Washington CNN  —  The early days of 2017 were a whirlwind for Vice President Joe Biden: swearing in a new Congress, a surprise Medal of Freedom, a speech at...

WASHINGTON — Republicans have done badly in three straight elections, but that has not stopped party Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel from tripling her salary, to...

Congress fraud George Santos (R–NY) told NBC News he will resign — if “142 people ask for me to resign” (see video below). Oh wait, the serial liar...

Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) is set to lead the House Committee on Homeland Security, which Muslim civil rights groups say is alarming because he has a history of...

Sen. Frank Church during a session of the Senate Intelligence Committee on the CIA in 1975. Photo: Bettmann Archive In one of their very first steps since...

Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Attorney General Merrick...

Members of Congress’s Democratic Women’s Caucus wore all white on Wednesday in a show of solidarity against Republicans and their efforts to crack down on...

Last week, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers — speaking in front of a picturesque tropical backdrop — delivered somber news for workers: Millions of...

On Saturday, US Congressman Robert Garcia (D-CA) was sworn in with his hand on the first issue of the Superman comic book from 1939. The comic—which he...

House Democrats and progressives are getting set to give Kevin McCarthy constant headaches by filing motions to remove him as speaker. Politico...