GOP senators are considering opposition to President Biden's nominee, Jack Lew, for Israel ambassadorship due to his controversial record on Iran relations while treasury secretary.

The House of Representatives could finally get a new speaker on Tuesday after its last leader was ousted in a historic first earlier this month.

Former President Trump is expected in court in New York City Tuesday for the civil trial against his family and business empire as New York Attorney General Letitia James seeks to make her case that the Trump Organization fraudulently overvalued its assets.

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is demanding that the Department of Homeland Security deport any foreign nationals who have voiced support for Hamas' terrorist attacks on Israel.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Monday that it would be a good idea for the nation's highest court to adopt a formal code of conduct, but she said the nine justices already agree that they should hold themselves to the highest ethical standards possible.

President Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday in a show of solidarity with the Jewish state in the wake of the surprise terror attack by the terrorist organization Hamas earlier this month.

Rep. Jim Jordan gained significant momentum in his quest for the speaker's gavel but is still working to convince Republican holdouts to provide enough support to win in a floor vote Tuesday.

The Justice Department is appealing the length of prison sentences for four Proud Boys leaders convicted of seditious conspiracy in the U.S. Capitol attack, challenging punishments that were significantly shorter than what prosecutors had recommended, according to court filings on Monday.

Doubling down on the hard-line immigration policies that have long animated his base, former President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to bar refugees from Gaza and immediately expand his first-term Muslim travel ban if he wins a second term following the deadly attack on Israel last week.

Former U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer cannot defer his surrender next month to serve a nearly two-year prison sentence resulting from his insider trading conviction because there was overwhelming evidence of his crimes, a federal judge said Monday.