Politics

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Wednesday passed a resolution formalizing their ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The resolution, approved 221-212 in a party-line vote, directs three House committees to continue their investigations, which have yet to yield any hard evidence to support Republicans’ claims that Biden was directly involved and benefited […]

Grant Faint/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday announced it will take up a major challenge to a felony obstruction statute the Justice Department has used against more than 300 defendants in their investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. Any ruling against the use of the […]

President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine as he hosts a meeting in the Oval office of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy capped off a whirlwind day in Washington on Tuesday with a press conference alongside […]

SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has asked the court to deny former President Donald Trump’s request to halt all proceedings in the Jan. 6 case pending their appeal of District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s presidential immunity order and urged the judge to do all she can to make sure the March 4 […]

Cheyenne Hunt campaign (WASHINGTON) — Cheyenne Hunt, at 26 years old, is running to do something only one other person in her generation has done so far: Get elected to Congress. It’s a challenging road ahead to representing California’s 45th District: First, Hunt is running against six other candidates in the primary, scheduled for March […]

Former U.N. ambassador and 2024 presidential hopeful Nikki Haley speaks to Iowa residents during a visit in Spirit Lake, Iowa, on Dec. 9, 2023, ahead of the Iowa caucus. (Christian Monterrosa/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu plans to endorse Nikki Haley in the 2024 Republican primary on Tuesday night, according […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) walks with U.S. President Joe Biden down the colonnade to the Oval Office during a visit to the White House Sept. 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Evan Vucci/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet in Washington on Tuesday with President Joe Biden and congressional leaders, a high-stakes […]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Members of Congress are scrambling to complete a packed to-do list to cap off a hectic year on Capitol Hill. Republicans and Democrats in Congress are continuing negotiations on a massive foreign aid and security bill, reauthorizing the annual defense authorization bill and reauthorizing a national security surveillance measure. Republicans […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Congressman George Santos is talking to federal prosecutors on Long Island about a plea deal, according to a newly filed court document. “The parties are presently engaged in plea negotiations with the goal of resolving this matter without the need for a trial,” the filing said. Santos, a […]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fifteen airmen have been disciplined — including with removal of their command — for failing to take proper action when they became aware of accused leaker Jack Teixeira’s intelligence-seeking activities, according to a broad Air Force investigation released Monday. However, that watchdog report found no evidence that Teixeira’s immediate […]