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Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears of Virginia could make history next year as the nation’s first Black woman to win election as a governor and as the state’s first female governor.

EXCLUSIVE: Senate Republicans demand answers on whether confidential human sources from DOJ agencies beyond the FBI were used on Jan. 6, 2021, while also questioning IG Horowitz’s review of records.

Congress managed to pass a short-term spending bill through both chambers after going through three different versions of it.

Congress did not manage to send a spending bill to President Biden’s desk before the pre-Christmas deadline.

President Biden is reportedly considering commuting the sentences of most, if not all, of the 40 men on the federal government’s death row.

House lawmakers voted 366-34 to approve the bill.

Thirty-four House Republicans voted Friday against a spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown, while no Democrats opposed the legislation.

Aurora Police have confirmed that several members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua were involved in an “incredibly violent” armed home invasion.

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Democrats in the Senate criticized Republicans for allowing Elon Musk to take on such an influential role, acting as a “shadow speaker” or “co-president.”

The U.S. military killed ISIS leader Abu Yusif and another member in an airstrike conducted in Syria on Thursday, U.S. Central Command said.

Several lawmakers are calling on Scranton to un-rename the President Biden Expressway, citing the damage done to children by now-pardoned Judge Michael Conahan.

Just five days before Christmas Day, President-elect Donald Trump announced he is appointing outspoken conservative and president of Catholic Vote Brian Burch to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.

The White House refused to discuss President Biden’s lack of public appearances amid the ongoing spending bill crisis as a government shutdown looms.

Congressional leaders have been scrambling for days to avert a partial government shutdown by the end of Friday.

Two Republican senators are efforting quick passage of their bill to ensure the military is paid in the event of a partial government shutdown.

House Republicans have tentatively reached another deal to avert a partial government shutdown, as the clock ticks closer to midnight.

President-elect Trump filed an amicus brief late Thursday in support of a legal effort by Texas and Missouri to “immediately” stop the Biden administration’s sale of border wall materials, saying the action is “possibly criminal.”

The White House announced that President Joe Biden will head to Italy early next month for a public meeting with Pope Francis in Vatican City. During the trip he will also hold meetings with Italy’s Prime Minister and President.

Top Democrats urged Republicans to return to the original stopgap spending bill in order to avoid a partial government shutdown at midnight.

The Oversight Project is filing an amicus brief with a western Kentucky federal court seeking to warn against the approval of a consent decree it says will hamstring police.

FIRST ON FOX: The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released a more than 17,000-page report detailing its work this Congress.

An appearance by Pete Buttigieg on New Hampshire talk radio is fueling speculation that President Biden’s Secretaty of Transportation may be mulling another White House run in 2028.

Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna told reporters that a vote on the CR is expected Friday morning, but that “there will be no deals with the Democrats.”

Sen. Mike Lee predicts that House Speaker Mike Johnson will not remain speaker, calling for Elon Musk or Vivek Ramaswamy to fill the role next.