The country's credit rating could be downgraded if the debt ceiling isn't raised, but a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds Americans split on whether to raise it and how to deal with the debt.
Members of the House of Representatives voted 311 to 114 Friday morning to expel Santos from Congress. The embattled congressman is accused by prosecutors of a number of financial misdeeds.
Sandra Day O'Connor was called "the most powerful woman in America" during her quarter of a century as a Supreme Court justice.
There couldn't be two governors with more opposite ideologies than the Florida Republican and the California Democrat, but few minds were likely changed.
Discussions about U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel are being delayed by House Republicans who are negotiating a U.S. border policy that is further to the right than most Democrats are willing to vote.
The freshman New York Republican is facing nearly two dozen federal charges related to financial misdeeds, many of which have been corroborated in a report compiled by House lawmakers.
Ernst, who has served in the Senate since 2015, hosted the closed-door luncheon for GOP senators Thursday when the incident occurred.
Secretary Antony Blinken is in the Middle East as the pause in fighting in Gaza and hostage releases continue. But there's concern about what's next.
A resolution in the Senate could send hundreds of people released from prisons during the pandemic back into federal facilities. Only a tiny fraction committed new crimes during home confinement.
The former president has already violated the gag order twice.
