Nancy Pelosi published a letter declining to allow the State of the Union in the House Chamber until the government reopens.
California Senator Kamala Harris is positioning herself as the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate who can put together the winning coalition.
Donald Trump allegedly directed Michael Cohen, then his personal lawyer, to lie to Congress about a real-estate deal he was pursuing in Moscow during the 2016 election.
The president canceled House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s planned congressional delegation trip overseas, after she disinvited him from delivering the State of the Union.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has asked that President Donald Trump postpone his State of the Union address until the government is reopened.
William Barr, Trump’s nominee for attorney general, was grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee during the first day of his confirmation hearings
Trump faces questions over meetings with Putin, as the government shutdown stretches into its 24th day.
President Donald Trump has been flirting all week with the idea of declaring a national emergency to unlock funding for his border wall.
Could the president’s determination to build a southern border wall cost him 2020 votes?
President Trump walked out of a meeting with Democratic leaders because they wouldn’t agree to funding a border wall.
President Donald Trump will address the country at 9 p.m. ET about his proposed border wall and the ongoing government shutdown.
President Donald Trump said he’ll address the nation on Tuesday about the ongoing government shutdown, now in its 17th day.
Lawmakers are meeting over the weekend to negotiate an end to what is now the second-longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
Members of the 116th Congress were sworn in today. Nancy Pelosi was elected as speaker of the now Democrat-controlled House.
A Massachusetts senator and a Washington governor have thrown their hats into the ring.
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Arizona Governor Doug Ducey appointed Republican Representative Martha McSally to fill the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo explicitly said for the first time that he supports legalizing recreational marijuana in New York and announced that it would be one of his legislative priorities in early 2019.