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A Kansas City, Missouri, man who pleaded guilty to entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and expects a pardon from President-elect Donald Trump will be allowed to attend Trump’s inauguration, a federal judge ordered Thursday. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who presided over Trump’s election subversion case in …

House Republicans failed Thursday evening to fast-track a funding bill, increasing the likelihood of a government shutdown as the Friday night deadline looms. The measure, which required a two-thirds majority for passage, was defeated 174-235, with dozens of GOP lawmakers voting against it. Only two Democrats supported the bill. The …

Georgia’s Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis cannot continue prosecuting the 2020 presidential election interference case against Republican President-elect Trump and 14 of his allies. The 2-1 majority panel ruling prevents Willis and her office from moving forward in a historic case that’s slogged …

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday called for Congress to abolish the debt ceiling, labeling it a “psychological” barrier and an unnecessary risk to the economy. Trump’s remarks came during a phone interview with NBC News, a day after he criticized a bipartisan short-term government funding deal. “Getting rid of the …

The House Ethics Committee has voted to release a long-awaited report detailing its investigation into allegations of misconduct by former Representative Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. The bipartisan decision, made earlier this month, marks a rare move for the often-secretive panel, which traditionally refrains from publishing findings after a member’s resignation. The …

Efforts to prevent a partial government shutdown from starting this weekend fell apart Wednesday when numerous Republicans, on and off Capitol Hill, expressed their frustration with the many extraneous provisions added to a short-term funding package. Complicating the situation, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance posted on social media that he and President-elect Donald …

U.S. House Democrats awarded committee leadership positions to three members on Tuesday, completing a post-election shakeup that saw some longtime lawmakers ousted. The caucus voted to make Virginia’s Gerry Connolly the ranking member on the House Oversight & Accountability Committee, Minnesota’s Angie Craig the top Democrat on House Agriculture and …

The last time she was in Prince George’s County, in August, Vice President Kamala Harris (D) was surrounded by Maryland Democrats and accompanied by President Joe Biden, who had just stepped aside and cleared the way for Harris to become the Democratic nominee. She returned Tuesday to headline an event …

With just days remaining to avert a government shutdown, congressional leaders on Tuesday revealed a 1,500-page stopgap measure to keep the government funded through March 14. The new continuing resolution (CR) includes key provisions such as a one-year extension of the farm bill, $100 billion in disaster relief, and $10 …

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is racing to finalize a bipartisan short-term funding bill to prevent a government shutdown, with the clock ticking down to Friday’s midnight deadline. Despite earlier plans to release the bill’s text over the weekend, Johnson now expects the document to be unveiled on Tuesday, leaving …

President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against pollster Ann Selzer, her polling firm, The Des Moines Register,and its parent company, Gannett, accusing them of consumer fraud and “brazen election interference.” The lawsuit, filed Monday night in Polk County, Iowa, focuses on a November 2 poll that showed Vice President …

TikTok on Monday petitioned the Supreme Court to block a law that could ban the popular video-sharing app unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells it to a U.S.-based entity. The law, called the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, is set to take effect on January 19, …

In his first press conference since winning re-election, President-elect Donald Trump spoke Monday at his Mar-a-Lago club, addressing a wide range of topics, from the southern border wall and vaccines to the legal troubles of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Trump also weighed in on mysterious drone sightings over …

The New York judge overseeing President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money case has denied his request to vacate a guilty verdict, ruling that presidential immunity does not apply to the charges against him. Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial earlier this year, wrote in his ruling, “Defendant’s motion to …

Five people are dead and another five are in the hospital after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School on Madison’s east side Monday morning, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said at a news conference. The shooter, who was a student at the school, is among the dead, according to …