Laphonza Butler makes history as first out LGBTQ Senate Judiciary Committee member
California Sen. Laphonza Butler will fill the Senate Judiciary Committee seat left empty by the passing of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a history-making move that also gives Democrats back their razor-thin control of the powerful committee tasked with vetting federal judicial nominees.
2023-10-19 04:50
Call to help resettle more Afghans who worked with British military
Campaigners say some Afghans who worked with the British military have not been allowed to come to the UK.
2023-10-17 08:21
SCOTUS declines to hear John Eastman's appeal to undo ruling allowing House Jan. 6 committee access to his emails
The Supreme Court said Monday that it will not take up former Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman's request to undo a ruling that allowed the House January 6 select committee to access emails he said were shielded by attorney-client privilege.
2023-10-02 22:22
Rights advocate Cardin replaces Menendez as US Senate Foreign Relations chair
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON Senator Ben Cardin will serve as chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
2023-09-28 04:29
Jury deliberations begin in Trump adviser Peter Navarro's contempt of Congress trial
A federal jury in Washington, DC, has begun deliberating the criminal contempt of Congress charges against former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro.
2023-09-07 23:24
House GOP asks White House if administration's remote work policy led to 'reduced productivity' by federal employees
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are demanding that the White House explain what motivated a recent push for federal employees to work more in-person.
2023-09-01 04:53
James Cleverly visits Beijing as MPs criticise China strategy
The minister says the UK can't ignore China, but some call the government's approach incoherent.
2023-08-30 08:52
Trump's latest indictment echoes January 6 committee findings
Special counsel Jack Smith's criminal indictment appeared to be more than two and half years in the making, but the American public heard many of the key details of the case outlined in a series of hearings last year -- as a well as an 800-page report -- run by the House Select Committee that investigated the January 6 riot.
2023-08-03 04:45
Four takeaways about the Trump indictment for 2020 election interference
The document outlines a broad conspiracy and lists six-conspirators - but is free speech a defence?
2023-08-02 11:25
Feinstein gets confused in Senate Appropriations hearing and has to be prodded to vote
Sen. Dianne Feinstein had to be corrected and told to vote during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Thursday.
2023-07-28 01:59
Rudy Giuliani admits making false claims of Georgia voter fraud
Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss told Congress last year they received threats over the baseless claims.
2023-07-27 03:24
Oversight Committee to hear from 2 IRS whistleblowers Wednesday
The House Oversight Committee is expected to publicly hear Wednesday from two IRS whistleblowers whose closed-door testimony alleging that the Hunter Biden criminal probe was mishandled has ignited a firestorm among House Republicans and led to calls to impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland.
2023-07-19 17:19