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The White House said Friday President Joe Biden will set a new, increased refugee cap next month after facing a barrage of criticism when officials…

The State Department’s independent watchdog found that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan Pompeo violated federal ethics…

Conservative Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado were the only two House members to vote against a bill that would…

Russia sanctioned eight senior US administration officials Friday, including FBI director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence…

President Joe Biden deemed the recent spate of mass shooting a “national embarrassment” on Friday, hours after he ordered flags to be…

Prominent Democratic lawmakers and top progressives expressed outrage and disappointment on Friday in response to news that President Joe Biden would…

President Joe Biden hosted Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the White House on Friday for his first in-person meeting with a foreign leader as he…

President Biden has weighed the risks and considered the political and personal implications. He has listened carefully to the advice of the military…

A heavy metal guitarist with ties to the Oath Keepers pleaded guilty Friday to two crimes related to the US Capitol insurrection, making him the…

Prominent Democratic lawmakers and top progressives expressed outrage and disappointment on Friday in response to the news that President Joe Biden…

The Florida legislature passed legislation that its backers say aims to crack down on riots and property damage, but the bill’s opponents argue…

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Friday that the Justice Department is rescinding a Trump-era memo that limited the use of consent…

Nearly a year after the police killing of George Floyd, pressure is mounting on President Joe Biden and members of Congress to show they are…

President Joe Biden hosted Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the White House on Friday for his first in-person meeting with a foreign leader as the US…

Prominent progressive lawmakers expressed outrage on Friday in response to the news that President Joe Biden will sign an emergency determination…

President Joe Biden will sign a declaration on Friday to speed refugee admissions to the US but not raise the refugee cap, as he had committed to…

Russia has sanctioned eight senior US administration officials, including FBI director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence Avril…

Low-flying F-22 Raptors momentarily interrupted the White House press briefing on Friday as their roar could be heard and felt in buildings in and…

Trump administration political appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency repeatedly squashed efforts to warn the public about a…

A heavy metal guitarist with ties to the Oath Keepers pleaded guilty Friday to two crimes related to the US Capitol insurrection, making him the…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday that Russia will expel 10 US diplomats, curb the activity of US non-profit groups in the…

Former Republican President George W. Bush is calling for bipartisan action on several immigration measures, calling for a restoration of “the…

One hundred days after the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, the unprecedented progress and unexpected roadblocks of the investigation are…

President Joe Biden will sign a declaration on Friday to speed refugee admissions to the US but not raise the refugee cap, as he has committed to…

A heavy metal guitarist with ties to the Oath Keepers will plead guilty Friday to two crimes related to the Capitol insurrection, according to court…

The White House on Friday announced plans to release $1.7 billion in funding to help the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and states…

Human smugglers are increasingly utilizing Facebook to advertise services to migrants seeking to cross the US-Mexico border, according to a report…

They were the first businesses to close and will be some of the last to reopen, yet owners of independent theaters and live music venues have been…

The science: Scientists are coalescing around the idea that Covid-19 probably spread to people through an animal or animals. That was the conclusion…

President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate nine diplomats for ambassadorships on Thursday, marking his first selection of overseas envoys…

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan and the nation’s top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci got into a heated exchange Thursday over the…

President Joe Biden said Thursday that the newly announced sanctions against Russia are a proportionate response to cyberattacks against the US and…

Sen. Ted Cruz is no longer wearing a face mask as he walks the halls of the Capitol complex or goes to the Senate floor for debates and votes.…

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and her gubernatorial campaign have settled with a former staffer who accused the Democrat of sexually…

After President Joe Biden declared Wednesday that the US must shift focus from a bloody and intractable war to more modern-day pursuits, it took less…

The Biden administration is funneling $39 billion in relief funds to states to help child care providers stay in business or reopen, which it says is…

Active discussions are underway in Congress over a bipartisan bill to overhaul laws surrounding policing as the Biden administration made the…

The United States government and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, kicked off a pledging event Thursday aimed at raising an additional $2 billion to…

The Biden administration plans to announce the nominations of nine career diplomats to be United States ambassadors as soon as Thursday, marking the…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has never kept quiet about her distaste for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, but an anecdote from an upcoming book…

The Biden administration on Thursday revealed new details about Russia’s extensive interference in the 2016 and 2020 US elections, including…

President Joe Biden has resisted signing off on raising the Trump-era refugee cap because of political optics, sources have told CNN. The…

The Biden administration targeted Russia with sweeping sanctions and diplomatic expulsions Thursday, punishing Moscow for its interference in the…

The Biden administration slapped sweeping sanctions on Russia Thursday over Moscow’s alleged interference in the 2020 election, the massive…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday in an unannounced visit less than 24 hours after the United States and the…

A House committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would create a commission to study reparations for descendants of enslaved Americans, a major…

The Biden administration on Thursday imposed new sanctions on Russia and expelled diplomatic personnel in response to election interference and cyber…

Thirty-three states have introduced more than 100 bills that aim to curb the rights of transgender people across the country, with advocacy groups…

Here is a look at the life of US President Joe Biden. Personal Birth date: November 20, 1942 Birth place: Scranton, Pennsylvania Birth name: Joseph…

Fulton County officials on Wednesday passed a resolution that will allow Georgia’s most populous county to explore legal challenges to the…

President Joe Biden is carrying out some of Donald Trump’s biggest campaign promises by leaving America’s longest war, targeting economic…

President Joe Biden’s promise to remove US troops from Afghanistan by September 11 is his effort — each of the last four presidents has…

The inspector general overseeing a probe into the United States Capitol Police’s preparation for and response to the January 6 insurrection is…

The Biden administration is expected to announce sanctions as soon as Thursday targeting Russian individuals and entities, in addition to new…

President Joe Biden on Wednesday formally announced his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by September 11. Read his full remarks below:…

President Joe Biden ordered the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan over the advice of some of his senior-most advisers in the Pentagon and…

Major items on President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda hang in the balance this month, hinging on Republicans’ willingness to cut deals and…

President Joe Biden spoke with two of his predecessors ahead of his Wednesday announcement that he will withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by…

President Joe Biden formally announced his decision to end America’s longest war on Wednesday, deeming the prolonged and intractable conflict…

President Biden’s decision to announce a date for pulling all US troops out of Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of 9/11 sets the stage for a…

The Republican-controlled Arkansas legislature this week passed a handful of bills that would add restrictions to the voting process in the state,…

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday evening that he disagreed with Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a fellow progressive, after she called for…

The first thing some of the women were asked to do when they got to the house parties in the gated community in suburban Orlando was to put away…

President Joe Biden on Wednesday named Erika Moritsugu to a senior-level Asian American and Pacific Islander liaison position, the White House…

The prospects for any bipartisan deal on infrastructures are swiftly narrowing on Capitol Hill, where Republicans view President Joe Biden’s…

A geophysicist who allegedly beat police officers who were trying to help injured rioters during the US Capitol siege will be jailed before trial, a…