As Neil Gorsuch testified coolly for a second day before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his selection to the Supreme Court, debate heated up between Senate leaders over his fate once his nomination gets to the floor, which is expected in two weeks.
Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota grilled Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch Tuesday about gender and his originalist interpretation of the Constitution.
Illinois lawmakers failed to pass a measure in the legislature that would have made former President Barack Obama's birthday a statewide holiday, according to the Chicago Tribune.
President Donald Trump, in an attempt to sell the GOP Republican health care plan, warned Republicans about breaking all those promises to repeal Obamacare they've made over the years.
The House Intelligence Committee's first open hearing on Russia exposed a partisan rift between the committee's Republicans and Democrats that threatens to only grow bigger as they dig deeper into the possible ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russian operatives.
The lead singer of Australian folk band All Our Exes Live in Texas says the rise of President Donald Trump has sparked an increase in activism among young people in Australia on issues such as immigration and women's wrights.
Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch was thrust on the defensive on Tuesday over a case that Democrats said showed him to be insufficiently sensitive when a man faced a life-or-death decision.
Republican Senate leaders will bring the House health care bill directly to the floor next week for a closely watched vote that will determine once and for all if Republicans can deliver on their seven-year promise to repeal Obamacare.
When facts are replaced with falsehoods, former press secretaries have argued, the person at the podium loses his or her credibility. Sean Spicer, the 30th White House press secretary, has lost his credibility.
Intelligence obtained in recent weeks found that an al Qaeda affiliate was perfecting techniques for hiding explosives in batteries and battery compartments of electronic devices, according to a US official.
A pair of Republican pressure groups who have long scuffled in the halls of Congress began a new final square-off on Tuesday, just two days left before the party's health care bill is saved or perishes.
Top members of the House Intelligence Committee said Tuesday they want former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to explain his communications with Russian officials, but details of how to get him before the panel have not yet been hammered out.
The House Freedom Caucus, the vocal group of conservatives and a constant thorn in the side of Republican leaders for years, has led the charge against the GOP bill to repeal and replace much of Obamacare.
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