Democratic Pennsylvania state Rep. Joanna McClinton was elected speaker of the state's House of Representatives on Tuesday on the back of her party's one-vote majority.
Lawyers who filed a lawsuit challenging the FDA's approval of a popular abortion drug respond to critics who say filing the suit in Texas is forum shopping.
Idaho Senator James Risch, a Republican, introduced the Pregnancy Center Security Act to give grants to pro-life pregnancy centers for security upgrades after pro-abortion attacks.
Sen. John Barrasso sent a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm demanding answers and a briefing regarding the Energy Department's assessment of the COVID lab leak theory.
Climate envoy John Kerry is holding his second day of meetings with Brazilian government officials to outline planned environmental policy in the Latin American nation.
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers proposed Tuesday a $3.8 billion building projects fund, more than half of which would be allocated to the University of Wisconsin System.
Teachers union boss Randi Weingarten worked herself into a scream during a rally for student loan debt forgiveness outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Senate Republicans are pushing the Biden administration to submit a WHO-negotiated treaty to the Senate for ratification and fear Biden might instead choose to go around Congress.
Georgia Rep. Mike Collins, a Republican, blasted Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for his response to the Ohio train derailment and noted impeachment is not off the table.
The Department of Defense claims there is no evidence of diversion or misuse of American weapons or security assistance that has been sent to Ukraine during its war with Russia.
Experts expressed concern after a report showed former Senate candidate Herschel Walker's campaign paid a defunct car wash hundreds of thousands of dollars for private jet travel.
The U.S. military services are currently revising records to ensure that service members who refused a COVID-19 vaccine are not passed over for promotion.
Dev Atma Khalsa, a New Mexico magistrate who took office a few months ago, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated driving while intoxicated. Khalsa also had an expired license.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Tuesday accused Biden’s nominee for Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan, of lying under oath and stonewalling his line of questioning.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has allocated $1.7 million to address the state’s backlog of food stamps. The money will be used to bulk purchase food and stock food pantries.
Rep. Scott Perry blasted State Department officials for dismissing the COVID-19 lab leak theory on Tuesday, demanding to see what evidence they had to do so.
Democrat Senator Joe Manchin does not support the D.C. city council pushing to reduce penalties on crime in the city and said he will vote in favor of the disapproval resolution.
Rep. Cori Bush's now-husband, Cortney Merritts, received $60,000 in security payments from her campaign. He does not have a security license in the St. Louis area.