The House Oversight Committee is asking the General Services Administration to consider terminating the lease for the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, before the former president's business can sell it, in light of allegations that the Trump Organization submitted false financial statements to the federal government.
The Senate voted on Thursday to pass a stopgap bill to avert a shutdown at the end of the week ahead of a looming Friday deadline when government funding has been set to expire.
Earlier this week, Donald Trump sent The New York Times an email. In it, he claimed that he was very rich -- pointing to a "June 30, 2014 Statement of Financial Condition" that said he was worth $5.8 billion in the year before he started running for president.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia was laying the groundwork to justify starting a war and preparing to launch an attack on Ukraine in the coming days, urging Moscow to change course at a tense United Nations Security Council meeting Thursday.
Special counsel John Durham, who has been investigating the origins of the FBI's Trump-Russia probe, ignited a firestorm in right-wing circles last weekend with a cryptic court filing.
Lyndon B. Johnson is one of the most consequential US presidents, responsible for passing some of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern history, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
President Joe Biden on Thursday will announce $1 billion in funding from his administration's signature bipartisan infrastructure law for cleanup and restoration of the Great Lakes in remarks from Lorain, Ohio.
The White House announced new temporary leadership at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, just one week after Biden's top science adviser, Dr. Eric Lander, resigned following an investigation into his office behavior.
The Education Department announced that it has canceled another $415 million in federal student loan debt owed by nearly 16,000 borrowers who were misled by for-profit colleges.
More than 50 million households have received their free home Covid-19 tests from the federal government. Roughly 10 million people, however, are still waiting to receive their tests.
The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed a key Russia expert to a top Pentagon post, as tensions remain high over Russia's buildup of troops along Ukraine's borders.
Vice President Kamala Harris is on her way to Munich for her latest high-stakes foreign trip as she leads the US delegation to the Munich Security Conference in Germany.
The US Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Missouri in an effort to prevent the state from enforcing a controversial law aimed at protecting gun rights.
Russian forces massed along Ukraine's borders have increased by approximately 7,000 troops in recent days, the United States alleged Wednesday evening, despite claims from Moscow it was pulling back.
Far from buying into claims the Ukraine showdown is easing, the United States is cranking up its relentless informational warfare campaign against Russia, keeping the world on high alert for a possible invasion of Ukraine.
The Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will consider a renewed request from New York City teachers and staff to block a vaccine mandate due their religious objections, despite an earlier denial by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
The Biden administration has informed key lawmakers that it will likely need $30 billion in supplemental funding to continue the fight against Covid-19, a source familiar with the matter said.
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