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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans are seeking to deflect blame, misleadingly pointing to renewable energy sources including wind and solar…

Lawsuits involving Donald Trump tore apart the Supreme Court while he was president, and the justices apparently remain riven by him. For nearly four…

The acquittal of Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial speaks volumes about the moral fiber of the Republican senators who refused to abandon…

The Biden administration and the US House of Representatives said on Wednesday that they are negotiating over the testimony of former White House…

Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has threatened to move a pop-up vaccination clinic that his state has set up in an affluent community in…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been pleading with lawmakers for support and even threatening political retribution against Democrats who have…

President Joe Biden is postponing his trip to Michigan on Thursday due to travel concerns over weather, including forecast snow and ice in the…

President Joe Biden’s rejection of calls to eliminate up to $50,000 of student loan debt has prompted sharp responses from his allies on…

White House officials stressed Wednesday that while they do not believe teachers need to be vaccinated in order to reopen schools, they think…

President Joe Biden is getting outside reinforcements to help promote and build support for his policy agenda in the form of a new nonprofit advocacy…

The acquittal of Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial speaks volumes about the moral fiber of the Republican senators who refused to abandon…

Former President Donald Trump made a number of wild claims in a statement Tuesday savaging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. But one really…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had an instant reaction when seeing the lengthy attack he endured from former President Donald Trump. He…

President Joe Biden spoke Wednesday with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, ending what had been a lengthy stretch without a call after…

Promotions of two female generals were delayed by Pentagon officials until after the 2020 presidential election out of fear of “turmoil”…

Lowering Covid-19 cases across the US is critical not only to preventing another surge fueled by variants — but it also makes vaccines more…

President Joe Biden took questions from Wisconsin residents and from Anderson Cooper at a CNN town hall event in Milwaukee on Tuesday night.…

The US government’s probe into the devastating SolarWinds breach is likely to take “several months” at least, according to the top…

Nicholas Burns, a former US ambassador and senior State Department official, is the leading contender for US ambassador to China, according to two…

The second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump may have ended with an acquittal on Saturday, but Trump’s trials and tribulations…

Secretary of State Tony Blinken said Wednesday that the United States “intends to pay over $200 million in assessed and current…

As he gently told a traumatized 8-year-old girl, “Don’t be scared, honey. Don’t be scared,” Joe Biden showed that the days of…

Advocates fighting for Washington, DC, to become the 51st state are more hopeful than ever that they’ll achieve statehood with Joe Biden in the…

The Democratic chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee has filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump that cites a little-known…

President Joe Biden was pressed on a range of issues Tuesday evening as he fielded questions from voters during a CNN town hall in Milwaukee. The…

President Joe Biden at a Tuesday CNN town hall sought to reassure a second grader worried about getting Covid-19, telling her that young children are…

Several members of President Joe Biden’s former coronavirus advisory board are urging his administration to more widely recommend and mandate…

Lowering Covid-19 cases across the US isn’t only critical to helping prevent another surge fueled by variants — it also makes vaccines…

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has privately informed President Joe Biden that he won’t join any Democratic efforts to force through provisions…

On Tuesday night, President Joe Biden joined CNN’s Anderson Cooper for a town hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The conversation spanned everything…

President Joe Biden made it clear during Tuesday night’s CNN town hall that he disagrees with other members of his party who want to cancel…

President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Congress to institute “commonsense gun law reforms,” including widespread firearm sales…

President Joe Biden on Tuesday reflected on the “sense of history” he feels as a new resident of the White House and suggested he has…

Former President Donald Trump went after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday, calling him “a dour, sullen, and unsmiling…

The Biden administration, in concert with Hill Democrats, is preparing to unveil legislation this week that seeks to provide a pathway to citizenship…

Former President Donald Trump and attorney Rudy Giuliani are being accused of conspiring with the far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to…

President Joe Biden said teachers should move ahead in the line to receive shots in order to reopen schools, attempting to clarify an administration…

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it had approved a possible $197 million sale of missiles to Egypt, just days after the Egyptian…

President Joe Biden is working to “recalibrate” the American relationship with Saudi Arabia, White House press secretary Jenn Psaki said…

Former President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is “not currently representing President Trump in any legal…

Former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Monday evening to be a 2022 US Senate candidate, the…

President Joe Biden will answer questions at a CNN town hall in Milwaukee on Tuesday night, less than a month after taking office. The “CNN…

President Joe Biden, no longer encumbered by his predecessor’s impeachment trial and eager to seize the national spotlight, will bring the case…

Former President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is “not currently representing President Trump in any legal…

A federal judge in California blocked a Trump-era rule that went into effect just a day before Joe Biden took office and sought to dramatically limit…

Egyptian authorities raided multiple homes and detained family members of Egyptian-American human rights activist Mohamed Soltan, his organization,…

The former chair of the 9/11 commission former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean said on CNN that there was not an agreed upon set of facts at the start of…

The House Democrats’ Covid relief bill would reduce household federal tax bills by an average of $3,100 each this year, according the…

An alleged Capitol rioter who asked a judge to let him get married in Peru has withdrawn his request, according to new court filings. The defendant,…

On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced it is extending the federal ban on foreclosures and mortgage forbearance programs through June,…

The North Carolina Republican Party central committee voted Monday to censure Sen. Richard Burr for his vote to convict former President Donald Trump…

Eleven members of Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger‘s family sent him a vitriolic letter accusing him of being a member of the…

When President Joe Biden flew aboard Air Force One for the first time this month, he did not spend much time soaking in the moment. The flight, after…

An exhausted and impatient nation needs the kind of clarity and leadership only a president can provide as the coronavirus pandemic reaches a…

Happy Mardi Gras! Though Covid-19 canceled New Orleans’ legendary Carnival parades, residents have responded by turning their houses into…

The FBI is investigating some of his followers. Others are already in custody and facing decades in prison if convicted of federal…

Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is at the center of an escalating controversy over deaths in nursing homes, how they were counted and how they…

Immediately following his impeachment acquittal, former President Donald Trump issued a statement saying his movement “has only just…

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday rebuked Donald Trump‘s incitement of the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol while…

State Republican parties are taking action against GOP lawmakers who have reprimanded former President Donald Trump. Some of the senators and…

The Senate’s impeachment proceedings just put a big spotlight on the 2022 North Carolina US Senate race. GOP Sen. Richard Burr’s surprise…