West Virginian Joe Manchin calls himself a "moderate conservative Democrat" is poised to become the crucial swing vote in the evenly split Senate, and the last line of defense against a progressive leftist agenda, thanks to the apparent double-Democratic victory in the Georgia Senate runoff. Published January 6, 2021
The Trump administration delivered an eleventh-hour blow to the regulatory state Tuesday by finalizing a scientific transparency rule requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to back up its mandates with publicly available data. Published January 5, 2021
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri Democrat, defended Tuesday his decision to end the opening House prayer with "a-woman," calling it a "lighthearted pun" and a reference to the record number of women in Congress. Published January 5, 2021
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler took a parting shot Tuesday at media bias, accusing some journalists covering the agency of being "environmental activists masquerading as environmental reporters." Published January 5, 2021
Sen. Josh Hawley, Missouri Republican, accused "Antifa scumbags" of terrorizing his wife and newborn baby with a noisy protest outside his home Monday night over his plan to object to the Electoral College certification. Published January 5, 2021
Donald Trump Jr. weighed in Monday on House Democrats' "amen and a-woman" prayer, calling it "insane." Published January 4, 2021
No election would be complete without a Project Veritas undercover expose of campaign staffers saying things in private that they would never say in public, and that includes the Georgia Senate runoff. Published January 4, 2021
Sen. David Perdue, Georgia Republican, has sided with Republicans planning to object to the presidential electoral certification Wednesday, calling it the last chance for lawmakers to get to the bottom of the "huge irregularities" in the 2020 race. Published January 4, 2021
The 117th Congress kicked off with a fresh controversy Sunday when the Democrat delivering the opening prayer concluded by saying "amen," and then added "a-woman." Published January 3, 2021
They outperformed expectations in the 2020 Senate, House and state legislative races, but Republicans have found themselves in the fight of their lives with Tuesday's Georgia Senate runoffs, a contest that they warn could keep Democrats in power indefinitely. Published January 3, 2021
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing accusations of pandemic hypocrisy for revamping his public-health order to allow fans at next week's Buffalo Bills playoff game while keeping a lid on the state's struggling restaurants. Published January 3, 2021
Sen. Ted Cruz had a message for Democrats suggesting the Texas Republican should be tried for treason for calling for an emergency election audit: Calm down. Published January 3, 2021
Sen. Kelly Loeffler warned that if Democrats take control of the federal government, they will change the rules to prevent another party from ever taking power again. Published January 3, 2021
Jake Tapper called out Jon Ossoff for repeatedly accusing Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of campaigning with a Klansman during the Georgia Senate runoff election. Published January 3, 2021
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Sunday that projections of post-holiday novel coronavirus deaths are "pretty scary," but expressed optimism that the situation will improve. Published January 3, 2021
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faces a tight vote for another two years atop the leadership with a smaller Democratic majority. Published January 3, 2021
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was accused again of COVID hypocrisy, this time for dancing with his wife in a nearly empty Times Square on New Year's Eve. Published January 3, 2021
Those agitating for faster dishwashers may see their hopes go down the drain with the incoming administration. Two Biden administration picks -- California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Natural Resources Defense Council President Gina McCarthy -- are leading the legal fight to reverse the Trump administration's recently approved rule creating a new product class for speedier, high-performance residential dishwashers. Published December 31, 2020
As senior pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, the Rev. Raphael Warnock has played up his connection on the Georgia Senate campaign trail to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., but Alveda C. King is having none of it. Published December 30, 2020
The National Republican Senatorial Committee released an ad Wednesday featuring police camera footage of a domestic dispute between Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock and his distraught then-wife. Published December 30, 2020
