Rep. Henry Cuellar’s indictment marks the third high-profile Hispanic lawmaker to have been indicted in recent months. Critically, the influential Congressional Hispanic Caucus is coming to his defense.
House Republicans are escalating their standoff with the Justice Department as they demand the audio of former special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Joe Biden.
Bernie Sanders will seek a fourth term in the Senate this fall, a move putting the best-known Senate progressive on track to win another six years in the chamber.
A dozen Republican senators have warned the International Criminal Court against issuing arrest warrants for Israeli officials over the nation’s conduct during the war in Gaza.
Speaker Mike Johnson will face a vote this week on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to remove him from the speakership. But he is expected to prevail with the help of House Democrats and most of his GOP conference.
Students protesting for Palestinian liberation have also referenced the legacy of student resistance and state crackdowns at inflection points throughout American history.
Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar was charged with accepting $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities, according to an indictment released by the Justice Department on Friday.
Democrats could want some sort of power-sharing agreement in exchange for helping the speaker defang the so-called motion to vacate. That's too steep a price for him.
A week that began with a warning to Senate offices about attempted phishing schemes is coming to a close with Sen. Lindsey Graham revealing someone targeted him with a hack pretending to be Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Senate GOP campaign chief Steve Daines downplayed any expectation of a large Senate majority, echoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s assessment to POLITICO that the objective is simply to gain control of the upper chamber.
Senate Minority Whip John Thune told POLITICO on Thursday he believes Congress will likely need to pass a short-term extension to the FAA reauthorization bill ahead of next week's deadline.
Senate Democratic and Republican leadership are gauging their members' opinions on a House-passed antisemitism bill by running a "hotline" on the legislation, per a Senate leadership aide.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday he is concerned about the way the Biden administration is compiling a report into whether Israel is eligible for U.S. weapons.
An eruption of campus protests against Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza has again put Chuck Schumer — the highest-ranking elected Jewish leader in U.S. history — in an unenviable spot.
House and Senate Democrats are determined to ensure their priorities don’t get short shrift in a likely bumpy upcoming government funding cycle, with Congress hurtling toward a presidential election this fall.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday she will officially trigger the clock to hold a referendum on Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership next week — an effort that now seems doomed.
Veterans On Duty, a nonprofit advocacy organization, is preparing a high six-figure television, radio, and digital advertising campaign that will start Wednesday to thank Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans for supporting emergency…
The Georgia Republican now has to make a choice: Either don't call the ouster vote, or force one and watch it fail. Both options risk hurting her politically.
The bipartisan FAA deal is one of the last must-pass bills before the election, a final opportunity for lawmakers to attach their legislative priorities. And that's making negotiations on the package a lot tougher, warned Senate Minority…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer harshly criticized the "lawlessness" of some protesters at Columbia University in his home state of New York, wading into the high-profile demonstrations over the war in the Middle East.