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“For all of those of you who voted for President Trump, I understand the disappointment tonight. I’ve lost a couple times myself. But now let’s give each other a chance,” President-Elect Joe Biden said. “[Trump supporters] are not our enemies. They are Americans.”

Despite a Democratic boycott, Republicans are powering ahead to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court by Election Day with the Senate Judiciary Committee voting Thursday to recommend President Donald Trump’s nominee to the full Senate.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate.  Democrats on the committee boycotted the session in protest.

John Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, has died

Impeachment hearings were delayed by five hours on Wednesday when two dozen House Republicans stormed the deposition room to protest the proceedings.

Impeachment hearings were delayed by five hours on Wednesday when two dozen House Republicans stormed the deposition room to protest the proceedings.

Facebook’s CEO said his company is ready to “go to the mat” to stop Elizabeth Warren from breaking up tech giants. Amazon accused her of getting facts wrong. And some Democratic donors with ties to Wall Street have quietly said they’ll sit out the election or vote for President Donald Trump if Warren wins her party’s presidential...

Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that Senate rules would require him to take up any articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump if approved by the House, swatting down talk that that the GOP-controlled chamber could dodge the matter entirely. “I would have no choice but to take it up,” McConnell said on CNBC. But he cautioned, “How long...

President Donald Trump took to Twitter over the weekend, demanding to “meet” the whistleblower who exposed his conversation with the President of Ukraine and leveling his own accusations that he was being spied on.

Beto O’Rourke is joining a number of his Democratic presidential rivals in support of a national gun licensing program.

The conservative group Judicial Watch announced it had filed a lawsuit on Thursday to challenge the law.

California’s Democratic governor signed a law Tuesday requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns to appear on the state’s primary ballot, a move aimed squarely at Republican President Donald Trump.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) said the government and the economy are doing great for those with money but not for everyone else during the first night of the Democratic presidential debates Wednesday.

After years of setbacks and stalemates, President Donald Trump will lay out yet another immigration plan on Thursday as he tries to convince the American public and lawmakers that the nation’s legal immigration system should be overhauled. The latest effort, spearheaded by Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, focuses on beefing up border security and rethinking the green card...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday requiring U.S. colleges to certify that they protect free speech on their campuses or risk losing federal research funding.

The Sanders Institute, a think tank founded by the Democratic presidential contender’s wife and stepson, is shutting down, at least for now, hoping to quash criticism that the nonprofit has blurred the lines between family, fundraising and campaigning. Jane Sanders said in an interview that the Vermont-based institute has stopped accepting donations and plans to suspend all operations by the...

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke talks about how he can translate the grassroots movement he created during his Senate campaign into success in the 2020 Democratic primaries.

Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D) announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president Thursday. He says what he experienced in his 2018 Senate race was “profoundly positive.”

Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she will forgo the chase for campaign money from the biggest donors in her quest for her party’s nomination for president. In an email to supporters on Monday, Warren acknowledged the decision will ensure she “will be outraised by other candidates in this race.”