Speaker Mike Johnson is attempting to stave off a mutiny after less than six months on the job, and his hold on the top leadership spot could hinge on a package of foreign aid bills the House planned to vote on this week.

The House finally delivered articles impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, kicking off what's expected to be an abbreviated process Democrats have vowed will end in acquittal.

An obscure provision in legislation to reauthorize the government's chief spying tool has raised new alarms in the Senate as it scrambles to renew the authority by a Friday deadline.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's orders during the COVID-19 pandemic that directed standalone bars to remain shuttered for safety while restaurants that serve alcohol got to reopen were "illogical" and violated the state constitution, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

The first seven jurors were chosen Tuesday in a New York trial to decide whether former President Donald Trump criminally concealed hush money payments to a porn star around the 2016 election.

A reproductive rights group in Montana launched an initiative Tuesday to include a state constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights on the ballot in the general election this November. On Tuesday, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights announced that it has officially launched its signature drive to get the required 60,000 signatures from Montanans by June 21 to...

Google employees in two different offices protested the company’s work with the Israeli government on Tuesday, objecting to a billion-dollar contract it signed with the U.S. ally in 2021. The protestors organized sit-ins in two locations, one in Sunnyvale, Calif., and the other in one of New York City's offices. The sit-in Sunnyvale office was...

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), chair of the House Freedom Caucus, in a Tuesday interview, downplayed the likelihood that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) would ultimately face an effort by his conference to oust him as speaker. In an interview on NewsNation's "The Hill" on Tuesday, Good said he was committed to working on passing urgent legislation...

White House will be imposing new sanctions on Iran, targeting Tehran’s missile and drone program, following the country’s “unprecedented” air attack on Israel, White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan announced on Tuesday. The new sanctions, set to take into effect “in the coming days,” will penalize Tehran for its attack on Israel over the...

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