Politics

Nikki Haley states the ‘need’ for Trump in the GOP. Loyal support or political strategy?

Taylor Swift fans could help decide the outcome of Virginia's gubernatorial race, and former Gov. Terry McAuliffe has a new ad targeting his opponent Glenn Youngkin.

Taylor Swift and Virginia’s next governor: Why her masters are the focus of a new ad campaign

Virginia's state office elections will unfold this November, and many expect those results to forecast the 2022 federal midterm elections.

Virginia’s 2021 governor’s race may paint a picture for the 2022 midterm elections

A Senate committee released a report on Trump's efforts to overturn the election. President Donald J. Trump cast an early ballot for the 2020 presidential election at the main branch of the Palm Beach County library on Summit Blvd. in West Palm Beach, Saturday October 22, 2020. When asked who he voted for, the President replied, Some guy named Trump. PBN 102420 Trump12

UPDATE: Battle over executive privilege following conflicting Trump reports

Biden will meet virtually with Xi Jinping by the end of the year. FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 4, 2013. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool/File Photo

Amid tensions between US and China, Biden and Xi to meet by end of year

Los Angeles passed a vaccine mandate as the White House announced an investment in at-home tests. FILE PHOTO: Jose Espinoza, 27, receives a vaccine against the coronavirus disease at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

COVID Wrap: LA vaxx mandate, investment in tests, new HUD eviction rule

Charles Graham put out a powerful Congressional campaign ad highlighting the Battle of Hayes Pond.

Campaign ad highlights Lumbee Tribe’s stunning defeat of KKK at the Battle of Hayes Pond

Mitch McConnell offered a deal to Democrats regarding the debt ceiling. U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks through the Ohio Clock Corridor outside the Senate chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis

UPDATE: Debt ceiling deal passes in Senate as Biden floats filibuster rules change

Republican Governors visit the border Wednesday. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, right, and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, left, backed by other Republican Governors, military leaders, and law enforcement officers, speaks at a press conference on the United States' southern border in Mission, Texas on Oct. 6, 2021 to speak on the Biden Administration's lack of action on what they described as the continuing crisis at the border.Aem Abbott Border 9

Republican governors head to the border, push Biden to address crisis

President Biden traveled to Michigan to push his economic agenda. U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on infrastructure investments at the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 324 training facility in Howell, Michigan, U.S. October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Biden takes economic agenda on the road amid stall in Washington

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified in front of Congress. Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing entitled 'Protecting Kids Online: Testimony from a Facebook Whistleblower' on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., October 5, 2021. Jabin Botsford/Pool via REUTERS

“Facebook’s products harm children”: Whistleblower testifies to Congress

The Senate is turning to cloture or test votes more frequently.

DC Dictionary: Cloture explained

The Biden administration reversed a ban on abortion referrals.

Biden reverses ban on abortion referrals ahead of Supreme Court battle

Biden called on Senate Republicans to raise the debt ceiling. U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. debt ceiling from the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Biden calls out GOP on debt ceiling: “Hypocritical, dangerous and disgraceful”

Gwen's picks for October 1 include the $3.5T spending bill, Justice Kavanaugh's COVID announcement and California's new vaccine requirement.

Straight To It: Three branches of government edition

President Joe Biden took a trip down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol to lobby on behalf of the spending and infrastructure bills.

Former Senator: Here’s how Biden is negotiating at the Capitol to save infrastructure, spending bills

debt ceiling bill FILE PHOTO: The dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is seen as the sun sets on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo

Democrats scrambling to rescue the $3.5T spending bill

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) likened Democrats' $3.5 trillion spending proposal to "fiscal insanity."

‘I’ve never been a liberal’: Manchin refuses to support $3.5 trillion bill

Lawmakers recall their own abortions during Capitol Hill hearing

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo, medical bills and other records are spread out on the kitchen table of a patient in Salem, Va. According to a 2018 national survey released on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, just over 14 percent of people said they belonged to a family struggling with medical bills. That’s a big drop from nearly 20 percent in 2011 but only slightly less than the proportion who reported the problem in 2016 and 2017. (AP Photo/Don Petersen, File)

Ban on ‘surprise’ medical bills to take effect Jan. 1

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses Congressional priorities

The Senate passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through December 3.

Congress votes to avert shutdown, funds government through Dec. 3

Congress is working to address three major issues: the looming federal debt ceiling, a $3.5 trillion dollar spending bill, and the bipartisan infrastructure package.

How politics weaves the infrastructure bill, reconciliation bill and debt ceiling together

In an interview with The Associated Press, Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said his force is seeing a historically high number of threats against lawmakers in Congress, thousands more than just a few years ago.

Capitol Police chief: Never had the level of threats we’re seeing today