WASHINGTON — As Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., enters his final weeks in Congress, he is one step closer to another vote on legislation related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A discharge petition led by Massie aimed at extracting more files from the Justice Department has now received enough support to force a vote on the House floor. ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen was among 11 Democrats who missed Tuesday’s high-stakes vote on whether to move forward with impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, an effort that was ultimately blocked by House Republicans.

Fellow Democrats lambasted the absences, which allowed Republicans to block the impeachment effort through a procedural...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House's top lawyer has warned House Democrats that their planned investigations into President Donald Trump could expose them to criminal action, a threat that serves as an early sign of how combative the administration intends to be once Democrats take control of the House in January.

White House counsel Will Scharf ...Read more

In the years leading up to his conviction and sentencing in a London Court on rape and sexual assault charges, comedian-turned-YouTube conspiracy monger Russell Brand enjoyed being welcomed into the elite inner circle of President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement.

That included becoming friends with Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is ...Read more

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey is standing by her controversial bill expanding abortion up to the day of birth, as well as her emergency declaration last week to immediately implement it, as the Boston Archdiocese and Catholic leaders across Massachusetts condemn the move.

Healey utilized her executive authority late last week to block a citizen ...Read more

Rep. Jim Clyburn, a Democrat and South Carolina’s senior member of Congress, felt the “blue wave” coming.

He felt it on the road in places like Mississippi and Michigan. And he felt it in the Palmetto State on Nov. 3 as he rolled up the largest margin of any South Carolinian running for statewide or congressional office — 69% to his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration signaled it would respond aggressively to a Democratic-led Congress with a letter this week threatening to prosecute lawmakers for oversight efforts.

The letter from White House Counsel Will Scharf sent Monday to House Oversight and Government Reform ranking member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., argued that ...Read more

Rep. Laura Gillen says she missed the vote to impeach controversial Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth because she was stuck in traffic due to a police roadblock near the Capitol.

Like at least two other Democrats, the Long Island lawmaker says she planned to vote in favor of moving ahead with impeachment of Hegseth and will do so if and when the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House's top lawyer is raising the possibility of criminal investigations into House Democrats, arguing that the inquiries they plan to open into President Donald Trump and administration officials could themselves break the law.

Will Scharf, the White House counsel, made the warning in a letter dated Monday to Rep. ...Read more

BALTIMORE — With the 2028 presidential election on the horizon, Maryland’s elections administrator wants lawmakers to use next year’s legislative session to address prediction markets and strengthen protections for election judges, and to revisit a proposal regulating the influence of social media algorithms on elections.

Jared DeMarinis ...Read more

It’s not a stretch of the imagination to say that last week’s midterm election was one the most embarrassing moments of President Donald Trump’s political life. At the time of writing, Democrats have flipped 44 House seats and seven Senate seats, earning a commanding majority in both houses of Congress for the first time since 2020. The ...Read more

The stunning results of last week’s midterm elections hold important lessons for both parties. They should stop crowing and crying and start facing up to them.

Shortly after the Republicans suffered historic losses, Vice President JD Vance issued a postmortem blaming Iran, inflation and Israel. He neglected to mention how much his own ...Read more

Sweeping Democratic election wins could advance abortion access in states with tight restrictions, especially in Georgia, Iowa and Texas, where Democrats seized the governor’s office for the first time in decades.

All three states will have Democratic attorneys general, and in Georgia and Texas, Democrats will control the state House while ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — In a survey last year, Boise State researchers found a “wide range” of opinions on abortion. Twenty percent of Idahoans wanted abortion completely banned, while 25% wanted no restrictions on abortion at all.

More common, researchers found, were Idahoans who wanted some abortion access — at least through the first ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House and Senate Republicans picked their new campaign chiefs Tuesday, tasking Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno and Georgia Rep. Brian Jack with leading the GOP campaign arms for the 2028 election cycle.

In their new positions, both will spearhead Republicans’ push to win back majorities on Capitol Hill after Democrats seized control of...Read more

MIAMI — Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar was declared the winner Tuesday in the tight race for Florida’s 27th Congressional District against Democrat Eliott Rodriguez following a contentious recount that lasted nearly two days and took a brief detour through federal court.

The Miami-Dade Canvassing Board, after recounting 247,952 ...Read more

A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump can proceed with his $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corp. over a misleading edit of a speech he gave to supporters before they attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz in Miami on Tuesday denied the BBC’s request to dismiss Trump’s ...Read more

MIAMI — Republican U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar was declared the winner Tuesday in the tight race for Florida’s 27th Congressional District against Democrat Eliott Rodriguez following a contentious recount that lasted nearly two days and took a brief detour through federal court.

The Miami-Dade Canvassing Board, after recounting 247,952 ...Read more

House Republicans on Tuesday successfully blocked an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his handling of the Iran war and other alleged “high crimes” against the nation, handing President Donald Trump and his embattled defense secretary a win.

“The Democrats’ attempt to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans blocked the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for U.S. military actions in the Middle East and Latin America, effectively killing the effort until Democrats take over Congress in January.

GOP leaders forced a procedural vote to block quick consideration of the impeachment measure introduced on Monday...Read more