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Goods and services are getting much more expensive, and gas prices have hit another high. The recognized cure for inflation is to raise interest rates and slow the economy. But those hikes will hurt too, leading to job and wage losses.

A bipartisan group of more than 100 mayors on Tuesday endorsed President Joe Biden's nominee to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as the White House races to garner enough support to get Steve Dettelbach confirmed by the Senate.

Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was asked a very simple question by Fox's Bret Baier on Monday: "Do you think Donald Trump was a threat to democracy?"

President Joe Biden on Tuesday is gearing up to blast Republicans and Russia's war in Ukraine for troubling economic news as he tries to shift focus away from mounting worries that are threatening his party in this year's elections.

Fewer competitive House districts means that some of 2022's most consequential congressional elections are happening well before November. The real action in many districts is this spring and summer as Republican and Democratic candidates jockey for their parties' nominations.

The US is providing more than $800 million in new humanitarian assistance to the Syrian people to continue helping those impacted by the Syrian war, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced while speaking in Brussels at a conference to support Syria.

A House panel will hold an open congressional hearing next Tuesday about UFOs for the first time in over 50 years.

Well, I guess the kidding around is pretty much over.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy heaped praised on former President Donald Trump at a Dallas fundraiser on Monday evening, calling him Republicans' "secret weapon" and suggesting he could become president again, according to sources in the room.

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It's a refrain that former Sen. David Perdue has made a centerpiece of his campaign for governor in Georgia.

States are expected to receive a total of more than $100 billion in extra federal Medicaid funds to help them get through the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis released Tuesday. That's more than double what they are projected to spend on the growth in Medicaid enrollees.

North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer was asked recently by CNN about former Sen. David Perdue's embrace of election denialism in his run for Georgia governor.

Sen. Mitch McConnell suggested to USA Today that Republicans could enact a nationwide abortion ban. But he's ruled out the idea of ending the filibuster in order to ban abortion. That would mean Republicans might never have the votes to ban abortion at the federal level.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slightly nudged the door open last week when he said "it's possible" the GOP could move to ban abortion nationwide.

President Joe Biden called on Congress to "immediately" pass a nearly $40 billion Ukrainian aid bill, warning for the first time that existing aid will run out in "approximately ten days."

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told former Defense Secretary Mark Esper he was "this close" to resigning on the spot after a contentious Oval Office meeting with then-President Donald Trump in the summer of 2020.

In just a week, the leaked draft Supreme Court opinion that could overturn Roe v. Wade has transformed US politics.

If Rep. Alex Mooney wants voters in West Virginia to know one thing about his campaign, it's that he -- not his Republican primary opponent, Rep. David McKinley -- is the candidate backed by former President Donald Trump.

Members of the US Senate passed a bipartisan bill Monday that would expand security protection to the immediate family members of Supreme Court justices, following recent protests at some justices' homes.