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The House will vote early next week to pass a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown, multiple aides told CNN on Thursday.

Former CIA Director John Brennan is calling out Republicans for "reckless partisan behavior" over their handling of a secret memo about the FBI's surveillance practices.

Saying the Trump administration has yet to offer any new funds to fight the growing opioid epidemic, some Senate Democrats are demanding answers about what the White House is doing to address the problem.

The FBI issued a rare public warning on Wednesday that a controversial Republican memo omits key information that could impact its veracity.

Sen. Joe Manchin has been on a mission the last few weeks to spread the word that "Washington sucks," as if people didn't know.

Missouri's attorney general, who is a Republican candidate running for US Senate, is facing criticism for a December speech in which he blamed the sexual revolution for human trafficking.

Two Republicans who were on the train that crashed in Virginia on Wednesday described the harrowing scene they came across when they tried to assist those hurt in the collision.

There are several groups in Congress who have been meeting regularly to try to reach a breakthrough on stalled immigration talks. But that doesn't mean they're making much progress.

Something weird (didn't) happen on the Internet.

More than six in 10 Americans, 62%, support legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller by requiring a panel of federal judges to sign off before any special counsel could be fired.

Nashville Mayor Megan Barry has apologized for having an affair with the head of her security detail.

President Donald Trump has already canned one FBI director.

House Intelligence Committee ranking member Adam Schiff is accusing chairman Devin Nunes of sending a different version of the memo alleging FBI surveillance abuses to the White House than what the committee approved.

A member of the Senate's Republican leadership acknowledged Thursday that the party may not be able to tackle some of the President's key immigration priorities by a March 5 deadline.

President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address on Tuesday was billed as a "unifying" speech that looked to bridge a partisan divide that has only grown during his first year in Office.

After a 35-year government career that spanned the world under six presidents, and even included a brief stint as acting secretary of state, the State Department's top career diplomat has announced his retirement.