The January 6 insurrection hearings are getting more alarming, not less. The main lesson Tuesday may ultimately be that a far-right militia, the Oath Keepers, which has been percolating for years, marched on the Capitol believing it was doing so on behalf of the US President.
The Justice Department on Tuesday announced a task force aimed at identifying ways to protect reproductive rights in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that struck down the federal right to abortion.
For the better part of the last year, when people asked me whether I thought Donald Trump would be the Republican presidential nominee in 2024, the answer has been the same: If he runs, he will be.
Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi said Tuesday that the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has "started producing information" for the Department of Justice relevant to its request for transcripts of interviews the committee has conducted.
For Democratic Congressional staffers -- many of whom are young -- passing massive investments in clean energy tax credits to deal with the climate crisis is especially urgent.
White House officials on Tuesday acknowledged June's Consumer Price Index report is expected to show elevated inflation but argue the figures included in the report don't reflect a recent drop in energy prices and are therefore "out of date."
Vice President Kamala Harris will welcome a group of state and local officials to the White House on Wednesday as the administration seeks to draw attention to key elements of President Joe Biden's cornerstone legislative achievement.
Pennsylvania's top election officials on Tuesday sued three counties for refusing to tally undated mail-in ballots cast in the state's May 17 primary election -- in the latest confrontation between state and local officials over election administration.
The revelation that the House January 6 committee notified the Department of Justice of an alleged attempt by former President Donald Trump to contact a witness is the latest product of the panel's probe to involve law enforcement.
A heated Oval Office meeting convened by then-President Donald Trump on December 18, 2020 -- in which lawyer Sidney Powell and her client, former national security adviser Michael Flynn, floated outrageous suggestions about overturning the election -- was a central focus of Tuesday's hearing held by the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot.
Former President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly downplayed the significance of the hearings by the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has regularly asked those around him in recent days when the televised hearings are going to end -- underscoring his private fixation on the damning revelations revealed by some of the committee's witnesses.
In her opening remarks at Tuesday's January 6 committee hearing, Rep. Liz Cheney had a blunt message: Donald Trump doesn't get to play the unwitting dupe when it comes to his role in the run-up to and riot at the US Capitol.
First lady Jill Biden's office issued an apology Tuesday morning after Biden faced criticism for citing "bodegas" and "breakfast tacos" to praise Latino diversity.
Republican leaders are trying to send a not-so-subtle signal to Donald Trump these days: Do NOT announce for president before the November midterm elections.
Over the weekend at a campaign rally in Alaska, Donald Trump called billionaire businessman Elon Musk a "bullshit artist" for saying he never voted for a Republican prior to a recent special election in Texas.
