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President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the construction of an Arizona library in honor of his longtime friend, the late Republican Sen. John McCain.

The GOP-led House Oversight committee is holding its first hearing Thursday morning on the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden. Follow here for the latest live news updates.

Divisions among House Republicans were on display Thursday as tensions erupted during a closed-door meeting and later the chamber convened with late night votes as a government shutdown nears.

President Joe Biden issued blunt new warnings about ongoing existential threats to US democracy in a major address Thursday, sharpening the central argument in his potential rematch with Donald Trump and asking voters to prioritize the health of American institutions.

House Republicans hold their first impeachment hearing Thursday, to start publicly making their case after struggling for months to tie President Joe Biden to his son's foreign business dealings and to corral support inside the GOP conference for impeachment.

Republican presidential candidates faced off Wednesday night in the second debate of the 2024 campaign, and Biden delivered a speech on threats to democracy on Thursday. Follow here for live news updates, reactions and analysis.

US Army Private Travis King arrived back on United States soil Thursday after being returned to American custody weeks after he crossed into North Korea, a Defense Department official said.

Republicans are about to deliver on the driving purpose of their House majority -- enacting Donald Trump's retribution.

Seven Republican presidential candidates participated in a debate Wednesday night in California, while the front-runner in the party primary, former President Donald Trump, skipped the debate and instead gave a speech in Michigan amid a strike by autoworkers.

The second 2024 Republican presidential primary debate ended just as it began: with former President Donald Trump -- who hasn't yet appeared alongside his rivals onstage -- as the party's dominant front-runner.

The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's federal 2020 election subversion criminal case will not disqualify herself from the matter, rejecting a longshot bid from the former president's team to remove her from the case.

Documents released Wednesday by House Republicans shed new light on how two IRS agents who investigated Hunter Biden felt like they hit roadblocks whenever President Joe Biden's name came up in the criminal probe.

The US Senate has passed a resolution formalizing business attire as the proper dress code for the floor of the chamber by unanimous consent.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy privately delivered a message to Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell this week: The Senate's bipartisan bill to keep the government open wouldn't get a vote in his chamber unless significant changes are made.

The White House continues to argue that it is entirely up to House Republicans to avert a government shutdown: "The ball is completely in their court," a White House official told CNN on Wednesday, just three days out from the end-of-month funding deadline.

A New York judge's finding that former President Donald Trump, his adult sons, his business associates and his eponymous company for years committed fraud could spell the end of Trump's business career in his former home state.

The Biden administration is making "game-changing" modifications to the foster care system that will enable family members to care for children in foster care more easily.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday declined join a growing group of Democrats who are calling on indicted Sen. Bob Menendez to resign his seat, though he did say the New Jersey Democrat's actions fell "way, way below the standard" of the office.

President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for Louisiana, the White House announced Wednesday, as the state battles saltwater intrusion along the Mississippi River that is contaminating drinking water and threatening water infrastructure.

The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum has moved up planned festivities for the former president's 99th birthday amid the possibility of a government shutdown by the end of the week.