A federal jury found Ahmed Abu Khattala guilty Tuesday on just four of 18 charges related to the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, precluding him from facing the death penalty.
A second Democratic lawmaker called on Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., to step down Tuesday over sexual misconduct allegations hours after Conyers' former deputy chief of staff detailed three occasions when he made unwanted advances toward her.
In a victory for the Trump White House, a temporary restraining order to halt the president's pick for acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Mick Mulvaney, was denied by a judge Tuesday afternoon.
It was 1998 when Rep. John Conyers allegedly touched a female ex-staffer in the front seat of his car while “erratically” driving on the highway without her consent, and she claims she was “saved” only because the police pulled him over.
They sat in the same seats, in the same room, and heard the words praising Israel from the same podium from which the nation would be established 70 years ago.
President Trump called out Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer for boycotting a White House meeting Tuesday afternoon, by leaving two seats conspicuously empty -- and accusing the no-show Democratic leaders of being "all talk" and "no action."
One day after filing paperwork for re-election, Illinois Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez announced he will retire from Congress. “Today I’m announcing I won’t be seeking re-election,” Gutierrez said on Tuesday, but added he isn’t “retiring” from his efforts to reform immigration.
A Democratic member of Congress arranged for a female aide who complained in 2015 about his drinking and his office environment to receive a nearly $50,000 taxpayer-funded settlement, according to a new report.
The White House on Tuesday shot back at the top congressional Democrats -- Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi -- for pulling out of White House meeting with President Trump, saying the president wants them to “put aside their pettiness” and “get to work.”
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday morning pulled out of a scheduled budget meeting at the White House after President Trump suggested demands by “Chuck and Nancy” on immigration and taxes meant no bipartisan deal.
Senate Republicans narrowly advanced their tax reform bill in a key committee vote on Tuesday, as President Trump visited Capitol Hill in a bid to win support from GOP holdouts in anticipation of a possible floor vote later this week.
President Trump heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday as part of a careful campaign to win over key Senate Republicans holding back their support for a comprehensive tax reform plan -- with a floor vote expected in days.
Vice President Mike Pence says President Donald Trump is "actively considering when and how" to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a decision opposed by the Palestinians.