The small group of conservative lawmakers that has paralyzed the House is pushing Speaker Kevin McCarthy to back the defunding of more than 1,100 unauthorized federal programs in the upcoming government spending fight.
Social conservatives may get some more company in the very near future. And that company would come from other conservatives. So says a Gallup poll, with lots of numbers.
House Republican lawmakers raised concerns with major banks Monday about voluntarily providing the FBI and other federal law-enforcement agencies with customers' private financial data during investigations of the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The Biden administration on Monday urged states to slow down their purge of Medicaid rolls, citing concerns that large numbers of lower-income people are losing health care coverage due to administrative reasons.
A top White House official accused of misleading the public on China's plans to build a spy station in Cuba said Monday that he was constrained by the sensitive nature of a media report on the potential national-security threat to the U.S.
Uncle Sam's income has plummeted this year, sending the federal deficit spiraling deeper into the red than analysts had predicted and leaving officials grasping for answers.
Hopes were dashed Monday for an imminent end to a Senate standoff that has delayed the promotions of more than 200 military officers and could delay the confirmation of President Joe Biden's pick for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Former Obama and Bush administration officials are calling for the recusal of the judge who has been tapped to oversee the charges against former President Donald Trump stemming from his handling of classified documents.
A top executive for the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma who allegedly bribed then-Vice President Joseph R. Biden with a $5 million payment in 2016 referred to Mr. Biden as the "big guy," according to a secret FBI memo involving a paid informant.