Brandon Steele, a second-term Republican in West Virginia’s House, worked hard this year to get his colleagues to pass his “Second Amendment Preservation Act.” It seeks to bar state or local police from enforcing new federal gun restrictions the Biden …
Timeline of the coup: How Trump tried to weaponize the Justice Department to overturn the 2020 election
A full year after the 2020 presidential election, new details are still emerging about former President Donald Trump’s unprecedented effort to overturn the results.
GOP push to shake label of climate crisis denier runs into Trump
As global temperatures rise, some congressional Republicans are feeling the pressure to show they’re embracing climate change and offer up their own plan for how to deal with it.
Virginia flip could offer Republicans lessons for 2022
With his victory in the Virginia gubernatorial race, Glenn Youngkin wrote a new Republican playbook for keeping Donald Trump’s base engaged without alienating the voters who were repelled by the former President in recent elections.
Harris to announce Biden administration’s first meeting of the National Space Council
Six months after being tapped to lead the White House’s National Space Council, Vice President Kamala Harris will announce the council’s first meeting of the Biden administration during a visit Friday to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.
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January 6 committee acts on multiple fronts in a race against time
The House probe into the Capitol insurrection is making its most significant strides yet in gaining understanding of Donald Trump’s behind-the-scenes maneuvering before and during his coup attempt against American democracy.
House expected to hold Build Back Better and infrastructure votes Friday
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a closed-door meeting with Democrats that her plan is to hold a vote on President Joe Biden’s economic agenda bill Thursday night, and then hold a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill Friday morning, according t…
Deposition video shows Trump allies under oath discussing debunked election fraud claims
Allies of former President Donald Trump testified under oath that they had done little to verify debunked claims of fraud in the 2020 election before spreading them on the national stage, according to tapes of their depositions obtained exclusively by …
White House aide who tested positive for Covid-19 during foreign trip remains in Scotland
A White House official tested positive for Covid-19 during President Joe Biden’s foreign trip and is now quarantining in Scotland, another White House official confirmed Thursday.
Exit polls from 2017 and 2021 show the key groups that helped Youngkin turn Virginia red
Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin notably improved the GOP’s standing with younger voters, moderates, independents and White women since the last gubernatorial election in 2017.