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The Senate’s Respect for Marriage Act has progressives arguing that efforts to safeguard same-sex unions remain unfinished after concessions were made to Republican demands for bolstered religious liberty protections. The bill as it currently stands would officially repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and require state recognition of legal same-sex and interracial marriages but would…

Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Tuesday announced a probe into Ticketmaster to examine the lack of competition in the ticketing industry after the Talyor Swift fiasco.

Ahead of a Senate vote, Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee says the religious liberty protections in the Respect for Marriage Act are "severely anemic."

Since Utah Republican Mike Lee won his race comfortably against independent Evan McMullin, a debate has emerged over the Democrats’ strategy to back an independent rather than run their own candidate.

Utah Democrats' decision to back an independent rather than nominate a member of their own party to take on Republican Mike Lee transformed the state's U.S. Senate race from foregone conclusion to closely watched slugfest. Independent Evan McMullin, an anti-Trump former Republican best known for his longshot 2016 presidential bid, attracted millions in outside spending in his campaign against Lee. Ultimately, though, it wasn't even close. Lee is on his way to a double-digit win.

Republicans are calling for a delay in next week's Senate leadership elections, a direct challenge to Sen. Mitch McConnell's stewardship and a reflection of the growing fallout over the GOP's disappointing performance in the midterms.

GOP Sen. Mike held on in the Utah Senate race, defeating independent candidate Evan McMullin, who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2016.

Sen. Mike Lee said the FBI could be hit with restructuring if Republicans take control of Congress. Possible changes would come after hearings led by a GOP majority.

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Here are the House, Senate and governor's contests that could surprise us in the midterms.

The Fox News host's claim about Social Security sent Twitter to the tape.

Evan McMullin, an independent candidate in the Utah Senate race who has vowed not to caucus with Democrats, has received millions in support from Democratic Party-aligned groups.

Tech leaders and Democratic Party-aligned groups are among those funneling millions into Utah to support independent Evan McMullin’s bid to unseat Republican Sen. Mike Lee.

Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is getting a reelection boost from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

Democrats running for office this year in Republican-leaning areas or swing states are grappling with how much they should talk about the Jan. 6 insurrection, if at all.

President Joe Biden has signed an international agreement that compels the United States and other countries to limit use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigeration and air conditioning that are far more powerful than carbon dioxide.

Lee recently sent out fundraising emails with the subject line: "I'm losing."

Just weeks before the Nov. 8 election, Utah’s senior senator, Republican Mike Lee, is now acknowledging a real political threat from Evan McMullin.

San Jose State football player Camdan McWright died after being hit by a bus as he rode a scooter, authorities confirmed. The 18-year-old played running back for the Spartans.

A new poll shows many Americans view Trump as a major threat to democracy. The GOP? Not so much.

Evan McMullin, the independent candidate for Senate in Utah, accused the GOP senator of an "egregious betrayal" of the U.S. Constitution.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Independent senate candidate Evan McMullen fought over Lee's role in the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot during their only debate Monday night.

U.S. Senator Mike Lee has used a debate with his challenger Monday evening to try to draw a distinction between his record and former President Donald Trump's.

Contests in Utah, Oregon, Colorado and other states may surprise us in November.

Utah Senate candidate Evan McMullin, an anti-Trump former Republican, has paid over $1.6 million to Democratic firms despite running as an independent.

The interview and its fallout marked an escalation of election-year tensions in the unusual relationship between Utah’s two Republican senators — one who has often aligned himself with former president Donald Trump and another who has been one of the most prominent Trump critics in the GOP.

During a bus tour stop in Utah in support of Sen. Michael Lee, Texas Senator Ted Cruz slammed Democrat-supported independent opponent Evan McMullin, dubbing him "McMuffin."

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The House has approved antitrust legislation targeting the dominance of Big Tech companies by giving states greater power in competition cases and increasing money for federal regulators.

Election denialism has become not only a thing but a movement. And if critics call this an attack on democracy, some election deniers respond by saying the U.S. is not a democracy, it is a republic.

Utah's Evan McMullin is emerging as the nation’s most competitive independent candidate running for U.S. Senate in the 2022 midterm elections.

