Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY, abruptly stopped speaking Wednesday during a press event at the U.S. Capitol. Midway through his speech he paused, froze, and was then ushered to the side of the podium.
The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday for the 11th time in 17 months, a streak of hikes that are intended to curb inflation but that also carry the risk of going too far and triggering a recession.
Gov. Roy Cooper's administration is aiming to extend Medicaid coverage to hundreds of thousands of low-income adults starting Oct. 1, but that date depends on lawmakers completing the last step necessary to implement the expansion legislation he signed into law months ago.
Allowing transgender Kansas residents to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to force the state to list the sex they were assigned at birth on their driver's licenses would create a legal "morass," the state's Republican attorney general argued in a new court filing.
Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to tax fraud and a gun charge after a federal judge asked for more information from lawyers about the deal struck between prosecutors and defense attorneys.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas wanted the public to know he wasn't smiling Wednesday as he faced intense criticism from Republicans over his job performance.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said impeachment is not off the table for other Biden Cabinet members just because Speaker Kevin McCarthy raised the possibility of an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.
President Biden picked Harry Coker, a national security professional with experience at the CIA and National Security Agency, to fill the vacant National Cyber Director position responsible for coordinating federal cyber policy.
Bringing some excitement to Washington, purported UFO whistleblower David Grusch testified before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. Grusch was joined by two former United States Navy aviators, Commander David Fravor (ret.) and Ryan Graves (ret.).