Senate Democrats are scrambling to confirm this week the remaining military promotions blocked by Sen. Tommy Tuberville before lawmakers head home Thursday for the rest of the year.

House lawmakers advanced a resolution Tuesday to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, setting up a floor vote as early as Wednesday to formally endorse an investigation into whether Mr. Biden engaged in influence peddling with his family while serving as vice president.

The government of new Polish Prime Minister Donald won a confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday.

President Biden on Tuesday announced that he has approved another $200 million in military aid for Ukraine during a White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while Congress is stalled on a much larger aid package.

Six Republican senators are demanding the Biden administration rescind a new rule that gives states and municipalities more time to find ways to spend billions in unused federal COVID-19 relief despite the pandemic having ended.

Ron DeSantis has visited each of Iowa's 99 counties. He has the endorsement of the governor and boasts the largest get-out-the-vote operation in the state. And he has predicted victory in Iowa's Jan. 15 caucuses.

New York's highest court on Tuesday ordered the state to draw new congressional districts ahead of the 2024 elections, giving Democrats a potential advantage in what is expected to be a battleground for control of the U.S. House.

President Biden finds himself trapped, demanding nearly $100 billion from Congress to help Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan defend their borders, but reluctant to negotiate with Republicans over the kind of policy changes experts say would reduce the flood of illegal immigrants.

Philadelphia has reached a settlement with an illegal immigrant student and his family after a school principal inquired about the boy's legal status, a violation of the city's sanctuary policy.

Planned Parenthood affiliates raked in nearly $2 billion in federal funds from 2019-21, including millions in forgiven pandemic loans, even though Republicans contend that the nation's largest abortion provider should have been ineligible for the small-business program.