Embattled Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez will not attend a classified all-senators briefing from U.S. officials on Israel set for Wednesday in the wake of being charged with acting as a foreign agent of Egypt.

A federal appeals court tossed out a lawsuit brought by former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake that was previously dismissed, challenging use of electronic voting machines and sought to ban them in last year's midterm elections.

Rep. Tim Burchett said he wishes President Biden weren't taking his trip to Israel.

Republicans were on track to defeating Rep. Jim Jordan in his quest for the speaker's gavel, leaving the House grappling with a second week of paralysis.

President Biden spoke Tuesday with a bipartisan group of five senators who were in Tel Aviv last weekend, to discuss providing aid to Israel in its war with Hamas.

The pitched battle over Ohio Issue 1 is looking less about abortion and more about parents' rights as opponents warn that the measure to enshrine "reproductive freedom" in the state Constitution goes beyond codifying Roe.

The House is set to gavel in to elect a new speaker Tuesday as the Republican nominee, Rep. Jim Jordan, tried to convince GOP holdouts to save his bid for the gavel.