Deirdre Walsh
President Biden used the high-profile speech to draw a contrast with his 2024 likely opponent, former President Donald Trump. He hit on the economy, abortion, the Mideast and the border.
The Senate voted 88-9 to approve a short-term spending bill to fund the government through Nov. 17. President Biden signed the bill into law shortly afterward.
The panel will take up criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump on at least three charges: insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress and conspiracy to defraud the United States.
A House panel investigating the attack on the Capitol holds its ninth public hearing, potentially the final one ahead of the release of its wrap-up report.
It’s been nearly a year of gathering information — via depositions, subpoenas, hearings, document dumps and court challenges — for the House select committee investigating the siege of the Capitol.
With Justice Stephen Breyer stepping down, President Biden has his first nomination to the high court. He campaigned on picking a Black woman for the lifetime appointment.
Arizona Sen. Sinema’s opposition to increasing taxes on corporations forced Democrats to rework how they pay for their spending bill. But negotiators have come up with an alternative they agree on.
The first House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection featured raw and emotional testimony from four law enforcement officers. Here’s what you need to know.
President Biden made the pitch for a larger federal role, framed new programs aiding children as essential for the middle class and marked history in the House chamber with two top women.
The Senate will debate a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill and aim to pass it using a process that avoids a Republican filibuster. A battle over efforts to raise the minimum wage still splits Democrats.
House managers used the first of their two days for arguments to present new footage from security cameras showing how close the rioters got to Vice President Pence, lawmakers and staff on Jan. 6.
House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin opened the trial with video of the scenes of pro-Trump rioters breaching Capitol on Jan. 6. Many senators panned the former president’s defense team.
President Trump became the first president impeached twice after the House voted to approve an article on inciting an insurrection. It’s unlikely enough Republicans will join Democrats to convict him.
President Trump made history, the siege on the Capitol exposed splits in the GOP party that are likely to remain, Biden’s agenda will now compete with a Senate trial and the Capitol is a fortress.
The article of impeachment accuses President Trump of “incitement of insurrection” for his comments and actions leading up to last week’s riot at the Capitol. Watch the proceedings live at 9 a.m. ET.
More than half of House Democrats back articles of impeachment and are pressing leaders to reconvene next week to vote on them. Leaders warn if the president isn’t removed they will proceed.
Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, according to the AP, inching the Senate closer to a Democratic majority. Jon Ossoff currently leads Republican David Perdue.
Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff both need to defeat GOP Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, respectively, for Democrats to win control of the Senate. With one win, the GOP keeps the gavel.