Politics & Policy

Rep. Ilhan Omar said she is drafting articles of impeachment against President Trump. She blamed him for his supporters’ attempt at an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Members of Congress have been hunkered down through much of the afternoon as security attempted to retake control of the chamber from Trump insurrectionists.

Law enforcement in the nation’s capitol was not quick to deploy extreme crowd control tactics.

Biden said that the words of a president matter. At their best, he said, they can inspire. But at their worst, he added, they can incite.

Wednesday’s congressional certification is one of the last steps to confirm Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election ahead of inauguration.

The skirmishes occurred outside in the very spot where president-elect Biden will be inaugurated in just two weeks.

More than 100 members of the U.S. House and 14 senators have planned to challenge the vote based on unproven allegations and conspiracy theories over alleged voter fraud.

In picking Garland, Biden is turning to an experienced judge who held senior positions at the Justice Department decades ago.

Mayor Purzycki took the oath of office virtually from his home, and invoked the words of John Lennon while discussing his recent heart bypass surgery.

The past and present of counting the electoral college votes for President. We'll also hear about how Pa. Senate Republicans refused to seat a Democratic election winner.

As one of six states that flipped from Trump in 2016 to Biden in 2020, Pennsylvania could have a spotlight on it during debate over the Electoral College vote.

Lawmakers had convened for an extraordinary joint session to confirm the Electoral College results but protests erupted outside and government buildings were evacuated.

His victory makes him the youngest U.S. senator and gives Democrats control the Senate for the opening of Democrat Joe Biden’s presidency.

The state has confirmed that an Allegheny County Democrat won another term in the Senate by 67 votes. The GOP is still hoping the courts will overturn the outcome.

The rules put much of the power in the hands of the majority party, which Democrats and good-government groups said effectively stifles the voices of many Pennsylvanians.