Mother of murder victim silences Dem lawmaker for downplaying violent crime hearing: ‘Don’t insult my intelligence!’
A mother whose veteran son was murdered in New York City sharply rebuked Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) on Monday for…
House GOP escalates defense of Trump with New York field hearing seeking to discredit Manhattan DA
House Republicans on the Judiciary Committee are exemplifying the lengths they are willing to go to discredit Manhattan District Attorney…
Lawmakers return to Washington as debt limit crisis and other key issues loom
Lawmakers face a lengthy to-do list as they return to the Capitol after a two-week recess to confront a series…
Democratic DA Alvin Bragg sues House Judiciary Committee and Rep. Jim Jordan to keep anti-Trump critic from testifying
Manhattan's Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the House Judiciary Committee and its chair, Jim Jordan…
April 5, 2023 The latest on Trump’s historic indictment
Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony criminal charges of falsifying business records Tuesday in a historic…
Chicago mayoral runoff tests Democrats’ racial and ideological divides
Brandon Johnson sought to echo Martin Luther King Jr. last week at the biggest rally of the Chicago mayor's race…
A tense exchange on Capitol Hill that perfectly captures America’s divide on guns
It took just two minutes to encapsulate America's hopeless estrangement on guns.
House GOP uses new government power to try to defend Trump
Donald Trump's Republican allies in the House are doing what the former president taught them to do -- use government…
Texas burglar ends up ‘yelling for help’ after shooting dog of homeowner who pulled out his own gun, police say
A Texas homeowner shot a burglar who shot his dog during a brazen home invasion in broad daylight. The incident…
Lightfoot’s loss makes Chicago the latest major city to face mayoral test over crime
Lori Lightfoot rode into the Chicago mayor's office in 2019 as a reform candidate, offering a break from the city's…