Shortly after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, the political right spent a lot of time parsing whether the word “insurrection” was an apt description of the day’s events.

The Justice Department’s decision to sideline two US attorneys and remove mentions of Donald Trump and the US Capitol attack from court papers before the sentencing of a pardoned January 6 rioter is ...

The last shutdown started on December 22, 2018, and went until January 25, 2019 — 35 days, making it the longest government ...

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley now holds the record for third longest Senate floor speech in modern history, after delivering remarks for more than 22 hours.

Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification, strengthening to a rare Category 5 with winds of 175 mph and stronger gusts, making it the strongest storm on the planet this year. Follow for live ...