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President’s team ‘needs her to be strong’, official says, as Biden seeks to counter Republican criticism that he is too old to run

The Florida governor may face Donald Trump in the contest to represent the Republicans in the White House race.

House Republicans narrowly passed a bill linking a debt ceiling raise to spending cuts, which Biden says he would veto. A political historian explains why he may have to make some concessions.

2018 investigation claimed there was ‘no evidence’ behind claims of sexual assault. Plus, Jerry Springer’s legacy

The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned Russia's Federal Security Service and Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence organization, accusing them of wrongfully detaining Americans. It's the first rollout of new sanctions authorizations established last year by President Joe Biden for use against those holding Americans unjustly captive. Still, the sanctions are…

Former vice-president’s proximity to the ex-president during the Capitol attack makes him a key witness in the criminal inquiry

Mike Pence was subpoenaed to testify about the events leading up to the 2021 US Capitol attack by Trump supporters.

Former Vice President Mike Pence has testified before a federal grand jury investigating efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his Republican allies to overturn the 2020 election

Speaker Kevin McCarthy surprised Washington when he united the raucous House Republican majority to pass a sweeping debt ceiling package

Why do we focus on a number, and not those factors that might determine whether an 80-year-old can do the job well?

Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic measure to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, dealing yet another blow to supporters who have pushed for more than five decades to amend the Constitution to prohibit discrimination based on sex