Kevin McCarthy claims Republicans will subpoena Hunter Biden amid impeachment inquiry

Talks of a potential subpoena of Hunter Biden in an impeachment of President Joe Biden comes as Republicans try to provide evidence that the president was involved in his son's business dealings.

Republicans flex muscles to maintain power in closely divided North Carolina and Wisconsin

In North Carolina and Wisconsin, Republicans are trying to seize power over elections and redistricting. Both states are divided political battlegrounds where the GOP controls a number of seats in the state legislature.

Video shows Lauren Boebert vaping during 'Beetlejuice' performance, despite denials

Rep. Lauren Boebert's campaign manager said the congresswoman wasn't vaping inside a Colorado theater before being kicked out, but video says otherwise.

School shootings reach all-time high — again

The U.S. has had 30 school shootings so far this year, with 16 people killed and 32 injured. Twelve of those deaths were students or other children.

New US sanctions target methods allowing Russia to get Western tech for war

The latest sanctions package is one of the biggest imposed by the State and Treasury departments. It targets countries that sell Western technology to Russia that could be used to boost its war effort.

Biden's guidelines on clean cars face crucial test as Republican-led challenges go to appeals court

The cases before the appeals court will test a 2021 Environmental Protection Agency rule that strengthened tailpipe pollution limits and a 2022 EPA decision that restored California’s authority to set its own tailpipe pollution standards for vehicles.

Judge again declares DACA unlawful, issue likely to go before Supreme Court

A federal judge has declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

Tuberville says House GOP must 'not waste time' with Biden impeachment

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and other GOP senators have voiced skepticism about the House Republican impeachment effort against President Biden

New Mexico governor's suspension of right to public carry guns sparks demonstrations

Some demonstrators defiantly wore holstered handguns on their hips or carried assault rifles in a rally by gun-rights advocates, protesting New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s surprise order to suspend for 30 days the right to carry firearms after two children were recently killed in separate shootings.

Biden impeachment inquiry: What to know

The White House is calling the Republicans’ newly-launched impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden “extreme politics at its worst.”

Kevin McCarthy juggles a government shutdown, Biden impeachment inquiry as House returns for fall

Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces a political standoff as he works to avoid a government shutdown while attempting to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his son Hunter Biden's business dealings.

US progresses prisoner exchange with Iran and release $6B in frozen Iranian funds

Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed off on the sanctions waivers late last week, a month after U.S. and Iranian officials said an agreement in principle was in place.

Virginia Democrat candidate posted sex acts with husband online while soliciting tips: report

A Virginia Democratic candidate running for the commonwealth’s House of Delegates is being accused of performing sex acts with her husband in front of an online audience and encouraging viewers to send them "tip" money.

New Mexico governor's order suspends the right to carry guns in public across Albuquerque

Albuquerque's police chief said he won't enforce it, and the county sheriff said he's uneasy about it because it raises too many questions about constitutional rights.

Google to require disclosure if AI alters voice, imagery in political ads

Political ads using artificial intelligence on Google and YouTube must soon be accompanied by a prominent disclosure if imagery or sounds have been synthetically altered.