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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has extended the House proxy voting period until the end of June, citing the public health emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former President Donald Trump will headline the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) Leadership Forum later this month.
President Biden scrambled Thursday to show he is on top of the baby formula shortage as frustrated parents and Republicans slammed the administration for getting caught flat-footed and sending scarce formula to illegal immigrants while American parents stare at empty store shelves.
Democrats are pointing the finger at the Food and Drug Administration for acting too slowly in investigating a major company that manufactures infant formula, a case that led to a supply shortage of the product across the country.
House GOP lawmakers interested in taking the helm of the Republican Study Committee in November have begun seeking support of their fellow members of the largest conservative faction in Congress.
Former President Donald Trump embraced the notion that his movement was "ultra-MAGA" Wednesday morning, a term that President Biden deployed Tuesday to deride his Republican predecessor and his most ardent supporters.
Those whom President Biden branded derisively "Ultra-MAGA" on Tuesday were quick to embrace it and warn Democrats that waging war on the Trump agenda was tantamount to waging war on the American dream.
Things got ugly Monday when former Rep. Allen West announced he was challenging National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre at the organization's annual meeting later this month.
Second Amendment advocates scored a string of victories in recent years to expand to 25 states the right to carry a concealed handgun without a permit, or what is known as "constitutional carry."
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul suggested Thursday that federal taxpayers could fund her state's abortion services if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
A GOP super PAC has hit scandal-magnet Rep. Madison Cawthorn with a slew of attack ads in the past month in an effort to oust the Republican freshman in the upcoming North Carolina primary.
The House Republican's campaign committee on Tuesday described Democrats' pivot to Roe v. Wade as a "desperate" bid to make the elections about anything other than America's economic woes.
Congressional Democrats said Tuesday that the leaked draft of a Supreme Court ruling to overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide will energize their voters in November, predicting a seismic shift in a midterm campaign that had them playing defense amid record-high inflation and accusations of weak leadership from President Biden.
Sen. Sherrod Brown blamed the conservative majority on the Supreme Court Tuesday for the unprecedented leak of a draft opinion that would gut the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
House Republicans' internal polling shows their candidate ahead in a race for a longtime Democrat-held seat in Texas that will be decided in a special election next month.
Republicans dominate the list of the most popular governors in the country, with Democrats numbering among the least popular, according to a new survey.
Rep. Madison Cawthorn was hit with an ethics complaint after a video surfaced of one of his male staff members grabbing his crotch, raising questions about the lawmaker's relationship with someone on his congressional payroll.
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer reignited his call to ban lawmakers from carrying handguns at the U.S. Capitol after Rep. Madison Cawthorn was busted with a loaded 9 mm pistol at an airport.
The blurriness of Elon Musk's politics is turning the world's richest man into both a hero and boogeyman in some of the nation's most polarizing debates.