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With the move, Democrats will still maintain control of the Senate. Two other members of the party's caucus already identify as independents.

President Biden next week will announce U.S. support for the African Union to become a permanent member of the G20, a step long pushed by African nations.

The Justice Department sought a contempt order from the chief judge amid a dispute over whether all classified documents have been returned by Trump's legal team.

The right-wing group's social media promotions serve as a de facto ordering of who's in and out of power.

What you need to know about the Mar-a-Lago documents, the Jan. 6 investigation, the Georgia elections probe and the New York fraud lawsuit, among othes.

Andy Raymond was jailed on felony assault charges after authorities say he fired two rounds at a moving, unmarked police SUV.

Here are the lawmakers who are likely to decide McCarthy's fate in January's House speaker election.

Follow live results where 291 Republican election deniers, who disputed the 2020 election results, are winning or losing their 2022 midterm election races.

Defections like the one by Kyrsten Sinema have happened more than a dozen times in the past century, only occasionally reshaping power.

Sinema looked set to face an arduous primary if she sought reelection as a Democrat, so the move makes some sense for her personally. But what about the political impact more broadly?

Anthony S. Fauci, a public face of the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, said he is alarmed by the harassment of his wife and children.

He helped shape some of the most significant federal laws of the past 50 years, becoming an eminence of Capitol Hill in his own right.

The filing marked the official end of Donald Trump’s request for an outside review of documents seized by the FBI in a court-authorized search.

On the other side of the Capitol, the Democratic-lead House passed a bill to protect same-sex marriages, clearing the way for President Biden to sign it.

Republicans see racism against Whites as a bigger problem than antisemitism.

Many of the 47 Republicans who backed the Respect for Marriage Act are being targeted by Democrats in the midterm elections or are retiring from Congress.