House Republicans are preparing a stopgap spending measure to avoid a government shutdown, facing their return from the summer recess with only 12 legislative days before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.
President Biden is hailing the one-year anniversary of his signature Inflation Reduction Act by pitching it as a catalyst for economic growth, rather than his initial claims that it would be a prescription for high prices plaguing consumers.
An ex-FBI official who was part of the bureau's Trump-Russian collusion probe into former President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with a Russian oligarch, the Justice Department announced.
Former President Donald Trump's 18 co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case range from high-powered national political figures to previously obscure county elections officials.
Congressional leaders are pitching a stopgap government funding package to avoid a federal shutdown after next month, acknowledging the House and Senate are nowhere near agreement on spending levels to keep federal operations running.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday inexplicably claimed he witnessed the collapse of a Pittsburgh bridge, even though it was well-documented that it fell apart hours before he visited the city.
PITTSBURGH — Republican state Rep. Rob Mercuri said Tuesday he would seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. House seat held by freshman Democrat Chris Deluzio in what is projected to be one of the nation's most competitive congressional races in the country next year.
TRUMP INDICTMENT FOUR: TOO MUCH. The MSNBC coverage of Trump Indictment Four, running late Monday night into early Tuesday morning, had an odd undertone. The network's stars had gathered for the Big Event, but something seemed just a little wrong. They seemed like children who had gotten much more than they asked for for Christmas: a little overwhelmed and confused. They were happy, of course, but worried it might be too much.