A day after President Joe Biden’s much-publicized, long-delayed visit to the U.S. Mexican border, a bipartisan Senate group made a less publicized visit that could ultimately have greater impact on easing the toxic immigration problem.
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The Swiss town of Davos will host 52 heads of state and government and nearly 600 CEOs as the World Economic Forum hosts its annual meeting in the Alps next week.
Haiti has been stripped of its last democratically elected institution. The end of its Senate solidifies what some call a de facto dictatorship that's only nominally in charge of a country wracked by gang violence.
Varying statutes create concerns in states where marijuana is outlawed — when residents legally use pot just across the border or bring it back home.
House Republicans on Wednesday opened their long-promised investigation into President Joe Biden and his family.
After industry backlash and bipartisan condemnation, the safety commission chair said the agency is not looking to ban gas stoves.
Ideological infighting and internal battles have long been a part of politics. But this year, while some conservative Republicans staged a revolt against the leader of their party until their demands were met, progressive Democrats in the House are pitching unity.
In several red states around the country, conservative officials say it's time to reconsider tenure for university professors. The indefinite academic appointments have faced review from lawmakers or state oversight boards in at least half a dozen states, often presented as bids to rein in academics with liberal views.
When he acceded to the throne in 1964 as Constantine II at age 23, he was hugely popular. By the following year, he had squandered much of that support.
The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee requested Tuesday the U.S. intelligence community conduct a “damage assessment” of potentially classified documents found in the Washington office space of President Joe Biden’s former institute.
TUESDAY, Jan. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Gas stoves could face new emissions standards or even be banned because of their link to indoor air pollutants and childhood asthma, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz is emerging from last week’s bitter speaker fight as the member of Congress everyone in Washington loves to hate.
The Dow City Community Endowment announced that applications are now being accepted from organizations providing charitable services in Dow City.
Get the latest on widespread flight delays, documents found at President Biden's old office, the Golden Globes and Tuesday's sports highlights on our daily podcast.
Iowa Republicans hold commanding agenda-setting majorities — 34-16 in the Senate and 64-36 in the House.
It's an unwelcome complication for a Biden national security team seeking to shift attention away from the Middle East and toward rivals like China and Russia.
It was small, as Washington celebrations go — two senior Biden administration advisers gathered with program participants near the White House on a Thursday afternoon in December to mark the end of a little-known initiative with a budget of less than $8 million.
Former Republican Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey's border barrier of shipping containers has been largely dismantled in time for a new Democratic administration, costing tens of millions of dollars over just a few months as they were set up and taken down again.
He takes the helm of a majority split between what's left of the Grand Old Party conservatives and tea party-to-Donald Trump hard-liners.
It was the extraordinary moment that brought House Republicans to the brink — and ultimately the moment they found their way back.
Republican Kevin McCarthy finally won the House speakership on a 15th ballot early Saturday, after tensions erupted on the House floor. He prevailed after a grueling standoff that tested American democracy and the GOP majority’s ability to govern.
House Clerk Cheryl Johnson became an unlikely folk hero in Washington this past week, running the lower chamber of Congress with a steady hand as Republicans struggled to elect a speaker amid historic chaos.
It’s been a big week for U.S.-Mexico relations, and that was even before President Joe Biden becomes the first U.S. leader to visit Mexico in nearly a decade. Biden announced a major border policy shift, with Mexico’s blessing. And in Mexico, security forces nabbed one of the sons of a former drug cartel boss who was wanted by the United States. The two presidents, along with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, will gather in Mexico City for a two-day summit that begins Monday.
The switched votes from conservative holdouts put McCarthy closer to seizing the gavel for the new Congress — but not yet able.