Pennsylvania's state Supreme Court on Monday weighed in on a flashpoint amid ongoing vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick, ordering counties not to count mail-in ballots that lack a correct handwritten date on the return envelope.

President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Federal Communications Commission is taking aim at NewsGuard, the media-monitoring company that works to sideline and demonetize some conservative outlets and non-legacy media by labeling them "misinformation."

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is running to lead the Democratic National Committee following the party losing the presidential election and seats in Congress.

President Biden on Monday asked Congress to approve $100 billion in aid to help Americans affected by natural disasters, including Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shrugged off the kerfuffle over her disappearing pronouns, saying she had to drop them from her X bio for space considerations.

Just two weeks after Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump already is acting in ways more suited to a self-indulgent, power-mad Roman emperor than to the president of a constitutional republic. More than a few of Trump’s early personnel announcements, combined with his demands and threats to greatly augment executive power, make clear that service to […]

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) gathered privately for a “productive” meeting last week, a source familiar with the situation and the congresswoman told The Hill, the latest sign of easing tensions between the two. The huddle — which took place Wednesday night of last week and ran for more than...

Senate Democrats are expected to vote late into the night Monday in a frantic effort to confirm as many of President Biden’s nominees to the federal judiciary as possible before President-elect Trump takes over in January. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told colleagues on the Senate floor Monday that the Democratic majority “will keep...

The House on Monday passed a massive bill that will fund a range of veterans care services and increase opportunities for retired service members in the workforce and education. The Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, known as the Dole Act, passed on a bipartisan 389-9 vote. The bill is...

Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.), the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, said she thinks the panel’s report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) should be released. Wild answered “yes” when asked whether the panel should release its report on Gaetz, who President-elect Trump nominated to be attorney general last week. “We have a scheduled...