Campaigning at a park filled with 19th-century pushcarts on a state holiday honoring Utah's early Mormon pioneers, Evan McMullin glad hands voters as he strolls past potato sack races and beverage stands selling cold, sugary drinks under a sweltering sun. The independent U.S. Senate candidate who won the official backing of Utah's Democratic Party in this year's midterm election harks back to Utah's pioneer days as he explains his quest to unseat two-term Republican Sen. Mike Lee. “When our ancestors arrived, the only way to make this harsh but very beautiful place work in order for them to survive and thrive was to work together," said McMullin, who casts his candidacy as an opportunity to ”unite Americans across party lines to protect democracy.”

A special House panel looking into the government's coronavirus response says the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing the drug hydroxychloroquine that had been discredited as a COVID-19 treatment.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) clinched a victory on Wednesday when the Senate — including 48 of the chamber’s 50 Republicans — voted overwhelmingly to admit Finland and Sweden to NATO. The resolution, which cleared the chamber in a bipartisan 95-1 vote, was a top priority for the Republican leader, who wanted to send a signal…

Major League Baseball told a Senate committee planning a hearing on the sport’s antitrust exemption that it prevents teams from moving without approval and allows the sport to maintain the minor leagues at a wide level.

A bill to boost semiconductor production in the United States has managed to do nearly the unthinkable — unite Sen. Bernie Sanders and the tea party.

Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to explain the impact of potential legislation stripping the sport’s antitrust exemption from covering the sport’s relationship with minor league players.

President Joe Biden hosted hundreds of lawmakers, their families and aides for the first congressional picnic at the White House in three years.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, detailed his change of heart on abortion laws on Tuesday after GOP members of the committee pointed out his past desire to overturn Roe v. Wade. At the committee’s hearing on legal concerns in a post-Roe America, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) submitted a copy…

The executive director of the nonprofit Advocates for Minor Leaguers has recommended Congress enact legislation nullifying Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption as it applies to minor league players.

The president will be joined by labor union members and retirees at an event designed to highlight his administration's work in shoring up penion plans that were threatned by the pandemic.

The chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to an advocacy group for minor leaguers asking questions about baseball’s antitrust exemption.

Colorado Republicans have rejected two prominent election deniers in primaries Tuesday night.

Sen. Mike Lee has won Utah’s Republican primary by brushing off attacks from two challengers who didn’t vote for former President Donald Trump in 2020.

Seven states are set to host primary elections Tuesday as the nation comes to terms with last week’s stunning Supreme Court ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion.

Mitt Romney isn’t up for reelection this year, but his name is surfacing in Republican primaries throughout the nation.

Members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection are holding their first prime-time hearing to share what they have uncovered about then-President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

A former lawmaker in Oregon is aiming to shake up state politics by running as an unaffiliated candidate for governor.

Less than a day after a gunman massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas, a Wednesday Senate hearing for President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reflected the deep political divisions over guns.

Red state officials are coming out swinging against growing Wall Street efforts to consider environmental risk in investment decisions.

The Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act was introduced by key Senators on the Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust, the Journal reported.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's comments about a Republican Party "cult" comports with other patterns.

The traditionally insular Supreme Court is about to face the full force of public pressure and abortion politics.

Republican Sen. Mike Lee has avoided serious challenge in deeply conservative Utah in the dozen years since he came to power in a tea party wave.

Utah’s Democratic Party declined to endorse one of its own and instead is supporting independent never-Trumper Evan McMullin in his bid against Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).

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Utah Democrats pulling hard to defeat Republican Sen. Mike Lee took the unusual step Saturday of spurning a party hopeful to instead get behind an independent, former presidential candidate Evan McMullin.

Utah Democrats pulling hard to defeat Republican Sen. Mike Lee took the unusual step Saturday of spurning a party hopeful to instead get behind an independent, former presidential candidate Evan McMullin. Democrats were swayed by calls from prominent members who said McMullin, a conservative who captured a significant share of the vote in Utah in 2016, was the best chance to beat Lee in the deeply conservative state that hasn't elected a Democratic U.S. senator for more than 50 years.

Mike Lee pushed for Trump slates, then thanked ‘heavens’ there were none — showing how Trump's extreme ideas get laundered by the GOP.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee worked on early efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, helping push legally dubious schemes to keep then-President Donald Trump in power, before he shifted course and quickly backed away.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), who served as a Supreme Court clerk, worked long hours to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election and keep Donald Trump in power, according to text messages to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

The texts provide a window into how haphazard and contentious the Jan. 6 effort was — at least privately.

