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1798 episodes transcribedWith a massive humanitarian crisis in Israel and Gaza, dwindling funds for Ukraine and a rapidly approaching budget deadline, Republicans selected Jim...
Donald Trump has visited Iowa and New Hampshire more frequently in recent months, though skipping the retail politicking that has historically defined...
The conservative Louisiana Republican has now been backed by his primary rival in the race for Speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio. But it is not yet cle...
Republicans must pick a Speaker of the House before Congress can pass any legislation — and are facing new pressure to move quickly in order to respon...
This summer, the Supreme Court overturned the legality of race-based affirmative action at higher education institutions everywhere, with one glaring...
And U.S. officials are likely to show up empty-handed to a international meeting coordinating aid to Ukraine as House Republicans block additional fun...
According to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, 49% of Americans believe he has done something illegal and an additional 26 percent believe he...
Concern from some Republicans over abortion — and resurgent skepticism of foreign aid — could severely curb the effectiveness of the AIDS prevention p...
Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida was joined by seven other Republicans and the Democratic party in a first-of-its-kind maneuver. There is no plan for what c...
Speaker McCarthy, unable to marshal his conference, relied on Democrats to fund the federal government for another 45 days. The deal puts his job in j...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, is dead at 90. The government is about to shutdown over intra-GOP disagreements. And Biden gave a speec...
The hearing focused on the business practices of his son's efforts and insinuations that, while serving as vice president, Biden used his office to en...
Seven Republican primary candidates not named Donald Trump debated Wednesday night in the Reagan Library in California. There were some interesting po...
In what is likely a first, the sitting president of the United States joined a picket line. Biden made a brief stop in Michigan wearing a ball cap and...
Senator Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, is facing federal bribery charges. Federal agents found hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gold...
Congress has left town as House Republicans infighting appears doomed to shutdown the government next week. And both Donald Trump and President Biden...
Closed primaries — where only members of that political party can vote — are effectively the final say in the vast majority of House of Representative...
The former president is evidently trying to shore up support with working class voters in Michigan. He narrowly lost the state in 2020.The autoworkers...
The governor of North Dakota is running to be the Republican nominee for president after a long career in business and two elections to the governor's...
The country's wartime president heads to the United Nations and to Capitol Hill this week to make the case for more support. But the topic of further...
