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President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes until the end of September, framing the move as necessary to provide relief to American consumers but itself not enough to resolve the problem of surging energy prices.

President Joe Biden is under increasing pressure from the US' key Middle East allies to come up with a viable plan to constrain Iran, with hopes for reviving the 2015 nuclear deal fading as Biden prepares for his first trip as President to Israel and Saudi Arabia next month.

The South Dakota state Senate on Tuesday voted to convict and remove state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg from office on two articles of impeachment after he struck and killed a pedestrian in September 2020, making Ravnsborg the first elected official to be impeached and removed in the state's history.

Ivanka Trump, daughter and former senior White House adviser to then-President Donald Trump, said in an interview filmed in mid-December 2020 that her father should "continue to fight until every legal remedy is exhausted," according to a source familiar with the footage.

The Senate's compromise legislation on gun safety unveiled on Tuesday includes money for school safety, mental health, state crisis intervention programs and incentives for states to include juvenile records in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which would provide a more compressive background check for those between the ages of 18 and 21 who want to buy guns.

Republican Rep. Mayra Flores of Texas on Tuesday became the first Mexican-born woman to be sworn in to Congress.

The House select committee on Tuesday unveiled new information showing the role that Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson played in pushing "fake" electors for then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021.

President Joe Biden will appoint Marilynn Malerba as treasurer of the United States, making the lifetime chief of the Mohegan Tribe the first Native American to hold the position, the White House announced on Tuesday.

A call between detained WNBA star Brittney Griner and her wife, Cherelle Griner, has been rescheduled, the US State Department said Tuesday, after a "mistake" prevented the couple from speaking on their anniversary Saturday.

The primary season continues Tuesday with more elections in Virginia, Georgia, Alabama and Washington, DC. Follow here for results and the latest news updates.

Tuesday's hearing featured election officials trading harrowing testimony about the dangers they faced operating on the wrong the side of former President Donald Trump's lies. Through these shaken public servants, the panel offered its most searing indictment of Trump and his allies yet.

As the former Georgia election worker unspooled her story on Tuesday before the House select committee investigating January 6, Wandrea Moss transformed into the single most powerful witness to appear in these public hearings so far.

The Senate on Tuesday made meaningful progress toward passing the first major federal gun safety legislation in a generation.

Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar, the lone remaining anti-abortion Democrat in the House, will defeat progressive Jessica Cisneros in a runoff, CNN projects.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday ratcheted up his public back-and-forth with the US oil and gas industry as he looks to spread around the blame for the nation's soaring gas prices.

The Arizona Republican who delivered emotional testimony Tuesday about resisting efforts to overturn the 2020 election long has been known as a maverick, willing to buck the increasingly extreme elements of his party.

Another election day in Georgia has brought a further round of defeats for former President Donald Trump and his chosen Republican candidates.

The latest hearing before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection revealed new details Tuesday about how former President Donald Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The 6-3 ruling is the latest move by the conservative court to expand religious liberty rights and bring more religion into public life.