November 21, 2024, 8:24am Politics
While Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer pushes to confirm many of Joe Biden’s judicial nominees through the lame-duck session, Republicans have employed a series of procedural tactics to slow down the process as much as possible. Read story
November 21, 2024, 8:20am Latest News
The leaders of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security declined to testify publicly at a scheduled Senate hearing Thursday on global national security threats, a break from precedent following years of open testimony before the panel. Read story
November 20, 2024, 5:18pm Politics
There's a common trait that President-elect Donald Trump is clearly prizing as he selects those to serve in his new administration: experience on television. Read story
November 20, 2024, 1:27pm Politics
Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump heaped scorn on the federal Department of Education, describing it as being infiltrated by “ radicals, zealots and Marxists.” Read story
November 20, 2024, 9:29am Politics
Nicolás Maduro was hoping for a “fresh start” with the U.S. under Donald Trump. Instead, he’s getting déjà vu. Read story
November 20, 2024, 9:06am Politics
Years of high-profile intercontinental ballistic missile tests by North Korea have fallen short of demonstrating that Pyongyang can successfully launch and deliver a nuclear warhead against the U.S. mainland, the head of American forces in the Indo-Pacific said. Read story
November 19, 2024, 12:03pm Nation & World
Two women told House Ethics Committee investigators that former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who has been tapped to be attorney general in the next Trump administration, paid them for sex, and one of the women testified she saw him having sex with a 17-year-old, according to an attorney for the women. Read story
November 19, 2024, 10:39am Politics
House Leader Hakeem Jeffries won reelection Tuesday as the Democratic leader, receiving support from his colleagues despite the party's inability to win back majority control of the chamber in the November election. Read story
November 19, 2024, 9:04am Politics
Donald Trump’s first stint in the White House proved to be a chaotic ride for the District of Columbia. Read story
November 18, 2024, 3:24pm Politics
After one of the most chaotic and least productive sessions in modern history, voters made a surprising choice in elections for the U.S. House— they overwhelmingly stuck with the status quo. Read story
