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Farm bill timeline in flux as a messy September for Congress nears
Both parties have rallied around ways to make the government safety net more reliable for farmers facing rising production costs.
Trump pleads not guilty to charges he sought to subvert 2020 election
The first hearing in the case is set for Aug. 28 at 10 a.m. before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan.
Congress, GOP presidential candidates react to Trump indictment
The indictment stems from Trump’s alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election after Election Day and leading up to and on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of his supporters rioted at the Capitol.
‘Fueled by lies,’ Trump charged with seeking to overturn 2020 election
The former president faces four charges stemming from his actions, including conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Is there evidence of extraterrestrial life? Congress tries to figure it out
Witnesses said a “dark gray or black cube inside a clear sphere” traveled near two U.S. fighter jets off Virginia's coast in 2014.
Tuberville hold on military nominees is ‘not only wrong–it is dangerous,’ Biden says
Sen. Tommy Tuberville has been holding up the nominations of hundreds of military leaders and flag officers in response to a Department of Defense abortion policy.
Ethics rules for Supreme Court justices approved on party-line vote by U.S. Senate panel
The proposal would establish new conflict of interest rules for Supreme Court justices and the federal judiciary at large.
Israeli president tells Congress criticism of his country must not negate ‘right to exist’
Israeli President Isaac Herzog, honoring Israel’s 75th year of independence, on Wednesday assured U.S. lawmakers that his nation “has democracy in its DNA."
Family pleads for U.S. teacher imprisoned in Russia: ‘We’re not forgetting my brother’
Some U.S. Senators called Marc Fogel's arrest “a political ploy by Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime.”
Tuberville concedes ‘white nationalists are racists’ but hangs on to holds on military nominees
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, an Alabama Republican, is drawing intense criticism for his remarks on white nationalism and his hold on military nominees.
White House rolls out strategy to battle deadly drug mixture of fentanyl and xylazine
Overdose deaths involving the presence of the non-opioid sedative and illicit synthetic opioid fentanyl increased 276% from January 2019 to June 2022 in 20 states and D.C.
Vulnerable U.S. House Republicans who opposed student debt plan targeted in 2024
Critics take aim at GOP lawmakers in the 2024 election after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Biden’s student debt relief plan.