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Douglas Sacha / Getty Images A former speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives and his chief of staff were indicted on Tuesday on corruption charges, according to the Justice Department. The charges allege that [Read More…]

SOPA Images / Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, pleaded guilty Tuesday to DUI causing injury in connection to a May car crash, prosecutors said. Based on Paul Pelosi’s guilty plea, the [Read More…]

Rochlin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump allegedly had more than 700 pages of classified material in his possession, according to a May 10 letter from the National Archives to a lawyer representing Trump. [Read More…]

SDI Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Democrats are trying to keep control of a House remade by the once-a-decade redistricting process. Tuesday will offer perhaps the most visible display of the impact that post-census redistricting [Read More…]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Democratic primary battle between Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler in New York City is heading to a bitterly personal finish that’ll see one of the senior House [Read More…]

Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, the most senior and longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate, will retire at the end of this year. His new memoir, The Road [Read More…]

Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) –The U.S. government on Monday strongly discouraged former NBA player Dennis Rodman from traveling to Russia to help secure the release of detained WNBA star Brittney Griner — a trip [Read More…]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump filed a motion in federal court in Florida on Monday seeking the appointment of a special master to review materials seized by the [Read More…]

Official White House Photo by Chandler West (WASHINGTON) — Dr. Anthony Fauci will step down from his roles of director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to President [Read More…]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily halted a lower court’s ruling mandating that Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., testify before a grand jury in Georgia that [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden will end her COVID-19 isolation on Sunday after receiving two consecutive negative tests and quarantining for five days, the White House announced. Her spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander said [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, once a rising star in the Republican Party and considered a potential speaker of the House, told ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl she has no [Read More…]

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WAVERLY, Iowa) — Former Vice President Mike Pence continued to make his way through Iowa on Saturday, further fueling speculation he could be considering a 2024 presidential run. Pence spoke at the Bremer [Read More…]

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate was searched in August by FBI agents as part of what the Justice Department said is a criminal investigation into alleged classified documents taken with him [Read More…]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in Georgia has denied Sen. Lindsey Graham’s effort to delay his testimony before the Fulton County grand jury in their investigation into former President Trump’s effort to [Read More…]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, once a rising star in the Republican Party and considered a potential speaker of the House, told ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl that she has [Read More…]

Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Just ahead of Labor Day weekend, the federal government is doubling down on U.S. airlines, calling disruptions seen over the past few months “unacceptable” and demanding change.Department [Read More…]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that state officials have criminally charged 20 people for voting while ineligible during the 2020 general election. The alleged fraudsters are now [Read More…]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The designated press area at a recent Doug Mastriano event in Indiana County was a small, roped-off square tucked into the back corner of an airport hangar where [Read More…]

Mario Tama/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — After federal prosecutors unsealed charges Wednesday against a Missouri man who allegedly sent a voicemail threat to an Arizona election official last year, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer confirmed [Read More…]