Newly released text messages to Mark Meadows are a reminder of how long Trump's supporters have been waiting for proof of fraud.

In a last-minute gripe, Republicans took swipes at Ketanji Brown Jackson even though they were powerless to stop her confirmation.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is endorsing former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel in the heated Republican primary for the open U.S. Senate seat in the Midwestern battleground.

Piecing together the activities of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021, is no easy task.

Some Republican senators considering Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination are still hung up on Brett Kavanaugh.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol has previewed some of its findings in a federal court filing.

The Senate has sent President Joe Biden a bill averting a weekend government shutdown.

Lawmakers hope to finalize a longer-term spending bill before the new shutdown deadline on March 11.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee is facing backlash from Japanese Americans and conservation groups after blocking a proposal to create a national historic site at a former internment camp in rural Colorado.

On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the forced internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans at the onset of World War II, Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah is getting backlash for holding up the creation of a national historic site at a former internment camp in rural Colorado. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, says he has the support of 99 of the chamber's 100 senators to pass the Amache National Historic Site Act, which would make the remote southeastern Colorado landmark a national historic site eligible for additional preservation assistance.

Investigators from the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol have found gaps in the White House phone records on the day of the insurrection, reports The New York Times.Investigators were unable to find the logs of calls by former President Trump during hours on that day when they know he was sometimes on the phone.There is no evidence that official logs were changed or deleted, the Times reports, and Trump often...

The legislation addresses key gripes app developers including Spotify, Epic Games, Basecamp and others have raised about Apple and Google.

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is sounding a skeptical note about the prospects of easing the Senate’s filibuster rules to advance stalled voting legislation.

McConnell faces frequent attacks by Trump as he performs delicate negotiations and manoeuvres to secure the GOP an advantage in the Senate.

The Senate has rejected a bid to stop a U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia.

Sen. Joe Manchin is likely to help a bill opposing a vaccine mandate for private companies pass the Senate this week, but the legislation faces an uphill battle in the House.

For months, President Joe Biden has taken it on the chin from Republicans over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Senate has passed a stopgap spending bill that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb. 18 after leaders defused a partisan standoff over federal vaccine mandates.

President Joe Biden has signed into law the stopgap spending bill that will keep the federal government running through Feb. 18.

The House struck a deal to prevent a government shutdown, but the funding bill could face opposition in the Senate.

The federal government could be heading for a temporary shutdown.

Conservative Senate Republicans reportedly plan to force a government shutdown over vaccine rules

The report represents the latest attempt by the Republican party to highlight the risks of rising prices less than one year before the 2022 midterm elections.

Lucas Sin's innovation at Nice Day represents a generation push for reimagining Chinese-American takeout menus.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he will not again help Democrats extend the government’s borrowing authority.

The independent former Republican who gave Donald Trump a headache in Utah in 2016 will be back on the ballot against Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). And there's a compelling argument for Democrats to line up behind him.

On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump trashed Sen. Lindsey Graham. Three days later, the South Carolina lawmaker sung Trump's praises.

Lindsey Graham told Trump over the summer 'you f---ed your presidency up,' book claims. Trump hung up.

A significant majority of Americans doubt that the war in Afghanistan was worthwhile, even as they are more divided over President Joe Biden’s handling of foreign policy and national security.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell had vowed to be “100% focused” on stopping President Joe Biden’s agenda.

The senators who spent months stitching together a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure package are now trying to sell it to the American people.

The Biden administration is encouraging Senate lawmakers to finally repeal an Iraq war authorization crafted when Saddam Hussein was still alive.

The bipartisan group of senators who crafted the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is preparing to take a victory lap as the Senate moves toward passing the bill in the coming days.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is looking to speed up consideration of a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan national infrastructure package.

A U.S. Senate panel has deadlocked on President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee vast government-owned lands in the West amid bitter opposition from Republicans.

The hanging death of a 21-year-old Black man three years ago is still haunting a county in Mississippi.

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The Harris County Sheriff’s Office released video Tuesday of an officer-involved shooting that happened in March in the Cypress area.