Numbers speak the loudest as the Republican Party approaches its first 100 days as the House majority in the 118th Congress. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican, noted that 59 bills have been passed in his chamber so far -- compared to 37 bills passed by the House in the comparable period during the Democratic-controlled 117th Congress.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who will need to win evangelical voters if he decides to enter the 2024 Republican presidential primary, is poised to sign a new bill imposing one of the strictest abortion limits in the nation.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he's returning to Congress Monday after a nearly six-week absence recovering from a concussion suffered in a fall.
A potential primary challenger to Republican first-term Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah took a major step Thursday toward jumping into next year's race, expected to be one of the GOP's hardest-fought contests in 2024.
New revelations that a major contributor to Democrats helped finance a lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of rape is fresh reason to delay this month's trial for a month, a lawyer for the former president said Thursday. But his accuser's attorney claims Trump just wants to avoid trial.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is being called out for a racially-charged college newspaper editorial he wrote in 1992 that compared Black conservatives to slaves.
Anyone in South Carolina who is charged with a violent crime or gun-involved felony while awaiting trial for additional and similar charges would see their bond immediately revoked under legislation that unanimously passed the state Senate on Wednesday, with strong support from Republican Gov. Henry McMaster.
Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina said Thursday that he supports a federal abortion ban after 20 weeks of pregnancy and would sign such legislation into law if he became president.
In a landmark decision from the new conglomerate of Warner Bros. Discovery, the bestselling book series of all time is getting a second shot on camera. The Harry Potter saga, which Warner Bros. previously produced into the fourth-highest-grossing film series, will become a “faithful” decadelong series for HBO Max (soon to be stupidly shortened to just “Max”).