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Attorney General Pam Bondi sparred with Democratic lawmakers and faced pointed questions from a Republican ally during a contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, as the Justice Department’s handling of Jeffrey Epstein records and its pursuit of President Donald Trump’s critics fueled hours of heated exchanges. The roughly 4½-hour hearing …

The U.S. House passed legislation Wednesday that would require the public to produce a passport or birth certificate in most cases to register to vote, less than a year out from November midterm elections. The 218-213 vote split mostly along party lines, with one Democrat, Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, breaking …

The House voted Wednesday to overturn President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, with six Republicans joining nearly all Democrats in a bipartisan rebuke of a key pillar of the president’s trade agenda. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., passed 219-211. But the measure is largely symbolic for now: …

The House is set to vote Wednesday on the SAVE America Act, legislation that would impose strict new requirements for registering to vote and casting ballots in federal elections, a move Democrats warn would disenfranchise millions of eligible voters. The bill would require Americans to provide documentary proof of citizenship …

The Trump administration unsuccessfully sought indictments Tuesday against six Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the military and intelligence communities not to comply with unlawful orders, according to three people familiar with the matter. The failed bid, pursued by the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia, …

Members of Congress are leaving Capitol Hill at a historically high rate ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, driven by a mix of personal considerations, political calculations and growing frustration with an increasingly toxic and gridlocked institution. Some say it is simply time to retire. Others want to focus on …

Progressive activist Analilia Mejia declared victory in the 11th Congressional District’s special Democratic primary on Tuesday, a stunning upset in the closely watched race to succeed Gov. Mikie Sherrill in Congress. Mejia celebrated her victory after the runner-up, former Rep. Tom Malinowski, conceded his defeat. The Associated Press has yet …

President Donald Trump’s top immigration officials appeared before Congress on Tuesday for the first time since the fatal shootings of two American citizens in Minneapolis, seeking to defend their agencies’ actions as lawmakers pressed them over accountability, transparency and the scope of nationwide immigration enforcement operations. Todd Lyons, the acting …

President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to block the opening of a major new international bridge linking Detroit to Canada, demanding that Canada hand over at least half ownership of the project and agree to additional unspecified conditions in his latest escalation over cross-border trade. In a lengthy social media …

Democrats have opened tentative talks with the White House over demands for sweeping new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown, just days before funding for the Department of Homeland Security is set to expire and another partial government shutdown threatens. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that …

Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate and convicted co-conspirator of financier Jeffrey Epstein, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a closed-door virtual deposition with the House Oversight Committee on Monday, according to Chairman James Comer and lawmakers who attended the session. “This is obviously very disappointing,” Comer, a Kentucky …

President Donald Trump decided to exclude Democratic governors from a traditional annual meeting at the White House and to disinvite several others from a black-tie dinner, according to the White House, the governors and the National Governors Association. The National Governors Association organizes the bipartisan winter gathering that usually includes …

President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education has created a crisis that critics long feared: leaving marginalized students vulnerable to misconduct with little federal intervention. A new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a nonpartisan arm of Congress, paints a damning picture of how mass layoffs …

Louisiana Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez won a decisive victory Saturday in a special election for a state House seat in a district President Donald Trump carried by double digits in 2024, delivering another warning sign for Republicans amid a string of Democratic overperformances in special elections. Martinez defeated Republican Brad …

For many Democrats, the mood during President Donald Trump’s first year back in office has been decidedly grim. But at a Saturday campaign rally in Atlanta, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff told voters that “the first light of dawn is on the horizon.” In a 30-minute speech at the Georgia International …