Democrats aren't finished with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and they're using the Senate confirmation hearing for his potential second in command as an opportunity to grill him on the Trump's administration's potential ties to Russia and the President's baseless claim of being wiretapped by his predecessor.
Members of the House Freedom Caucus appear still convinced House leadership doesn't have the 218 votes it needs to pass its version of Obamacare repeal, and they aren't buying the arguments made by the bill's supporters Tuesday evening that the House bill is a take-it-or-leave-it proposition.
President Donald Trump will nominate acting Solicitor General Noel Francisco to permanently fill that position, according to a senior administration official.
The top Republicans investigating Russia's interference in the US election declined Tuesday to back up President Donald Trump's claims that then-President Barack Obama wiretapped his Manhattan headquarters last year -- leaving the White House on its own to explain the stunning allegation.
Hillary Clinton, speaking at a women's empowerment event in New York on Tuesday, stressed the need for more women in politics, while joking about her own resilience after November election lost to President Donald Trump.
The Trump administration is planning to ask for a relatively small amount of money to start building the President's long-promised border wall this year -- far short of estimates of what the wall might cost, according to preliminary numbers shared with CNN.
Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said he now believes that Attorney General Jeff Sessions committed perjury during his confirmation hearing when he did not disclose meetings with a Russian ambassador.
President Donald Trump and AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka met at the White House hours before the union president blasted the health care plan backed by House Republicans and the Trump administration on Tuesday.
For a group of women around the country, marches in Washington D.C. or their hometowns were a spark. It wasn't enough to just rally against Donald Trump if they wanted change. They had to become candidates themselves.
Well-financed Republican interest groups redrew familiar battle lines on Tuesday as the GOP plan to replace Obamacare encountered significant headwinds within the party's own ranks.
The US military has found that three Green Beret soldiers shot in Jordan followed proper procedures, despite initial Jordanian media claims to the contrary.
House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes announced Tuesday the first public hearing in their investigation into Russia's meddling in the US election last year will be March 20.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, pitching a GOP plan to replace Obamacare, avoided repeating the Obama-era promise that if patients like their current doctor they'll be able to keep that doctor under the Republican measure.
Two former GOP primary rivals buried the hatchet and swapped digits Tuesday: President Donald Trump had lunch with Sen. Lindsey Graham at the White House.
The State Department will hold a news conference Tuesday for the first time since President Donald Trump took office, ending a nearly two-month silent spell that has vexed the press corps inside the building and diplomats who follow the briefings from afar.
Low-income Americans may have to prioritize purchasing health care coverage over gadgets such as iPhones under Republicans' Obamacare replacement plan, House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said Tuesday.
A White House statement congratulating ExxonMobil for increasing investment in Texas and Louisiana cribbed multiple lines from the oil giant's statement without citation.
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