
Police Officers Receive Congressional Gold Medals For Jan. 6 Response
Congress honored law enforcement officers who defended them and the U.S. Capitol, 23 months to the day after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Congress honored law enforcement officers who defended them and the U.S. Capitol, 23 months to the day after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
The proposal from Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar would allow media organizations to negotiate compensation for news content shared on Meta platforms.
The DNC is considering booting the Iowa caucuses from the prized spot atop the nomination calendar for the presidential primary in 2024.
Jeffries, 52, is set to become the new leader of Democrats in the House of Representatives as Speaker Nancy Pelosi steps down.
The measure passed by a vote of 290-137 and now heads to the Senate. If approved there, it will be signed by President Joe Biden.
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Jeffries will succeed long-standing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has led House Democrats for the past 20 years.
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The bill, which would ensure that same-sex and interracial marriages are enshrined in federal law, was approved 61-36 on Tuesday.
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Biden asked lawmakers to impose a tentative agreement from September that provides pay raises, protected health care benefits and better leave policy.
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Beyond spending bills, Democrats could also try to push through party priorities while they still have control of both chambers.
Right now, 19 states have legislation in place to adopt daylight time year-round if the Sunshine Protection Act becomes law.
There's an agreement within the 1835 Treaty of Echota that calls for the U.S. to give the Cherokee Nation a delegate in the House of Representatives.
A push to finish the report comes as Trump's Twitter is restored. Old tweets re-populated, including those that became important to the investigation.
The California Democrat, who rose to become the nation's first woman to wield the speaker's gavel, is a pivotal figure in U.S. politics.
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Republicans have many goals as they take control of the House, including ramping up oil production, cutting spending, and reducing Ukraine funding.
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Senate Democrats are quickly moving to pass the bill while the party still controls the House.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell is poised to become the longest-serving leader when the new Congress convenes in the new year.
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Major bills don't usually pass in Congress during a lame-duck session, however, the reality is, there's plenty of unfinished business.
In the lawsuit, Trump's lawyers say the subpoena was an infringement of the former president's First Amendment rights.
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Though many expected Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert to easily win reelection in Colorado, Democrat Adam Frisch has kept up with votes.
Election night ended without clear results in several races, including those that will determine which party controls the House and Senate.
After a long, expensive campaign, J.D. Vance won a pivotal seat for the Republican party in Ohio after its seated senator retired.
Fetterman credited his "every county, every vote" campaign strategy in flipping a Republican-held seat and defeating Mehmet Oz in the race.
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With the narrowly held House and an evenly split Senate, the Democrats faced a new generation of Republican candidates.
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Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost won in a heavily blue Orlando-area district and is seeking stricter gun control laws.
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The Capitol Police chief says since Jan. 6, the department has made progress on a list of improvements, but there's still more work to do.
With threats to public officials at an all-time high, members of Congress were being urged to reach out for additional security resources.
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Web blogs posted online under the name David DePape contained rants about technology, aliens, communists, religious minorities and global elites.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just returned to Washington this week from a security conference in Europe, and was not in the residence at the time.
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The interview comes as the investigation is winding down and as the panel has subpoenaed Trump for an interview in the coming weeks.
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Steve Bannon, former adviser to then-President Donald Trump, defied a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attacks.