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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty)

House Speaker Mike Johnson denies request for Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in US Capitol

February 20, 2026 at 2:25 p.m.

The late Rev. Jesse Jackson will not lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda after a request for the commemoration was denied by House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office due...

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listens as President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx in the South Court Auditorium in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘Take the vaccine, please,’ a top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise

February 8, 2026 at 3:11 p.m.

A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at...

FILE – Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., is seen before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)

Republicans rarely criticize Donald Trump in his second term. A racist post briefly changed that.

February 7, 2026 at 2:16 p.m.

President Donald Trump received rare blowback from Republican lawmakers over a video posted to social media that included a racist image of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle...

President Donald Trump stands on the stage prior to addressing a meeting of Global Business Leaders at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s European threats could make it harder for future US leaders to repair ties

January 22, 2026 at 8:05 a.m.

The most stark example of this shift has been Trump’s threat to take over Greenland, dismissing the nation as a large “piece of ice” as he demanded that Denmark cede...

FILE – Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listen during the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Republicans and some Democrats back contempt for the Clintons in House Epstein probe

January 21, 2026 at 5:31 p.m.

A House committee advanced resolutions Wednesday to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

The U.S. Capitol is photographed, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Congress is debating possible consequences for ICE and even Kristi Noem in the wake of Renee Good’s killing

January 10, 2026 at 2:08 p.m.

The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is reverberating across Capitol Hill where Democrats, and certain Republicans, are vowing an assertive response.

FILE – Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel appears before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

What’s next for the Epstein files after President Donald Trump’s social media posts

November 17, 2025 at 11:52 a.m.

The House is heading towards a vote on a bill to force the Justice Department to release the case files it has collected on Jeffrey Epstein.

Demonstrators hold signs asking for the release of the Epstein files during a “No Kings” protest in downtown Las Vegas Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Steve Marcus /Las Vegas Sun via AP)

What’s next in Congress on the push to release the Epstein files

November 13, 2025 at 12:34 p.m.

The House is speeding toward a vote next week on releasing files related to the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, a step that comes after months of resistance from...

FILE – Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rep. Adelita Grijalva signs petition to force House vote on releasing Epstein files

November 12, 2025 at 4:49 p.m.

After delivering a floor speech, Adelita Grijalva signed a discharge petition to eventually trigger a vote to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, giving it the needed 218 signatures.

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the funding bill to reopen the government, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

President Donald Trump signs government funding bill, ending shutdown after a record 43 days

November 12, 2025 at 10:10 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown.

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