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Congressional Republicans are asking FBI Director Christopher Wray to “correct” his testimony that there was “some question” about whether Donald Trump’s ear was struck by a bullet or shrapnel.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Wray on Friday that accused him o...
Rep. Don Davis, a centrist Democrat who often breaks with his party, endorsed Kamala Harris' presidential bid on Friday, one day after he joined five other Democrats in condemning her handling of the southern border.
"The stakes of this presidential election are incredibly high, with far-reaching implications," he said in a s...
Leaders on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are making a sweeping request for records as part of the panel’s investigation into the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) — the committee chair and ranking member, respectively...
House Republicans used their slim majority on Thursday to target Vice President Kamala Harris — and some Democrats backed the effort.
The House passed a resolution criticizing Harris for her work on the border in a 220-196 vote, an issue the GOP has identified as a key line of attack as the party pivots its election strategy t...
The House voted unanimously on Wednesday night to create a bipartisan task force to investigate the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
The 416-0 vote comes less than two weeks after a July 13 shooting that sent shock waves through Congress and the world, as a gunman was able to get on a roof roughly 1...
Republicans seized immediately on images of burning U.S. flags and vandalism at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station following Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech as evidence of widespread antisemitism and a harbinger of what can happen under Democratic control of government.
“Pro-terror, anti-Israel agitators are vandalizing federal prop...
FBI Director Christopher Wray provided sweeping new details about the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump — but said law enforcement is still largely in the dark about his motives.
Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday — his first public appearance before Congress since the ...
Amid speculation he’s on Vice President Kamala Harris’ shortlist for a running mate, Sen. Mark Kelly’s (D-Ariz.) spokesperson said he will support a piece of pro-labor legislation.
Kelly did not co-sponsor the legislation known as the PRO Act, provoking the ire of some progressives and labor unions. It was unclear whether it w...
The Capitol Police deployed pepper spray against protesters on the Hill on Wednesday who were demonstrating prior to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address in the House chamber.
In a post on X, the Capitol Police said some in the crowd "started to become violent" at the intersection of 1st Street and Constitution ...
