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The former Republican congressman is the first person to face a lifetime ban, after he secretly bet on whether he’d attend the State of the Union.

The son of Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., was arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, authorities said Monday.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Sunday said she hasn’t ruled out a potential presidential or Senate run in 2028.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, said Friday that he will vote in favor of Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general, pledging the final vote needed for President Trump’s former personal attorney to head the Justice Department.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he has been discharged from a rehabilitation center where he was recovering from a fall he suffered in mid-June.

Embattled Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, asked Tuesday that the House Ethics Committee investigate domestic abuse allegations made by his ex-wife.

Sen. Lindsey Graham is being buried in South Carolina, where a funeral in the state capital drew people who remembered him for never forgetting his roots as the son of pool hall owners. After Graham was eulogized in Washington on Tuesday as a Republican powerbroker by the president and other national leaders, Wednesday’s funeral featured mourners who recalled his gregarious...

Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Senate committee hearing Wednesday, citing Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s ongoing claims that Fauci committed crimes during the Covid-19 pandemic. “The only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason [Paul] is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something, anything, that could vindicate his repeated public...

Trump said Lindsey Graham was “a giant of the United States Senate, a true American original who left us much too soon.”

Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office released a health update Monday saying he’s still not ready to return to in-person work after his June 14 hospitalization.

The House narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Trump for the second time.

The House has moved to head-off a potential government shutdown before this fall’s critical midterm elections. Republicans on Tuesday muscled through a bill to fund the federal government through Dec. 4. The deadline for action is more than two months away. But House GOP leaders are not leaving to chance a possible shutdown souring the mood of voters shortly before...

Virginia Rep. James Walkinshaw explained why he voted against the Sunshine Protection Act, citing health and safety concerns. “It seems like a great idea in the summer. It’s not such a great idea in the winter.”

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, spoke directly to President Donald Trump from the Senate floor Thursday, slamming the president’s attempts to force through elections integrity legislation three months before the midterms. “Don’t further undermine the confidence of the American people by saying, ‘My goodness, they can’t get this implemented. The election must be invalid.’”

During a hearing with the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, pressed Jay Clayton, nominee for director of national intelligence, over whether former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election.

The Sunshine Protection Act, which would allow states to make daylight saving time permanent, passed the House in a 308-117 floor vote Tuesday.

The announcement from Gov. Henry McMaster came after President Trump recommended Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, for the temporary position.

Sen. Mitch McConnell revealed Sunday that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of speculation.

The senator’s office confirmed the 71-year-old senator died at home “after a brief and sudden illness.”

The preliminary cause of death was an aortic rupture due to a hardening of the arteries, Graham’s office says, citing a medical examiner.