Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that he's now satisfied the filibuster, a defining feature of the Senate, won't be erased, so he will lift his blockade and allow Democrats to finish organizing as the majority party. Published January 25, 2021
House Democrats marched the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump over to the Senate Monday night, officially igniting a new trial that all sides are still struggling to figure out how to conduct. Published January 25, 2021
President Biden's directive pausing border wall construction is probably illegal, several experts told The Washington Times, saying he has the power to cancel Defense Department money that was being funneled toward the project, but he went too far by halting construction paid for by money Congress had specifically approved for the wall. Published January 25, 2021
ICE revealed Monday that it helped Australian authorities nab a 25-year-old man they say posed as a teenage YouTube star, luring American girls into befriending him then blackmailing the children into performing sex acts on video. Published January 25, 2021
Republicans are presenting a largely unified front as the Senate prepares to kick off a second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, with a growing number saying they don't believe the Constitution envisioned pursuing conviction of someone already out of office. Published January 24, 2021
Senators will be sworn in as impeachment jurors next Tuesday, but the actual trial on former President Donald Trump won't begin until the week of Feb. 8, the chamber's top Democrat said Friday. Published January 22, 2021
The State Department announced an emergency 90-day halt on admitting refugees from Iraq who helped the U.S. war effort after authorities revealed Friday that the program had been breached in a brazen conspiracy to steal refugees' files. Published January 22, 2021
Texas argued to a federal court Sunday that ICE is now actively releasing immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally into the state, bolstering its demand that a judge step in and order a delay to President Biden's new temporary deportation amnesty. Published January 22, 2021
The House will deliver its article of impeachment for former President Donald Trump to senators on Monday, setting up a trial that could end with his banishment from ever holding federal office again. Published January 22, 2021
Who's on first, what's on second, and nobody knows exactly how the Senate is being run right now. Published January 21, 2021
Senate Republicans proposed an impeachment trial schedule Thursday that would put off the start until mid-February, giving all sides time to prepare for what's expected to be a debate over constitutional principles more than about former President Donald Trump's behavior. Published January 21, 2021
The House won't meet next week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday, canceling the first full week for the chamber under President Biden. Published January 21, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she still isn't ready to reveal when she will send the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump over to the Senate -- the key move that would ignite the trial. Published January 21, 2021
Acting Homeland Security Secretary David Pekoske announced a 100-day pause on some deportations late Wednesday, moving to carry out one of President Biden's most prominent campaign promises. Published January 20, 2021
The Biden administration announced late Wednesday that it will halt the "Remain-in-Mexico" policy, axing a key tool that security experts said helped solve the 2019 migrant surge. Published January 20, 2021
Senators confirmed the first of President Biden's Cabinet picks Wednesday evening, giving the nod to Avril Haines to become the next director of national intelligence. Published January 20, 2021
Three new senators were sworn in Wednesday afternoon, delivering control of the chamber to Democrats and cementing the party's grasp on all the reins of political power in Washington for the first time in a decade. Published January 20, 2021
Outgoing EPA chief Andrew R. Wheeler issued a last-minute reprieve he hopes will set free rabbits that have been used for testing at agency labs. Published January 20, 2021
President-elect Joseph R. Biden is proposing a significant increase in legal immigration as part of his new legislation that would also legalize most illegal immigrants. Published January 20, 2021
A few strokes of President Biden's pen on Wednesday put a stop to much of former President Trump's legacy. Mr. Biden, in a first-day series of executive orders, memos, directives and proclamations, halted border wall construction, nixed the travel ban, canceled the commission to celebrate the country's Founding Fathers and erased the presidential approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. Published January 20, 2021
