Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson and Ranking Member Claire McCaskill sent a letter to the Office of Personnel Management Thursday questioning the security clearance process for Reality Winner, the National Security Agency contractor accused of allegedly leaking classified information about attempted Russian hacking of the 2016 presidential election.
Republican congressional candidate Karen Handel and several of her neighbors received suspicious packages Thursday containing an unknown substance, in an incident being investigated by the FBI and other agencies, Fox News confirms.
President Donald Trump paid a brief visit Thursday to the Supreme Court, where he had a front-row seat but no formal role in a courtroom ceremony honoring his high court pick and the newest justice, Neil Gorsuch.
In a series of tweets posted less than a day after it was reported that President Trump is being investigated for attempted obstruction of justice, the president questioned why his relations with Russia are being examined, while Hillary Clinton's are not.
A local Democratic Party official was caught on videotape verbally accosting signature gatherers in California during Pride weekend with a torrent of curse words and demanding to know, “Which one of you ---holes is the gay?”
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered more money and a bigger role for private companies in designing apprenticeship programs meant to fill some of the 6 million open jobs in the U.S. Trump signed an executive order to roughly double to $200 million the taxpayer money spent on learn-and-earn programs under a grant system called ApprenticeshipUSA.
The House of Representatives adopted a resolution on Thursday honoring U.S. Capitol Police, first responders, and those wounded in the shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice on Wednesday that left a lobbyist and Majority Whip Steve Scalise in critical condition.
A day after calling for political unity in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting, top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi returned to the partisan scuffle Thursday by suggesting Fox News is responsible for inflaming tensions – and ripping Republicans for “outrageous” comments blaming rhetoric on the left.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A frequently polarized Senate has found common ground as Republicans and Democrats joined forces to approve a sweeping sanctions bill that uses an array of financial penalties to punish Iran and Russia.
Congress is seeking new authorities that would enable it to expose and crack down on an Iranian state-controlled commercial airline known for transporting weapons and terrorist fighters to hotspots such as Syria, where Iranian-backed forces have begun launching direct attacks on U.S. forces in the country, according to new legislation obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich accused special counsel Robert Mueller on Thursday of trying to destroy, undermine and cripple Donald Trump's presidency.
Lawmakers at the scene of Wednesday’s baseball practice shooting described themselves as “sitting ducks” and said the violence would have been a “massacre” if not for Majority Whip Steve Scalise's detail -- spurring new questions over whether congressional security practices should be overhauled.
The left-wing gunman whose rampage on a Virginia baseball diamond Wednesday left a congressman in critical condition and three others shot appears to have been driven by political rage critics fear is only increasing.
President Trump took to Twitter Thursday morning to claim he's caught up in a "WITCH HUNT" led by "bad and conflicted people" following reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating him for obstruction of justice.
President Trump took to Twitter Thursday morning blasting reports that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating him for obstruction of justice, claiming it all stems from his critics' "phony collusion" allegations.
The shooting at a Republican baseball practice yesterday was chilling in so many ways—and I instantly realized that some would try to exploit the tragedy.