Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sat down with Fox News’s Sean Hannity to discuss the mass killing in Maine, same-sex marriage and President Biden.

Their polls almost always fade as races progress, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s standing especially is probably inflated. But several factors suggest a potentially significant 2024 impact.

The Minnesota lawmaker has announced he is challenging President Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Lawsuits in Colorado and Minnesota center on the 14th Amendment, which bars those who engage in an insurrection from running for office.

A bipartisan panel of lawmakers demanded answers from Social Security for why the agency continues to face major backlogs and service failures.

The new line of questioning could signal that Arizona’s attorney general might expand the scope of the investigation.

Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat who had enjoyed an A+ rating from gun rights advocates, said he regretted his past opposition to an assault weapons ban and said he would now support a ban.

The Louisiana Republican, virtually unknown to the public, has denounced gay relationships and sought to narrow the separation between church and state.

The new House speaker unquestionably supported the effort to block Joe Biden’s presidency. But it’s not clear that his role was particularly significant.

U.S. District Judge Steve Jones said the current maps must be redrawn by Dec. 8, in a win for voting rights activists who argued the state’s maps dilute the power of Black voters.

The Republican venture capitalist, who lost an expensive bid to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate last year, announced Thursday that he’s running for a House seat.

The Supreme Court this term will review eight 5th Circuit decisions. It has sided with the Biden administration over the lower court twice in the past week.

It’s hardly the first poll to suggest strong unfamiliarity -- or refusal to acknowledge -- the basic facts underlying Trump’s indictments.

It will only work, however, if some Republicans back it.

Mass-shooting deaths make up a small portion of annual deaths in the United States but have an outsize presence in the public imagination.

Minnesota congressman Dean Phillips is expected to announce his presidential intentions in New Hampshire on Friday. Democratic strategists say it’s unlikely to undermine Biden’s path to the nomination.

The son of sharecroppers, Mr. Bowman ran away from home at age 13, swept the Capitol steps and then became the longest-serving African-American congressional staff member in history.

Special counsel Jack Smith urges a judge to modify the conditions of Trump’s release to make clear he could go to jail if he keeps talking about witnesses.

The move comes months after a GOP-controlled state Supreme Court allowed gerrymandering based on politics.

The new House Speaker worked behind the scenes after the 2020 election to boost Donald Trump’s efforts to stay in office through a long-shot court challenge