Politics & Policy

Trump is charged with inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection after encouraging a crowd to “fight like hell” over his defeated election.

In the trial, set to begin on Tuesday, the impeachment managers will seek to prove that his actions directly incited the insurrection.

On day one of the second impeachment trial of former President Trump, we discuss the proceedings and the legal arguments on both sides.

Trump is charged by the House with inciting the violent mob attack on the U.S. Capitol to overturn the election.

Rep. Madeleine Dean, an impeachment manager, is considered a rising Democratic star. Bruce Castor, a former DA and county commissioner, will defend Trump.

Republican state senators bristle at a resolution calling Delaware’s gun violence a public health crisis. Don’t “pick on” guns, says one GOP lawmaker.

Wright, who was serving his second term in the House, marks the first member of Congress to die of the illness.

House Democrats cite fresh evidence of potential political interference by the Trump administration in the government-wide response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The change is part of the president's plan to reshape U.S. foreign policy to center "on democracy, human rights, and equality," Secretary of State Antony Blinken says.

Ex-state legislators are frequently on the shortlist to join Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board, which boasts an annual salary of $145,000.

The Western Pa. Democrat is the first major candidate to officially launch a campaign for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2022.

Joe Biden is the first sitting president to openly oppose the death penalty. Here's a look at the steps Biden could take and the challenges he would face.

A look at five key questions about what to expect when senators hear the case against the former president in the very chamber that was besieged by insurrectionists.

The attack on the Capitol continues to cast a shadow over Congress as a building and an institution, as it remains either the subject or subtext of most political discussions.

For Biden, working with Republicans is as much a point of personal pride as it is good politics.