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Former US vice-president Mike Pence says he will consider testifying before the committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riots if he receives an invitation. But will he be summonsed?

As the Jan 6 committee has shown, an anti-Trump voice in the GOP can be damaging

“The attempted extermination of the Jews of World War II doesn’t even compare on a shadow of the life that has been lost with abortion since its legalization,” Bailey said in a 2017 video. On Tuesday, Bailey tried to smooth out his earlier comments, saying in a statement the Holocaust…

WASHINGTON — Voters in three states will pick Senate nominees Tuesday, with Missourians setting the general election contest to fill the seat being vacated by the pending retirement of a fixture in Missouri and Capitol Hill politics. In Arizona and Washington state, all eyes will be on who makes it…

Members of the House will now get up to $10,000 to upgrade their home security as experts warn such threats endanger the health of US democracy

Rep. Dean Phillips played softball, used the autopen and sweated through his suit when he worked for Sen. Patrick Leahy in the late 1980s.

"Republicans are working hand in hand with Big Pharma to try to block Democrats from lowering drug prices"

"They value something much more—having political influence over lawmakers no matter how dangerous their views"

The beauty of our democratic system of government is that anyone can get elected. But that feature is also a bug. We suspect we aren’t alone among Americans who watch some of the antics on Capitol Hill and think, “How on Earth did that person get elected?” Sometimes it seems…