House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday took a jab at Rep. Matt Gaetz over reports the conservative rebel is offering committee subpoena power to Democrats in exchange for votes to help oust the speaker.

Former President Donald Trump is attacking the judge and New York attorney general involved in the civil trial against his business that began Monday and could last months.

Rep. Thomas Massie, a longtime conservative maverick, is waving caution flags over Rep. Matt Gaetz's threat to try to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy this week.

It’s normal, if mildly corrupt, for presidents to appoint their top fundraisers to ambassadorships. It’s remarkable that Democrats have transferred one of their top fundraisers to a U.S. Senate seat.

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — Washington County native David McCormick secured the Pennsylvania Republican Party's endorsement this weekend in his bid to unseat Democrat Bob Casey, the Scranton incumbent who has held the U.S. Senate seat since January of 2007.

More than two years before the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) promised to appoint a black woman to replace the senator should Feinstein resign. Predictably, the 90-year-old senator never did, instead dying in office last week, leaving the governor in the same predicament as then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2020.

Roughly three-quarters of voters believe President Biden is too old to serve another term effectively, according to a poll published Monday, a sizable gap compared to those who view former President Trump as too old despite their small age difference. A Monmouth University poll found 76 percent of voters think Biden is too old to...

Republican retired Air Force brigadier General John Teichert jumped into the race to represent Maryland in the Senate on Monday. Teichert announced his candidacy for the seat held by Sen. Ben Cardin (D), who announced earlier this year that he wouldn’t run for reelection. "I have spent the last 33 years defending our country and...

Former Secretary of State and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton on Monday penned a tribute to her late colleague, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), describing her as a champion of democracy, who was “brave, honorable, honest and unafraid to do what was right for her constituents and her country.”  In an opinion piece in The Washington...

When realist theorists of foreign policy start talking about morality, it may be worth heading for the hills — or scratching your head and paying some attention.