Virginia Rep. Donald McEachin dies at age 61
US Rep. Donald McEachin, a Virginia Democrat, died Monday, according to a statement from his office. He was 61.
Rural Arizona county delays certifying midterm results as election disputes persist
Officials in a rural Arizona county Monday delayed the certification of November's midterm elections, missing the legal deadline and leading the Arizona secretary of state's office to sue over the county's failure to sign off on the results.
Final January 6 committee report expected to focus on issues beyond Trump efforts
Members of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection are in active discussions about what to include in the panel's final report but expect it will focus on issues beyond how former President Donald Trump's efforts to prevent the peaceful transfer of power fueled the violence that day.
These are the end-of-year political showdowns that will help decide America’s future
America is heading for a year-end political collision that will set the stage for showdowns between the new Republican-led House and the Democrats who still wield power in the Senate and White House.
First lady Jill Biden chooses ‘We the People’ as theme for White House holiday decorations
First lady Jill Biden has chosen "We the People" as the theme for the seasonal White House holiday decorations, according to a release from the East Wing.
Election deniers faced defeat but election denialism is still swirling in Arizona
Many of the candidates who promoted former President Donald Trump's lies that the 2020 election was "rigged" and "stolen" were defeated in November, a pattern heralded by Democrats that is already reshaping the contours of the 2024 election -- leading the former president to modulate his tone when he recently launched another bid for the
McCarthy tries to boost his conservative bona fides as pro-Trump lawmakers threaten his speaker bid
Three weeks before the midterm elections, Kevin McCarthy enraged the pro-Trump House Freedom Caucus after the GOP leader publicly suggested he has yet to see any impeachable offenses committed by the Biden administration.
A record number of women will serve in the next Congress
A record number of women will be elected to Congress this year, CNN projects -- but barely.
Ending a ‘nightmare’ in Venezuela: How the US government brought seven Americans home
On October 1, five of the so-called Citgo 6 were woken up early in their Venezuelan prison by a guard telling them to "get dressed up properly."
Two pro wrestlers developed ‘The Progressive Liberal’ to be the bad guy at matches. Then the atmosphere turned far darker
Back in the late 1980s, when Beau James started pro wrestling, the crowds came for a show between good and evil, to see a story about heroes and villains, to enjoy the bouts and then go home.