A judge in Virginia’s capital has sided with a GOP Senate primary candidate who said the coronavirus outbreak stunted his ability to collect enough signatures to get on the ballot and the threshold should be lowered.
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Senate Republicans on Thursday formally unveiled a massive economic stimulus package in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that includes hundreds of billions of dollars in loans to small businesses and industries as well as direct payments to taxpayers.
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Disregarding the request for house arrest — which former Representative Duncan Hunter hoped to get by expressing a fear of contracting coronavirus in prison — a federal judge sentenced the disgraced ex-congressman Tuesday to 11 months in prison for misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds.
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A Connecticut man has been arrested on charges of making a death threat against California Congressman Adam Schiff in an email in which he invited the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to a “Measure your Coffin day.”
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Florida Representative Matt Gaetz became the fourth Republican lawmaker to self-quarantine Monday amid coronavirus exposure concerns stemming from last month’s Conservative Political Action Conference.
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President Donald Trump said Monday the White House plans to work with Congress starting this week on a payroll tax cut and relief for hourly workers in response to the spread of the coronavirus.
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Utah Senator Mitt Romney, who last month broke ranks with Republicans by voting to convict President Donald Trump in the Senate impeachment trial, said Friday he will back a subpoena in an investigation into presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son.
Read moreOregon’s legislative session ended early on Thursday with very little accomplished after Republicans boycotted the capitol for 10 days, achieving their goal to prevent the passage of climate legislation and in the process stymieing votes on nearly 100 other bills.
Read moreOn the eve of Super Tuesday, a hefty crowd turned out on Monday for President Donald Trump’s rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he lashed out at the Democrats vying for a chance to beat him in November.
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As Alabama voters head to the polls on Super Tuesday to choose candidates up and down the ticket, those filling out Republican ballots will decide who will fill a seat on the Alabama Supreme Court.
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Despite the Super Tuesday primary looming just days away, Alabama U.S. Senate candidate and former football coach Tommy Tuberville is already prepping his supporters for a runoff gameplay.
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Attorney General William Barr urged Senate Republicans on Tuesday to renew expiring provisions of a controversial surveillance law that has come under fire from President Donald Trump after its use in investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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Senate Republicans want to put a stop to nationwide injunctions, aiming to stifle the power of courts that have placed blocks on Trump administration policies from coast to coast.
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For the second year in a row, Oregon’s Republican state senators say they will flee the capitol in order to prevent the Democratic majority from advancing a cap-and-trade bill.
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A resolution condemning the Washington Post and CNN as fake news for allegedly saying support for President Donald Trump is cult-like passed a Tennessee General Assembly subcommittee on Tuesday.
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In the wake of the chaotic Iowa Caucus and a tight race in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, the Pew Research Center revealed Wednesday that public engagement – and the source – in election news has a bigger impact on whether people accept election results than party affiliations.
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Two of President Donald Trump’s staunchest defenders before, during and after impeachment were elevated to powerful roles Tuesday on committees tasked with conducting critical oversight of the Trump administration.
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Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature unveiled a package of seven bills Monday providing relief to the state’s struggling farmers in the form of tax breaks, a boost to agricultural exports and an enhanced partnership with the University of Wisconsin system.
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No longer holding his tongue on impeachment for the State of the Union address, President Donald Trump signaled political payback for those who opposed him in angry remarks at the White House on Thursday afternoon.
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Republican Party officials cannot compel the identification of people who accessed sensitive documents during last year’s Ohio gerrymandering trial, the Sixth Circuit ruled Wednesday.
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