President Biden invited congressional leaders to a meeting at the White House on Wednesday to discuss his funding request for Ukraine, Israel and the border, which has been stalled for weeks on Capitol Hill. Mr. Biden’s request for the $110.5 billion package has been held up by Republicans who are demanding a new crackdown at…
Representative Lauren Boebert, a far-right House Republican, announced on Wednesday that she would run in a more conservative district in Colorado — seeking to increase her chances after a strong primary challenger emerged in her district. The move — from the Third Congressional District to the Fourth — will thrust Ms. Boebert into a crowded…
House Republicans this week formalized their impeachment inquiry into President Biden with a party-line vote, as leaders of the investigation argued they needed to take the step to ward off potential legal challenges to their work. But they have so far found no evidence that Mr. Biden committed high crimes and misdemeanors, the constitutional standard…
The House scrapped votes on rival bills late Monday that would narrow the scope of a powerful surveillance tool after an ugly fight broke out among Republicans, likely punting until next year on plans to renew but also limit an expiring wiretapping law at the heart of the program. In a hastily organized closed-door meeting,…
The Republican-led House on Thursday formally rebuked Representative Jamaal Bowman, Democrat of New York, for setting off a false fire alarm in a House office building in September, the latest in a series of partisan reprisals using a once-rare form of congressional punishment. The censure resolution, which was introduced by Representative Lisa McClain, Republican of…
A house in Arlington, Va., exploded into flames on Monday night after a man fired several rounds from a flare gun inside as the police prepared to execute a search warrant there, the authorities said. The explosion took place after 8 p.m. in the 800 block of N. Burlington Street, the Arlington County Police Department…
Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota, the wealthy former software executive who entered the presidential campaign in June hoping a back-to-basics appeal on the economy would propel him forward, dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination on Monday. Though his personal fortune could have kept his campaign afloat, Mr. Burgum’s mild demeanor and…
Hunter Biden, the president’s son, who is the subject of an investigation by House Republicans into his family, told Congress on Tuesday that he was willing to testify — but only publicly so that Republicans cannot twist or selectively leak what he says. In a letter to Congress, Abbe D. Lowell, Mr. Biden’s lawyer, criticized…
A bloc of far-right House Republicans torpedoed a major spending bill pushed by their own leaders on Wednesday, protesting Speaker Mike Johnson’s move a day earlier to rely on Democrats to push through legislation staving off a government shutdown. The mutiny in the House, which forced the chamber to adjourn abruptly for the Thanksgiving holiday…
An employee of the hospital where Ms. Daniels was being treated urged Ms. Stelly to call Mr. Benton and Mr. Johnson for help, advising that they were “Christians, both of them, and they are so against abortion clinics,” Ms. Stelly recalled in an interview. The lawyers soon drove to the hospital to see her, and…