House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that Democrats need to have legislative text on the larger Build Back Better Act agreed to by the White House to assure progressives ahead of a Thursday vote on a separate bipartisan infrastructure bill, though moderate Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin told CNN "that won't happen."
The select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection has issued its second round of subpoenas, this time targeting individuals involved in the planning and organization of the "Stop the Steal" rally that served as a prelude to the riot at the US Capitol and other rallies organized in the lead up to the day of the attack.
The House on Wednesday voted 219-212 to suspend the nation's debt limit until December 2022, with just weeks to go before the country is expected to reach its borrowing limit.
Two men who spent 40 minutes in the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection were each sentenced to 45 days in prison on Wednesday, marking the time first time non-violent rioters who were not already incarcerated will be sent to jail.
The Senate Parliamentarian on Wednesday rejected Democrats' second attempt to try to include a pathway to legalization for immigrants in a bill that could be passed with just Democratic support, a source tells CNN.
In briefs filed Wednesday in the Justice Department's challenge to Texas' abortion ban, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton touted the trips Texas women are making out of state to obtain abortions as a point in his favor in defending the law.
House Republican leaders are launching an all-out campaign to sink a bipartisan infrastructure bill, as Democratic leaders struggle to unite their caucus around the legislation ahead of a high-stakes floor vote on Thursday.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is defending her proposal to use the state's allotment of coronavirus relief funds to build new prisons in the state after receiving criticism from Democrats.
The White House believes vaccine requirements for large private companies are still weeks away from being implemented, weeks after President Joe Biden announced the new mandates were coming.
When Democrats passed a one-year expansion of the child tax credit in their Covid relief bill earlier this year, it was seen by many in the party as a triumph, a move that could reduce child poverty by nearly half this year.
Approximately 4,600 Haitians have been removed from the United States on repatriation flights from Texas to Haiti since September 19, a Homeland Security spokesperson told CNN on Wednesday.
Nearly a dozen states have enacted laws this year that pave the way for election subversion, and additional proposals are gaining momentum in other states, according to a new tally by a nonpartisan group that tracks election-related bills.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that the Senate could take action "as early as today" on a stopgap funding bill to keep the government funded through early December and avert a shutdown this week.
Matthew Dowd, a former strategist for George W. Bush's presidential reelection campaign, announced Wednesday he would launch a campaign as a Democrat against Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in next year's midterm election.
During a Senate hearing on Tuesday over the frenzied US withdrawal from Afghanistan, top generals seemingly contradicted earlier claims from President Joe Biden on the administration's plan to remove troops.
In a moment when President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders sought to create desperately needed momentum to pass key parts of the President's agenda, everything appeared to turn in the exact opposite direction.
Liz Cheney is going to New Hampshire. She's getting her political operation in order. And she's raising money like mad from icons of the Republican Party.
