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President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time since voters in the midterm elections handed control of the House to Republicans.

President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time since voters in the midterm elections handed control of the House to Republicans.

President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time since voters in the midterm elections handed control of the House to Republicans.

Arizona’s Republican-controlled Legislature approved a measure this week exempting itself from the state’s public records law and authorizing the destruction of all emails sent or received by lawmakers and their staff after 90 days. The new rules adopted by both GOP-led chambers effectively shield members and their staff from public records requests, making investigations into any potential wrongdoing far more difficult. The exemptions...

A failed Republican candidate who authorities say was angry over his defeat and made baseless claims the election last November was rigged against him has been arrested in connection with a series of drive-by shootings targeting the homes of Democratic lawmakers

Electing the House speaker may have been the easy part. Now House Republicans will try to govern. Speaker Kevin McCarthy passed his first tests late Monday as the Republicans approved their rules package for governing House operations, typically a routine step on Day One that stretched into the second week of the new majority. It was approved 220-213, a party-line vote with one Republican opposed....

The House stalemate over choosing a new speaker has held firm through a long, excruciating third day and evening of voting with no conclusion. But glimmers of a deal began to emerge late Thursday. Party leader Kevin McCarthy is determined to win over enough fellow Republicans. He has offered the conservative holdouts rule changes to give them more power to...

After four contentious days of voting, negotiations and Republican infighting, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was voted in as House speaker early Saturday morning.

The midterm defeats could mean big changes ahead for Republicans in 2023.

From spending to revenue, Democrats and Republicans have different policy priorities that could affect your finances for years to come. Here’s what you need to know.

Republican activists who believe the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump have crafted a plan that, in their telling, will thwart cheating in this year’s midterm elections.

Arizona Democrats are vowing to fight for women’s rights after a court reinstated a law first enacted during the Civil War that bans abortion in nearly all circumstances. Democrats on Saturday looked to capitalize on an issue they hope will have a major impact on the midterm elections. Top Democrats implored women not to sit on the sidelines this year,...

Now, Newsom is scheduled to speak at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Texas, billed as a talk “on what the nation’s most populous state can teach the other 49 — including (Texas).”

As the 2022 midterm elections enter a final two-month sprint, leading Republicans fear their party’s advantage may be slipping. That’s even as Democrats confront their president’s weak standing, deep voter pessimism and the weight of history. The shifting political landscape follows a string of President Joe Biden’s legislative victories on climate, health care and gun violence, just as Donald Trump’s...

President Joe Biden issued a warning against extremism on Thursday night, urging Americans to continue to protect the country’s ideals. “This is a nation that rejects violence as a political tool… We are still an America that believes in honesty and decency.”

During a visit to Wilkes University on Tuesday, President Joe Biden blasted members of the GOP who continue to support participants of the Jan. 6 riot. “Let me say this to my MAGA Republican friends in Congress: don’t tell me you support law enforcement if you won’t condemn what happened on the 6th.”

Republicans have found success in Democratic strongholds such as Maryland and Massachusetts when they have fielded moderate candidates who could appeal to voters in both parties. With Democrats facing political headwinds this year, Republicans had hoped that strategy could pay off yet again. But Republican voters have nominated loyalists of former President Donald Trump in several Democratic states, including Maryland...

A Republican group in Alabama is apologizing after accidentally using a picture of a GOP elephant that contained Ku Klux Klan imagery.

Republicans in Congress are not only defending Donald Trump against the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home.

Texas GOP leaders are among the conservatives gathering in Dallas for the annual CPAC convention.