President Biden is expected to announce an executive order on Tuesday that would increase the number of background checks conducted before firearm sales, the White House said, noting that the move will bring the United States “as close to universal background checks as possible” without additional legislation.

Democrat West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin aligned himself with Republicans in support of President Biden's decision to reapprove a massive oil drilling project in Alaska.

When quiet diplomacy doesn’t work to secure basic human rights for a U.S. citizen imprisoned abroad, a U.S. administration should feel obliged to unleash verbal fireworks — and then to back them up.

President Biden on Tuesday plans to announce an executive order that aims to increase the number of background checks conducted before gun sales, cracking down on firearms dealers who violate federal law. The goal of the executive order, set to be unveiled during a Biden visit to Monterey Park, Calif., is to move the U.S....

The age of American politicians in power is under scrutiny after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 81, fell at a Washington, D.C., dinner last week.

President Biden shared a personal detail from a private conversation with former President Jimmy Carter, concerning his health and a wish for his funeral.

President Joe Biden is finally endorsing congressional legislation to ban TikTok from all American mobile devices. In doing so, he is making the political calculation that it will help him seem moderate as he heads into an election cycle. But let's set aside his motives and say plainly that this is the right call. Biden should be praised for it.

Sen. Ted Cruz suggested a speech former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave at the South by Southwest conference over the weekend was approved or written by China.

Pat Schroeder, a former Colorado representative and pioneer for women’s and family rights in Congress, died Monday night, her former staffer announced.