Outgoing U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie has moved to force a vote to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, focusing on the war in Iran
November 09, 2026Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has filed a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
November 09, 2026Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, calls himself the secretary of war, part of his effort to rebrand a military
November 09, 2026How impeachment of a Cabinet secretary like Hegseth works
November 09, 2026A record number of women will serve in the next Congress
November 09, 2026Surprising midterm elections that create new majorities on Capitol Hill look to be revolutions in the days after they occur. Years later, they often appear to be more complex – and less significant.
November 09, 2026The US Department of Agriculture did not provide documentation showing it analyzed potential harms from its agency-wide reorganization, which lacked
November 09, 2026Congress returns to a changed Washington after Democrats trounced Republicans in the midterm elections
November 09, 2026President Donald Trump and his Department of Justice are taking a combative stance toward Democrats after their victories in the midterm elections
November 08, 2026President Donald Trump's decision to elevate loyalist Stephen Miller to run his White House
November 08, 2026House Democratic leaders are placing an early emphasis on healthcare as they discuss their immediate priorities upon the swearing in of a new Congress on Jan. 3
November 07, 2026Democrats are set to take control of Congress and are focusing on reining in President Donald Trump's immigration policies
November 07, 2026A federal court has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from breaking ground for his towering memorial arch
November 06, 2026One potential beneficiary of the US Democratic Party's sweeping wins in congressional elections sits thousands
November 06, 2026Democrats are planning to unleash a flood of new legislation targeting artificial intelligence systems and data-center development when they take
November 06, 2026Judge blocks construction of Trump’s arch within an hour of its final approval
November 05, 2026Even as he puts his golden imprint on the White House, President Donald Trump moved on Thursday to protect two of its most historic spaces, the Oval
November 06, 2026Democrats' sweeping midterm election victory unleashed a rout of tech
November 05, 2026Republicans quickly turn against Pete Hegseth after midterms rout
November 04, 2026US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a document to make the White House's Oval Office and Cabinet Room a national monument.
November 05, 2026US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a video message on Thursday vowing to fight efforts in Congress to impeach him and defending the Iran war as “
November 05, 2026Paraguayan President Santiago Peña resigned on Thursday following the collapse of a prominent digital lender to which he had former
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November 05, 2026The Republican Party's staggering losses at the ballot box this week have left President Donald Trump diminished in Washington and facing tougher
November 05, 2026Top Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives are calling on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to brief Congress this month about a news report
November 05, 2026Corruption topped the list of concerns for voters who ousted Republicans and handed Democrats control of Congress in the midterm elections
November 05, 2026Democrats' resounding sweep to a majority in Congress gives them a big microphone and spotlight to scrutinize President Donald Trump's trade policies, but
November 05, 2026US President Donald Trump backed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, a day after Democrats won control of both chambers of
November 04, 2026Hours after his Republican Party suffered historic losses in the midterm election, President Donald Trump on Wednesday focused his first public event on
November 04, 2026The midterm election blowout has set up a new era in Washington
November 04, 2026US Vice President JD Vance distanced himself from President Donald Trump's war on Iran on Wednesday,
November 04, 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in an interview on Wednesday, said he hoped gains by Democrats in the US midterm elections would generate more help for Ukraine in its 4-1/2-
November 04, 2026Democrats vowed on Wednesday to use their resounding midterm victory to rein in President Donald Trump, setting up two
November 04, 2026The Democratic architects of proposed bipartisan energy permitting legislation said on Wednesday they would not delay the bill in hopes of securing a better deal next year when
November 04, 2026President Donald Trump acknowledges the Iran war impacted the midterm elections but says he's not considering replacing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth despite voter dissatisfaction with it
November 04, 2026Global stocks rallied on Wednesday after Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress in the US midterm elections,
November 04, 2026Data-center stocks slid on Wednesday, while clean-energy shares rallied after Democrats seized control of Congress, prompting investors to
November 04, 2026Colombia's Congress toughened the terms offered to members of illegal armed groups who hand themselves in by passing a bill proposed by President Abelardo De La Espriella
November 04, 2026For Donald Trump, his party’s resounding midterm losses pave the way for investigations and potential impeachments that will put the Republican president on the defensive in his final two years in office
November 03, 2026At stake in this year's election was which party would control Congress
November 03, 2026President Donald Trump’s administration appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday in its push to sideline thousands of disputed California mail ballots the day before the pivotal midterm elections
November 02, 2026As midterm campaigns careen toward their conclusion, Democrats are pushing through intraparty divisions to stay focused on voters’ economic frustrations
November 02, 2026A federal judge in Washington has dismissed a criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about Hunter Biden, citing what he calls “weaponization” of President Donald Trump's Justice Department
November 02, 2026Americans head to the polls on Tuesday in midterm elections that will decide control of Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump's term.
November 02, 2026On the eve of elections that will decide whether President Donald Trump's Republican Party keeps control of Congress, voters' minds are on the economy, with high and
November 02, 2026Here’s where Trump’s housing agenda stands before midterms
November 02, 2026A prominent Michigan Democrat endorsed Republican Mike Rogers on Sunday, giving President Donald Trump's Republicans
November 01, 2026President Donald Trump's trade agenda will face a new source of friction if Democrats win control of Congress on Tuesday, with a cascade of oversight
November 01, 2026Democrat Shomari Figures of Alabama is one of several Black members of Congress who've had their House districts redrawn by Republicans in the wake of the Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act
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