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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a national emergency on Thursday after anti-police protests damaged property and targeted police vehicles last weekend.

House Republicans are again seeking to restrict presidential use of the nation's emergency oil stockpile — a proposal that has drawn a White House veto threat.

A GOP bill that would restrict President Biden's use of the nation's emergency oil stockpile is set for a vote on Friday. House Republicans accuse Biden of abusing the reserve.

The payments stunned experts, who said they called into question the accuracy of the congressman’s broader financial filings.

For the second time this month, House Republicans have advanced a measure to restrict presidential use of the nation’s emergency oil stockpile — a proposal that has already drawn a White House veto threat.

Presidential historian Jon Meacham compared Rep. Liz Cheney to President Abraham Lincoln on PBS and said she demonstrated selflessness in her work on the Jan. 6 Committee.

A congressman who has criticised LGBT people becomes late-night comedy fodder after his apparent drag queen past emerges.

Republican South Dakota state Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller claims she lost her committee assignments for speaking out against childhood vaccination requirements.

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, joined "Fox & Friends" Thursday to stress the need for America to have a clear goal of de-escalation in Ukraine as the war continues.

Rep. Thomas Massie was seen sporting a running national debt clock badge on Wednesday amid a fight over raising the debt ceiling and a national debt of more than $30 trillion.

Florida AG Ashley Moody details why the state joined Texas' lawsuit against the Biden administration over a recently-expanded migrant parole program.

A House Republican bill to abolish the IRS is unlikely to go anywhere in the House, and may linger in the House Ways and Means Committee without any action.

We’re doing a four-part series to examine how Harris County’s 2023 fiscal year is being impacted by the smaller budget it was forced to work with after Republican commissioners boycotted meetings late last year.

We’re doing a four-part series to examine how Harris County’s 2023 fiscal year is being impacted by the smaller budget it was forced to work with after Republican commissioners boycotted meetings late last year.

Most freshman Republicans snubbed President Biden's invitation to a White House party for new members of Congress on Tuesday, with only 11 of the 45 new GOP members showing up.

Republicans have indicated that they're willing to hold off on raising the debt ceiling in order to secure cuts to Medicare and Social Security.

Former President Trump has a three point lead over President Biden in a hypothetical 2024 rematch, according to a poll conducted by Emerson College.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that only House Speaker McCarthy and President Biden are in a position to negotiate a debt ceiling fix.

A Republican-led proposal to ban citizens, entities and governments and from certain countries to purchase land in Texas is raising concerns among some lawmakers.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and then-Vice President Joe Biden negotiated on the debt ceiling in 2011.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, along with the state's Republican attorney general, said Tuesday the state will prosecute pharmacists who dispense abortion-inducing pills following a recent Food and Drug Administration rule change that broadens access to the pills. The Republican governor and South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley released a letter to South Dakota pharmacists saying they are “subject to felony prosecution” if they procure or dispense abortion-inducing drugs. “South Dakota will continue to enforce all laws including those that respect and protect the lives of the unborn,” Noem and Jackley said in the letter.

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis calls out the mainstream media for mischaracterizing the Parental Rights in Education Act on Fox Nation's ‘The MisEducation of America.’

The serially lying lawmaker complained that skits about him on late-night TV are "terrible."

A Florida man who killed a deputy and woman was scheduled for execution on Feb. 23. The man fatally stabbed a woman after escaping from prison awhile serving a life sentence.

A Mississippi doctor who is against the COVID-19 vaccine mandate has filed paperwork to run for governor. Dr. John Witcher will challenge Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves in GOP primary.

A political newcomer who lost his bid for the New Mexico Statehouse and is accused of orchestrating a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of Democratic officials will remain behind bars pending trial.

Republican officials contend last fall’s boycott of Harris County Commissioners Court was more than worth it, forcing cuts to what they saw as a bloated budget and granting relief to taxpayers burdened by inflation. But the bill is coming due in the form of starved departments and fewer services.

On the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling on Roe vs. Wade, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris Harris is rallying supporters against efforts in Washington and in Republican-led states to restrict abortion. (Jan. 22)

Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran's campaign reported that "cyber-criminals" stole nearly $700,000 from his campaign in the fall and the theft is under investigation by the FBI.

