House Republicans clash with Attorney General Garland, accusing him of favoring Hunter Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans clashed with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, accusing him and the Justice Department of the “weaponization” of the department’s work inRead More

What will Federal Reserve do next? Any hint of future rate hikes will be key focus of latest meeting

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is set to leave its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday as it seeks to guide the U.S. economy towardRead More

Hunter Biden tells court he plans to plead not guilty to gun charges

(CNN) — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, plans to plead not guilty to federal gun charges, he said in a court filing Tuesday. HeRead More

Florida jury pool could give Trump an advantage in classified documents case

MIAMI (AP) — The classified documents indictment of Donald Trump would seem, on paper at least, to be the most straightforward of the four criminal cases theRead More

Speaker McCarthy is running out of options to stop a shutdown as conservatives balk at a new plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was running out of options Monday as he pushed ahead with a plan to keep the federal government fromRead More

Tensions flare inside House GOP as moderates explore new plan to avoid shutdown

(CNN) — Tensions are flaring inside the House Republican conference as it barrels toward a government shutdown, with the infighting spilling out into public viewRead More

The Senate’s bipartisan approach to government funding is putting pressure on a divided House

WASHINGTON (AP) — On one side of the Capitol, two senators have steered the debate over government funding mostly clear of partisan fights, creating aRead More

Trump refuses to say in a TV interview how he watched the Jan. 6 attack unfold at the US Capitol

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined in an interview aired Sunday to answer questions about whether he watched the Capitol riot unfold onRead More

Trump skips Iowa gathering of evangelical Christians. His rivals hope for a chance to gain ground

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some of Donald Trump’s top rivals for the Republican presidential nomination addressed a large gathering of influential Iowa evangelical Christians onRead More

Texas AG Ken Paxton acquitted on 16 charges in state Senate impeachment trial

(CNN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday was acquitted in his state Senate impeachment trial, an outcome that laid bare the fierce divides within the RepublicanRead More