Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Monday that he will allow the 50-50 Senate to officially organize so Democrats can take control of key committees in the chamber after a weeklong battle with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over the rights of the minority to stall legislation.

Viruses mutate and evolve and the coronavirus is no different.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats marched the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate Monday night for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators were easing off their...

The fate of top Democratic priorities like $1,400 checks and an immigration overhaul could hang in the balance.

Janet L. Yellen won Senate confirmation along bipartisan lines and now faces a big challenge in confronting an economic threat that has caused financial hardship for millions of Americans.

For those who grieved Bryant, the tears transferred from tragedy to tragedy. For those who didn’t, life found a way to break them down.

The decision to have Ms. Tubman replace Andrew Jackson on the note was set in motion in 2016. President Donald J. Trump opposed the idea, and his Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, stopped work on it.

Twitter has struggled to contain misinformation on its platform.

The virus has infected more than 99,496,000 people and has been detected in nearly every country.

Seven Democrats filed an ethics complaint against Hawley and Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday, calling on the Senate to investigate the Republicans’ role in inciting the riot that stormed the Capitol.

The secretary of Russia's Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, discussed extending the New Start arms treaty in a phone call with new U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Russian news agencies reported on Monday.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will not take on the role for the trial that begins the week of Feb. 8, a source says. A chief justice presides only when a sitting president is on trial.

The Trump administration also attempted to have the federal government buy more goods made in the U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an order Monday reversing a Trump-era Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from serving in the military. The new order,...

Two independent research groups said they stumbled upon the new strain while looking for signs that a highly transmissible variant from the United Kingdom had established itself here.

Georgia will be the focal point of the GOP push to change state election laws

Some epidemiologists say the new variant is "the most plausible explanation" for the surge

A fast-spreading Covid-19 variant has pushed deaths and infections to records, overwhelming funeral homes.

President Joe Biden will sign a travel ban Monday on most non-U.S. citizens entering the country who were recently in South Africa, where a new strain of Covid-19 has been identified.

Kevin Strong, an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration in San Bernardino, was charged with violent entry and disorderly conduct for his role in the Capitol riot.

The conditions of the Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou, who is wanted in the U.S. on fraud charges, are even more luxurious than previously known.

The company has forfeited its responsibilities to society. It’s time to push back, speaking the only language the owners understand.

The former president, in his first political activity since leaving office, endorses an ally for Arizona party chair who backed his false claims of election fraud.

President Joe Biden benefited from a record-breaking amount of donations from anonymous donors to outside groups backing him, meaning the public will never have a full accounting of who helped him win the White House.

The new president is moving to change Trump's disastrous policy that helped corporations force employees into unsafe workplaces.

Editor’s note: Given media reports about what was discussed at an employee meeting Jan. 21, we wanted to share the full transcript of Microsoft President Brad Smith’s remarks. BRAD SMITH: Thank you, and it’s obviously an important question. I don’t want to repeat, but I do want to build upon what Satya said. You know,...

Trying to find another avenue to push his baseless election claims, Donald Trump considered installing a loyalist.

Brad Smith said because Microsoft has contributed to campaigns, representatives can attend events, and that can result in a willingness to work with Microsoft.

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Garret Miller told a social media commenter during the Capitol riot that he and others had "stormed" the Capitol building.

Jeffrey Clark appears to have signed off personally on the decision for the DOJ to intervene on behalf of Trump in the defamation lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll.

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Friday unanimously approved Janet Yellen's nomination as the first woman Treasury secretary, indicating that she will easily win full Senate approval, but Republicans called for her to work with them in developing economic policies.

A House lawsuit to enforce a subpoena, stalled since March, awaits a decision by new Treasury officials on whether to drop objections to a release.

The delay is in the mutual interest of the former and current presidents: Trump has struggled to assemble a legal team, and Biden has seen scant progress on confirming his Cabinet.

Just one day after voting to impeach Trump, the 10 Republicans who sided against him have endured both physical and political threats.

Three grand jurors from the investigation into the police raid that killed 26-year-old Breonna Taylor are now calling for Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) to be impeached over allegations that he mishandled the case.

Senate Democrats are laying the groundwork now to use a rare procedural tactic known as reconciliation to pass major parts of President Joe Biden's Covid-19 relief package if Republicans stand in the way, according to multiple Democratic aides.

The Texas real estate agent claimed she had raised $1,000 for legal fees before her PayPal account was closed.