It was noon on Wednesday and the House side of the Capitol was almost deserted. Save for the remaining staff and journalists roaming the halls, it was a shell of its typical self in the middle of what ...

As the government shutdown entered its second week, Democratic lawmakers insisted the tide is shifting toward a deal as some hard-line Republicans express support for extending health insurance ...

Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, who rose to national prominence after his expulsion from the state House over a gun control protest launched a bid for Congress on Wednesday, challenging longtime ...

For years, despite all of the partisan fighting, I’ve been very dismissive of the idea that our country would become entangled in another civil war. But, unfortunately, we might be in the early stages ...

On the campaign trail in a southwestern Arizona swing district, Democrat JoAnna Mendoza often recounts her hardscrabble upbringing. She began working alongside her farmworker parents, clearing weeds ...

The Supreme Court appeared ready during oral arguments Wednesday to allow a challenge led by a Republican member of Congress to Illinois’ counting of ballots up to 14 days after Election Day. Rep.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former FBI Director James B. Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday on federal charges that he lied to Congress and obstructed a congressional proceeding, in a case critics cast as part ...

A House Democrat defended the Department of Justice allegedly tracking the private communications and phone calls of nearly a dozen Republican senators in 2023, writing on X that, "you weren’t ...

A draft memo from White House budget office counsel arguing there’s no obligation to pay furloughed workers after a government shutdown may have some legal merit in at least one procedural aspect, ...

A lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s new $100,000 fee on H-1B visas describes the kinds of harms it could have on health care, education and religious groups that seek to employ foreign ...

An untested legal theory that the White House doesn’t need to pay furloughed workers once the partial shutdown ends shook up Capitol Hill on Tuesday, while Democrats appeared emboldened in their ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. It is now October, which means spooky season has begun. A number of games are celebrating, including Activision's Call of Duty, which is bringing back ...