President Biden awarded on Wednesday the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Cecile Richards, an abortion rights activist and former president of Planned Parenthood. During a private ceremony, Biden said Richards has “led some of our Nation’s most important civil rights causes — to lift up the dignity of workers, defend and advance women’s reproductive rights...

California voters narrowly defeated a measure to raise the minimum wage, which would have exacerbated inflation, opponents of the ballot initiative said.

Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., who is reportedly in consideration to lead the Labor Department, is traveling to Mar-a-Lago at the end of this week, Fox News Digital has learned.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra was grilled about his department's Refugee Resettlement Office and unaccompanied migrant children.

"Is there any particular reason to assume Biden is competent to be president right now? It's a very difficult job. It's a dangerous world. Extremely high-stakes decisions in Ukraine. He should resign and let Harris serve out the last 2 months," pollster Nate Silver wrote.

Lawmakers on the House Ethics Committee could not reach agreement Wednesday on whether to release their report on embattled former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is President-elect Donald Trump's choice to become attorney general.

Congressional Republicans are angry at the Veterans Affairs Department for forecasting a $3 billion budget shortfall that didn't come to fruition and want more budget oversight.