House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) tore into a reporter Tuesday after she interrupted him during a press conference as he was speaking about his decision to reject Reps. Eric Swalwell (R-CA) and Adam Schiff (R-CA) from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
The looming debt ceiling stand-off between lawmakers in Washington, DC, is evidence of corporate America's waning influence over an increasingly populist Republican Party.
A Rasmussen Reports poll found that American adults say there are "more important" issues for companies to focus on than promoting causes like diversity and environmentalism.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy reiterated Tuesday that he will block Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell of California from serving on the House committee that oversees national intelligence, saying the decision was not based on political payback but because "integrity matters, and they have failed in that place."
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is probing several senior State Department officials' ties to President Biden's University of Pennsylvania-affiliated think tank, which sits at the center of his classified-document scandal.
The revelation Tuesday that classified documents were discovered at former Vice President Mike Pence's home in Indiana threatens to change the political and legal landscape under Justice Department probes of former President Donald Trump and President Biden mishandling government secrets.
A Clayton County Democrat resigned from the Georgia House of Representatives, triggering a March special election, according to a proclamation issued Monday by Gov. Brian Kemp.
Lawmakers have the opportunity for a bipartisan win as Congress debates legislation to prevent future releases of the nation's emergency oil reserves from landing in the hands of Chinese companies.
The Federal Trade Commission is weighing a national ban on noncompete agreements -- a move that would greatly expand the agency's power over businesses if it survives a court challenge.