Former GOP operative Tim Miller surprised MSNBC's Alex Wagner with his prediction.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy asks who told attorneys to search for President Biden's classified documents at one of his Delaware houses on "Jesse Watters Primetime."

An Effingham County judge temporarily blocked Illinois’ recently enacted ban on high-powered weapons and high-capacity magazines from being enforced on more than 850 people and a handful of licensed gun dealers.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed an executive order Friday that prevents the state from doing business with particular telecommunications companies.

Rep. Greg Steube suffered serious injuries while cutting tree limbs at his home in Sarasota, Fla.

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., elaborated on a news story involving an angry confrontation with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, R-Ga., after the first House Speaker vote.

The world's largest poultry producer is among nearly a dozen poultry companies that face a March 17th deadline to reach agreement with the state of Oklahoma on how to clean a polluted watershed.

A detention hearing has been scheduled for a felon and failed political candidate suspected of orchestrating a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of four elected Democrat officials in New Mexico.

Missouri's first non-white Treasurer Vivek Malek took office during a ceremony on Tuesday. Malek promised to ensure fiscal discipline and "'promote the promise of America."

Steube's potential absence could further narrow House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's already slim Republican majority in the House.

U.S. Rep. Greg Steube sustained “several serious injuries” when he fell off a ladder while cutting trees at his property on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Zack Shahin, who's been jailed in Dubai for 15 years, could die within weeks, according to a Houston-based doctor who reviewed the prisoner's medical files.

Lee Zeldin, a former Republican House member from Long Island, said Santos voter outrage is "certainly very genuine."

A proposed bill in Utah would ban gender-affirming surgery for minors. Several states across the U.S. have considered similar bans, including Florida, Arkansas, and Arizona.

The Republican is facing growing calls to resign as stories about his past continue to surface.

Dominion's lawsuit claims it's all been good for his business and that "Lindell has increased MyPillow sales by 30-40% and continues duping people into redirecting their election-lie outrage into pillow purchases." Lindell says that is not true.

Santos will be on the Small Business Committee, despite allegations of impropriety in his business background. And Greene will be on Homeland Security, despite lodging conspiracy theories about the homeland.

The "Late Show" host spots the one key factor that could end Ron DeSantis' presidential aspirations.

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., who were each stripped of committee assignments by House Democrats for their incendiary rhetoric, have been given seats on multiple congressional panels in the now-Republican-controlled chamber.

A former candidate for the state legislature was arrested Monday for allegedly orchestrating the shootings at the homes of local Democratic officials.

The enthusiasm with which the scandal-hit New York Republican told the falsehood stood out to Charlie Sykes.

Pena is accused of conspiring with and paying four other men to shoot at the homes of 2 county commissioners and 2 state legislators, police said.

Solomon Pena is accused of conspiring with and paying four other men to shoot at the homes of 2 county commissioners and 2 state legislators, police said. All are Democrats.

West Virginia Republican Governor James Justice II told Fox News he is seriously considering a Senate bid against Democratic incumbent Joe Manchin.

The D.C. Council is set to pass sweeping criminal justice reform legislation that will nearly eliminate all mandatory minimum sentences and soften penalties for many violent crimes.

House Republicans are asking the DEA and CBP to help put a stop to the illicit use of the "zombie drug" xylazine that drug dealers are adding tp fentanyl to form a ruthless combination.

Mike May was one of more than 20 losing candidates in Harris County who filed election contests, citing reports of Election Day issues.

President Joe Biden says he was “surprised’ when he was informed that government records were found by his attorneys at a former office space in Washington.

House Republicans plowed through the second day of the new Congress, with no clear off-ramp from their political chaos over electing leader Kevin McCarthy as the new speaker.

The House will convene Wednesday as Republicans try again to elect a speaker for the new Congress.

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has fallen far short in voting to become House speaker.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has become one of the first Democratic governors to ban the use of TikTok on state-issued devices.

Just in time for Christmas, New York legislators passed a bill in both houses on Thursday that will make them the best-paid state lawmakers in the nation.

A Republican who won a seat in the U.S. House in the November election is under pressure to explain himself amid evidence he fabricated parts of his life story.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a sweeping property insurance bill.

