House Republicans narrowly passed high-stakes legislation raising the debt limit on Wednesday in a gambit to force President Biden to begin negotiations in earnest on cutting spending in exchange for lifting the cap on how much the federal government can borrow to meet expenses.

Some puzzle over President Biden's big reveal this week -- we're talking about his grand announcement that he plans to run for reelection in 2024. Observers are pondering the motive, and parsing the timing of the event.

Steven Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, faced fire Wednesday from House Republican lawmakers over his alleged lack of expertise and candor in his position.

A federal judge in Iowa has ruled against former U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes, who filed lawsuits claiming he was defamed by articles published by Esquire magazine about his family's Iowa dairy farm.