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To date, the effort has not produced results, as the Republicans who have promised to hold up nominees and legislation are the ones who usually oppose them anyway. Senator Rick [...]

The move against President Biden, which Speaker Kevin McCarthy had been signaling for weeks, comes as some far-right House Republicans are irate over spending and threatening to depose him. Speaker [...]

The move against President Biden, which Speaker Kevin McCarthy had been signaling for weeks, comes as some far-right House Republicans are irate over spending and threatening to depose him. Speaker [...]

But some conservatives are dismissive, saying the House could continue investigating the president and his family even if funding for the government lapses at the end of September. Facing the [...]

The News The billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow refused this week to comply with the Senate Judiciary Committee's request to hand over information about gifts and travel he provided to [...]

In a new letter, Democrats on the Judiciary Committee asked Harlan Crow, a billionaire with extensive ties to Justice Clarence Thomas, to provide a list of any benefits he provided. [...]

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was asked to appear before the Judiciary Committee after reports raised new ethics questions about Justice Clarence Thomas. WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice John G. [...]

Democrats on the panel wrote to the chief justice, urging an investigation into gifts and travel provided to Justice Clarence Thomas. WASHINGTON -- Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee [...]

Democrats on the panel wrote to the chief justice, urging an investigation into gifts and travel provided to Justice Clarence Thomas. WASHINGTON — Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee [...]

Republicans say a special committee to pursue claims of abuse of power is much like a respected 1970s inquiry, but Democrats and historians see darker historical parallels. WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers [...]

The House Judiciary Committee is set to hear from a whistle-blower who says he was tipped off about a religious freedom ruling. WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats are intensifying their critical [...]

The attack on the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which appeared to target her, came after more than a decade of Republican efforts to demonize and dehumanize the most powerful [...]

''I am a don't-rock-the-boat kind of judge,'' the justice told the senator in a discussion on Roe, according to notes from a meeting before his confirmation. WASHINGTON -- During a [...]

Republicans' hostile interrogation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and relentless re-litigating of past Supreme Court feuds marred a historic moment. WASHINGTON -- The Republican manhandling of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson [...]

Both sides anticipate that a Supreme Court decision scaling back abortion rights would roil next year's elections, with Democrats sensing an advantage. WASHINGTON -- A Supreme Court ruling to weaken [...]

The looming vote on creating a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol assault could reignite a clash over the Senate blocking tactic. Activists worry that time is short for [...]

Supporters and opponents of abortion rights say a major ruling just before the midterm elections could upend political calculations for the two parties. WASHINGTON -- Within hours of the Supreme [...]

Republicans see an independent inquiry into the attack on the Capitol as a threat to their push to regain control of the Senate and the House. WASHINGTON -- Leading congressional [...]

Top lawmakers say the Capitol Police Board, which is beholden to House and Senate leaders, needs significant changes after the security failures of Jan. 6. WASHINGTON -- The congressional inquiry [...]

The disputes are reminiscent of the fight surrounding the creation of the independent commission that conducted an inquiry into the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. WASHINGTON -- Republicans were leery of [...]

The Republican leader's calculus was simple: Don't stoke a full-on revolt by Trump supporters by voting to convict the former president, but demonstrate to anti-Trump Republicans that he recognized Mr. [...]

Government watchdogs say skirting the rules against subordinates doing chores hints at a broader disregard for ethics restrictions. When it comes to airing dirty laundry in Washington, dry-cleaning abuse has [...]

Judge Justin Walker seems headed for confirmation to an important appeals court despite concerns by critics that he would help unravel the Affordable Care Act. Judge Justin Walker, President Trump's [...]

The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit publicly advanced a call by a progressive group for an ethics investigation into the circumstances [...]

Some of the most intriguing moments in the impeachment fight on Capitol Hill take place in private, away from the hearing rooms and news conferences that throngs of cameras can [...]

WASHINGTON -- It was only a few weeks ago that the top Senate Republican was hinting that his chamber would make short work of impeachment. But this week, Senator Mitch [...]

