President Trump’s demand for $5 billion in funding for his border wall is only one of the issues congressional negotiators are working through as they try to beat a Dec. 7 budget deadline.
U.S. military services on Monday began a process few expected under President Trump: finding programs they’re willing to sacrifice in the face of looming multibillion-dollar budget cuts demanded by the White House.
Lawmakers in both parties are agitating to update a 16-year-old law authorizing U.S. military force, a move considered a long-shot that could nevertheless tie President Trump’s hands as Democrats take over the House next year.
Teresa Shook, the founder of the Women’s March, called Monday on the group’s leaders to step down, accusing them of allowing anti-Semitism and other bigoted ideologies to infect the organization’s purpose.
Incoming House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler warned acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker that Democrats will scrutinize the Trump administration’s decision not to defend Obamacare against a state-driven lawsuit in Texas, saying the move appeared to be a “cynical pretext” for launching another repeal attempt.
Sixteen House Democrats formally committed Monday to voting against Nancy Pelosi, throwing her bid for speaker further into question.
Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris, both members of the Judiciary Committee, called on the White House Monday to make a deal to fill court vacancies.
Three Senate Democrats filed a federal lawsuit Monday asking a judge to oust acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker and install Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein instead.
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced Monday that historian and author Ron Chernow will be the featured speaker at its annual dinner in April, remaking the event with a serious tone after the blowup over comedian Michelle Wolf’s performance at this year’s event.
Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and her Democratic challenger, Mike Espy, meet for their only debate Tuesday night in a contest where the incumbent's verbal gaffes have dredged up strong emotions about Mississippi's history of racial violence.
Actress Mareli Miniutti has reportedly taken out a restraining order against anti-Trump lawyer Michael Avenatti.
U.S. prosecutors unsealed an indictment against a Venezuelan media tycoon close to President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government on Monday, accusing him of paying $159 million in bribes to top officials in exchange for lucrative foreign currency deals and then hiding the proceeds in luxury Manhattan and Florida real estate.
Democrat Ben McAdams has retaken the lead over Republican Rep. Mia Love in a tight race that remains close to the recount zone.
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Tax cut? What tax cut? The middle-class tax relief that President Trump promised voters before the midterm elections has all but vanished from the conversation in Washington.
The appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general will have "no effect" on an ongoing court challenge to special counsel Robert Mueller's authority, the Justice Department said in a Monday court filing.
A Democratic challenger for North Carolina Senate District 19 has won the seat after the Republican incumbent failed to request a recount prior to the deadline to do so.
Presidential daughter Ivanka Trump used a personal email account to conduct government business, according to a report Monday.
Luis Cobos-Cenobio, the illegal immigrant whose shootout with an Arkansas sheriff's deputy last week was caught on a dashboard cam and went viral, was in the U.S. under the Obama-era DACA program, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday.
It's the thorny first question confronting newly elected House Democrats: Will you vote for Nancy Pelosi?
The second-ranking member of Mississippi's House of Representatives pleaded no contest to drunk-driving charges Monday but won't be convicted under a diversion program for first-time offenders.
The former director of the Oregon Educators Benefits Board is facing a $20,000 fine after an investigation into his conduct.
