Embattled Rep. George Santos remained defiant on Wednesday after facing new federal criminal charges, insisting he would not accept a plea deal and that he will run for reelection next year.
The United States has collected specific intelligence that suggests senior Iranian government officials were caught by surprise by Saturday's bloody attack on Israel by Hamas, according to multiple sources familiar with the intelligence.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday said that he would not dine with White nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes as former President Donald Trump did last year, but avoided directly criticizing his GOP rival for doing so.
The Supreme Court's conservatives expressed doubt at oral arguments Wednesday that South Carolina GOP lawmakers engaged in impermissible racial gerrymandering when they redrew congressional lines for a House seat to benefit Republicans.
The US and its allies are warning the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah against escalating the conflict in Israel as the US prepositions military assets to deter a potential widening of the war, multiple US officials and people briefed on the discussions tell CNN.
House Republicans picked Rep. Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker on Wednesday — but the Louisiana Republican lacks the votes needed to win the gavel.
House Republicans picked Rep. Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker on Wednesday, but the Louisiana Republican lacks the votes needed to win the gavel and it remains unclear whether he will be able to win over holdouts.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled new efforts to crack down on junk fees while announcing $2 billion in savings and $140 million in consumer refunds from previous crackdowns on junk fees from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Kari Lake, an ally of former President Donald Trump and one of the Republican Party's most prominent election deniers, on Tuesday launched her 2024 bid for Senate from Arizona.
House Republicans must mend gaping splits in their conference if they are to succeed in picking a new speaker -- as dangerous global crises in Israel and Ukraine expose the steep cost of their malfunctioning majority.
The judge presiding over the Georgia election subversion case signed orders Tuesday to compel Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to testify at the first trial in the sprawling case.
In the wake of Hamas' deadly attacks on Israel, former President Donald Trump is turning to a strategy he employed during the 2016 campaign of using terror abroad -- and fears of future attacks on American soil -- to push for hard-line immigration policies in the United States.
The US intelligence community is digging through its stores of data and tasking the nation's spy agencies to hunt for fresh clues to determine whether Iran played a direct role in Saturday's deadly attack on Israel by Hamas, a senior Biden administration official said Tuesday.
The congressman temporarily leading the House of Representatives as it searches for a new speaker was selected for the job by Rep. Kevin McCarthy before he was ousted from the speaker's chair, and some lawmakers want to expand his power beyond the limited portfolio of the interim speaker.
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina on Tuesday enacted major changes to the state's election laws, triggering immediate legal challenges from Democrats and voting rights groups.
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday accused Rep. George Santos of stealing donors' identities and running up thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges on their credit cards.
The Biden administration on Tuesday formally declared that the military takeover in Niger was a coup -- a determination that will keep a significant amount of US military and foreign assistance to the West African nation on hold.