WASHINGTON -- Congress wasn't doing much legislatively in this polarized environment. President Trump wasn't exactly tearing through his policy to-do list, either. Now, with an explosive impeachment inquiry suddenly thrown [...]

WASHINGTON -- For months, dozens of House Democrats anxiously avoided even the mention of impeaching President Trump -- right up until the moment that they demanded it. The sudden embrace [...]

WASHINGTON -- President Trump was probably never going to be impeached by the House of Representatives before the 2020 elections. The testimony by Robert S. Mueller III, the former special [...]

Mitch McConnell openly celebrated the Supreme Court's landmark 5-to-4 ruling on Thursday that declared the court had no power to interfere in excessively partisan gerrymandering. He had earned his victory [...]

WASHINGTON -- President Trump is definitely building a wall -- but it is between the White House and the House of Representatives. In the aftermath of Robert S. Mueller III's [...]

WASHINGTON -- Michael D. Cohen's explosive testimony this week about President Trump's potentially felonious conduct has not moved House Democratic leaders closer to initiating impeachment proceedings against the president, with [...]

WASHINGTON -- Brett M. Kavanaugh is now an associate justice of the Supreme Court, leaving the exhausted Senate to contend with the smoldering aftermath of his vitriolic confirmation fight, one [...]

WASHINGTON -- Senator Mitch McConnell had just arrived at Reagan Washington National Airport on Monday afternoon to resume the battle over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh [...]

WASHINGTON -- At first blush, Senator Jeff Flake's last-minute decision to force a new F.B.I. investigation into accusations that Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a teenage girl when they [...]

With his disputed nomination headed to the Senate floor, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh himself may have best summed up the reason Republicans are so eager to move him on to [...]

WASHINGTON -- President Trump thinks Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh has the perfect pedigree for a spot on the Supreme Court. ''They were saying it 10 years ago about him: He [...]

WASHINGTON -- She went public just days before a critical vote and took a polygraph test to bolster her credibility. He unequivocally denied her years-old charges of sexual misconduct. Calls [...]

WASHINGTON -- Sudden new revelations in Supreme Court confirmation fights are not new. Anita Hill's accusations of sexual harassment against Clarence Thomas surfaced after his initial hearings had concluded. Justice [...]

WASHINGTON -- Representative Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats have been leery of any mention of the I-word. Clamoring for the impeachment of President Trump, they fear, could backfire and [...]

WASHINGTON -- Al Franken walked onto the Senate floor just before noon Thursday and anxiously scanned the spectator galleries above to find his family. He wanted to make sure they [...]

WASHINGTON -- Capitol Hill has long been an insular boys' club known for tales of unwanted sexual approaches, wandering hands at crowded receptions and young women cornered in elevators. But [...]

WASHINGTON -- Senator Mitch McConnell has a well-documented history of showing little tolerance for sexual misconduct that he fears could tarnish the image of the Senate and his party. He [...]

WASHINGTON -- Senator Richard Burr, the initially reluctant but now determined leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election, said the investigation had expanded [...]

WASHINGTON -- Senator Chuck Schumer is not known for easily yielding credit for popular and successful ideas. Yet he was more than willing to excise his name from a recent [...]

WASHINGTON -- Representative Chuck Fleischmann stood just outside the House chamber in the Capitol on Wednesday morning recounting his harrowing survival of a shooting rampage aimed at a group of [...]

WASHINGTON -- Appalling. Disturbing. Partisan. Completely puzzling. Those were among the harsh words top Democrats used to toss around about the actions of James B. Comey during his tenure as [...]

WASHINGTON -- They are a disparate foursome: the chamber's leading Republican centrist, a minister who embraces public service as a calling, a seasoned dealmaker and a high-profile presidential contender. These [...]

Byline: CARL HULSE WASHINGTON -- They are a disparate foursome: the chamber's leading Republican centrist, a minister who embraces public service as a calling, a seasoned dealmaker and a high-profile [...]

WASHINGTON -- Nothing says serious business in Washington like the term special counsel. It resonates solemnly through the capital and inspires grave talk, including the possibility of significant wrongdoing at [...]