Democrats, having seized control of all the levers of power in Washington, are pushing Joseph R. Biden and Congress to quickly declare the District of Columbia a state, pass a $4 trillion stimulus package and implement other demands from the party's emboldened left wing. Published January 6, 2021
Vice President Mike Pence gaveled the Senate back into session to carry on with the Electoral College vote count, lamenting the violence that unfolded at the Capitol earlier on Wednesday. Published January 6, 2021
Sen. Tom Cotton said Wednesday it is "past time" for President Trump to "accept the results of the election" and "quit misleading the American people." Published January 6, 2021
Lawmakers will continue with their certification of the Electoral College vote count late Wednesday evening after the Capitol building was besieged by pro-Trump protesters. Published January 6, 2021
Sen. Rand Paul announced he won't support the effort to challenge the Electoral College count Wednesday, directly linking the gambit to the chaos that erupted at the Capitol. Published January 6, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer called on President Trump to intervene Wednesday as protesters storm the Capitol. Published January 6, 2021
Congressional Democrats and other critics of President Trump said Wednesday that he needs to be impeached and/or removed from office because he helped foment the unrest at the U.S. Capitol. Published January 6, 2021
A woman was shot and killed as thousands of angry Trump supporters stormed their way into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, assaulting police, smashing windows, ransacking offices and forcing Congress to evacuate as they halted lawmakers temporarily from certifying the Electoral College victory of President-elect Joseph R. Biden. Published January 6, 2021
Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer said Wednesday that $2,000 stimulus checks will be "one of the first" items to tackle in the new Congress. Published January 6, 2021
Congress will start combative vote-counting of the Electoral College results on Wednesday, with Vice President Mike Pence facing enormous pressure from President Trump and his allies to break precedent and reject the votes from battleground states for President-elect Joseph R. Biden. Published January 5, 2021
Nearly two dozen GOP senators are pushing back against fellow Republicans who plan to challenge the congressional certification of President-elect Joseph R. Biden's Electoral College votes. Published January 5, 2021
House Democrats took steps Monday to protect their thin majority by changing the chamber's rules to make it harder for Republicans to force tough votes. Published January 4, 2021
Rep. Kay Granger, top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, announced Monday that she tested positive for COVID-19. Published January 4, 2021
Two House Democrats urged the FBI on Monday to open a criminal investigation of President Trump's phone call to Georgia's secretary of state in which the president urged him to change the election results in the state. Published January 4, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi retained the speaker's gavel in a narrow vote Sunday when the new Congress kicked off with razor-thin majorities in both chambers. Published January 3, 2021
Rep. Jared Golden was the first Democratic defection in the House speaker vote Sunday, casting his bid for Iraq War veteran Sen. Tammy Duckworth. Published January 3, 2021
The 117th Congress officially kicked off Sunday with both chambers navigating razor-thin majorities and a bitterly divisive 2020 election looming over them. Published January 3, 2021
House Republicans are ready for a brutal fight in the next Congress and looking to use the thin Democratic majority as leverage, said Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Published December 31, 2020
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the next Congress will be "a little less lonely" when "The Squad" of young far-left lawmakers expands into a platoon. Published December 29, 2020
Nashville Police Chief John Drake said they were investigating what could be human remains found near the blast site in Nashville Friday. Published December 25, 2020
