federal campaign money was…

The Biden administration announced Thursday it will not automatically reject certain applications for asylum or immigration benefits when a blank…

Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican being investigated by the Justice Department over sex trafficking allegations, made a name for himself when…

A Texas Republican congressional candidate was called out by two GOP congresswomen who have endorsed her Thursday for “unacceptable and…

The Justice Department is investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz over allegations involving sex trafficking and prostitution, including involving a minor,…

President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he would be assigning five Cabinet secretaries to serve as his messengers in working with Congress and…

The United States Capitol Police’s Inspector General has issued a scathing preliminary report about the department’s…

A top Michigan Democrat on Thursday called on the US Senate to pass the sweeping federal elections bill advanced last month by House Democrats to…

A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. President…

Detainees at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Arizona filed hundreds of grievances about mistreatment, including…

Georgia’s Republican-controlled House on Wednesday voted to revoke a major tax break for Delta Air Lines as punishment for its CEO’s…

The Texas State Senate advanced a far-reaching elections bill early Thursday with several provisions placing new restrictions on the voting process,…

At least six states are moving to shield the most recent round of stimulus payments from private debt collectors after Congress failed to exempt the…

Vice President Kamala Harris and her team are staring down attempts to make her the face of the Biden administration’s response to the crisis…

Will JRB take his place alongside FDR and LBJ? President Joseph Robinette Biden just unveiled the latest move in his quest to transform the US…

Two US Capitol Police officers who say they were injured during the January 6 insurrection are suing former President Donald Trump for inciting the…

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced his massive infrastructure plan — his latest effort to expand government influence over our…

The State Department has ordered the departure of all non-emergency US government personnel and their family members from Myanmar as deadly…

Over the past 10 days, two things happened that make clear that a) Trumpism isn’t going anywhere and b) it’s going to complicate…

The Justice Department has charged a Capitol rioter who allegedly tased DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who later spoke out about how…

A former intelligence analyst and military service member has pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining classified national defense information and…

President Joe Biden marked International Transgender Day of Visibility on Wednesday by issuing the first-ever presidential proclamation of its kind…

Lawyers for the Department of Justice have asked a judge for additional time to decide whether to turn former President Donald Trump’s taxes…

President Joe Biden unveiled a roughly $2 trillion jobs proposal focused on infrastructure and the climate crisis in a speech in Pittsburgh on…

South Dakota’s Republican Gov. Kristi Noem banned transgender girls and women from competing on women’s sports teams at public high…