A federal judge in Washington, DC, is set to consider, for the first time, whether former President Donald Trump is immune from liability related to his supporters attacking the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Voters head to polls in Florida special election to fill late Alcee Hastings’ seat
Two hundred and eighty days after Rep. Alcee Hastings died from pancreatic cancer, voters in the late lawmaker’s deeply Democratic South Florida congressional district will finally pick a replacement.
If Democrats can’t pass their agenda now, they may not get another chance for years. Here’s why
The last four times a president went into midterm elections holding unified control of the White House, Senate and House of Representatives, as Joe Biden and Democrats do now, voters have revoked it.
Analysis: How a tennis legend, SCOTUS and the Winter Olympics are reshaping pandemic politics
Living with the virus, as the world is finding out, is easier said than done.
Rep. Jim Jordan declines to say if he’s closed the door on cooperating with January 6 committee
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan on Monday declined to say definitively if he has closed the door on cooperating with the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection.
McCarthy vows to remove Democrats from committees if Republicans win House
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has vowed to remove three Democratic lawmakers from key committee assignments if Republicans win back the chamber in the upcoming midterm elections.
Home Covid-19 tests must be paid for by health insurers starting Saturday
Health insurers must cover the cost of home Covid-19 tests starting January 15, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday.
Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to appear on US quarter as Treasury begins distribution
A new US quarter featuring the late Maya Angelou went into circulation Monday, the US Mint announced, making the legendary poet and activist the first Black woman ever to appear on the coin.
What to know about the Senate’s nuclear option
As Democrats push to pass voting rights legislation through Congress, there’s been talk of using a process known as the “nuclear option.”
Four more US Capitol rioters plead guilty
Four people pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, adding to the ever-growing number of defendants who have accepted responsibility for their part in the attack.