House Republican Whip Tom Emmer sounded upbeat Monday as he vowed Republicans will have the votes to pass their debt ceiling bill later this week, making the case he's made to members all weekend that a vote against the package would hand President Joe Biden and Democrats a victory.
This could be the most consequential rematch in US history -- a president who portrays himself as the champion of democracy against a former president who routinely rejects election results.
After months of legal battles, infighting between defense lawyers and dozens of rejected mistrial motions, the federal criminal trial against five Proud Boys accused of plotting to attack the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, moved to its final stage Monday.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis plans to announce this summer whether she'll bring charges against former President Donald Trump or his allies for their attempts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Monday.
President Joe Biden said Monday that he would let people know "real soon" about his reelection plans -- stopping short of announcing another run during a White House ceremony honoring the 2023 Teacher of the Year recipients.
A key Democratic senator is scrutinizing a Republican megadonor who financed luxury travel taken by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a real estate transaction with his family, and examining whether the gifts and deal triggered obligations under US tax law.
President Joe Biden, who at 80 has had to confront questions about his age and mental acuity as he launches a reelection campaign for president, once ran a campaign that sharply attacked his opponent's age.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with three Democratic Tennessee lawmakers at the White House on Monday, after the trio faced expulsion votes over their act of protest advocating for gun control.
The question put to South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, hours after he announced plans to run for the Republican presidential nomination, was a simple one: How do you plan to defeat Donald Trump?
Domestic violent extremists have in the last year increasingly shared tactics with each other on using guns to attack electric power stations in a move that likely escalates the threat to US critical infrastructure, according to a Department of Homeland Security bulletin obtained by CNN.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced that the warring factions in Sudan agreed to a a ceasefire, "starting at midnight on April 24, to last for 72 hours."
The Supreme Court said Monday that it will consider whether the First Amendment protects social media users from being blocked from commenting on the personal pages that government officials use to communicate actions related to their duties.
White House Domestic Policy Adviser Susan Rice will leave her administration post next month, an official tells CNN, marking one of the Biden administration's highest-profile departures as the president's domestic agenda stalls in a divided Congress.
Jurors will begin deliberating Monday morning in the case against former Fugees member Pras Michel, who the Justice Department has accused of being the linchpin of an international, multimillion-dollar conspiracy.
Elizabeth Whelan -- the sister of Paul Whelan, an American who has been detained in Russia for more than four years -- attended the UN Security Council meeting that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chaired on Monday.
Hunter Biden's lawyer is asking for the Treasury Department's inspector general and the Office of Congressional Ethics to launch inquiries as part of a broader aggressive strategy to strike back at detractors of President Joe Biden's son.
President Joe Biden is poised to name Julie Chavez Rodriguez, a senior White House adviser, to oversee his reelection campaign, two senior Democratic advisers tell CNN -- a decision that paves the way for his announcement as early as this week that he's seeking a second term.
President Joe Biden's advisers are moving quickly to finalize staffing and operational details of his reelection campaign ahead of what's widely expected to be a bruising 19-month effort to convince the public of his accomplishments and his ability to serve well into his eighties.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will put his shaky control of the thin Republican majority on the line this week with a bid to pass a bill slashing spending that is designed to jam President Joe Biden over the looming government debt crisis.
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