A second legal challenge that has blocked Indiana’s abortion ban from being enforced could also be headed to the state Supreme Court.

A judge has dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder over the Flint water crisis.

A large contingent of Republican lawmakers from Texas unveiled a border security plan they say will be a priority during the new Congressional session.

A Pennsylvania government panel is considering adding extensive definitions of sex, religious creed and race to nondiscrimination regulations.

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Republican football star Herschel Walker on Tuesday in Georgia’s Senate runoff election, NBC News projects, handing President Joe Biden and his party a key win.

Indiana's Republican attorney general can continue his investigation of an Indianapolis doctor who spoke publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim.

The long-rumored memoir-policy book by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is coming out next year.

Indiana’s Republican attorney general has asked the state medical licensing board to discipline an Indianapolis doctor who has spoken publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled from Ohio after its more-restrictive abortion law took effect.

Voters deciding to split their tickets or buck their party altogether may have helped Democrats mount a stronger-than-expected performance in the recent midterm elections.

A federal judge in Florida has blocked a law pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts certain race-based conversations and analysis in colleges.

The Energy Department on Wednesday awarded nearly $74 million from the bipartisan infrastructure law for 10 projects to advance recycling and reuse of batteries for electric vehicles and other purposes.

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has been reelected as Republican leader, quashing a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott of Florida.

Protesters gathered outside of Harris County Commissioners Court Tuesday to demand answers about the 2022 election.

Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer has won the open U.S. House seat in Oregon's 5th Congressional District.

Police say no powder was in two suspicious unopened envelopes found at the Phoenix campaign headquarters of the Republican candidate for Arizona governor.

Blake Masters wasn’t posting the numbers of votes he needed in Election Day ballots as they were counted and released days later by officials in Arizona’s biggest county.

A handful of closely matched California U.S. House races could determine which party controls the chamber.

Incumbent Democrats in Nevada have swept three key swing seats in the western battleground state that Republicans had targeted in their bid to take control of the U.S. House.

Tina Kotek has won election as Oregon’s next governor, extending Democratic control of the state’s top political office for at least four more years.

Georgia’s election runoff rules could determine control of the Senate for the second time in a row.

Republican challenger Alexandra del Moral Mealer has conceded in the race to become Harris County judge, according to a statement released on her Twitter page. Judge Lina Hidalgo will now serve another term as county judge.

Republican Dan Crenshaw wins reelection to U.S. House in Texas' 2nd Congressional District.

Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt has held off a bruising challenge to his reelection, defeating Democrat Joy Hofmeister.

Authorities are investigating an envelope that reportedly contained suspicious white powder that was opened at the Phoenix campaign headquarters of Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.

TV icon Oprah Winfrey is endorsing Democrat John Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s hotly contested Senate race and rejecting Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz. Winfrey helped launch Oz to stardom nearly two decades ago when she brought the heart surgeon on her popular daytime talk show as a regular guest.

Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Alaskans want results, not “partisan political rhetoric,” as she faced her Donald Trump-backed Republican rival Kelly Tshibaka in a televised debate.

The representative called for McCraw’s resignation after the Department of Public Safety director said in a meeting that the agency had not failed the city of Uvalde.

Texas voters will have a chance to cast their votes for the midterm elections on Nov. 8 for several statewide and local seats.

Presidential aspirants running for reelection while dreaming of the highest office in the land often face an uncomfortable question: Will they commit to serving a full term — should they win one — when their best moment to take a shot at the White House may come sooner than that.

Three women were ejected from the set of ‘The View’ on Monday after interrupting an interview of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz for what appeared to be a climate change protest.

Mississippi expects 5,000 more births each year as a result of the Supreme Court ruling denying abortion rights.

The nine-member Texas Supreme Court has the power to make sweeping decisions that interpret the meaning of the state’s constitution, impacting the lives of Texans across the state. Three seats are on the ballot this year.

Oprah Winfrey is again shining her star power on Democrat Stacey Abrams’s bid for governor in Georgia.

Most Americans are used to casting their ballot for a single person for each office.

Republican challenger Scott Jensen launched sharp attacks against Gov. Tim Walz over his handling of the violent unrest that followed the police killing of George Floyd.