WASHINGTON (AP) — When asked if he’d support legislation to protect same-sex marriage, one conservative Republican senator was almost nonchalant. “I see no reason to oppose it,” Ron Johnson of Wisconsin told reporters, bringing Democrats one vote closer to an unexpected victory as they move […]

The high-drama, high-stakes and highly-anticipated Jan. 6 committee hearings are over for June, set to start again after Congress returns from its Independence Day recess the week of July 11. Here are six takeaways from the first five hearings: How the (Nearly) Mighty Have Fallen […]

Rep. Mary Miller at the Illinois State Fair in 2021. Photo: E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Former President Trump is in Illinois this weekend to stump for downstate congressional candidates. But all eyes are actually on his choice for governor. Why […]

Following mass shootings in Buffalo and at a school in Uvalde, Texas, Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Jacobs announced that he would support an assault weapons ban. Soon after that announcement, Jacobs, who was planning to run in New York’s new 23rd Congressional District lost support from […]

For more than half of her life, Eddie Bernice Johnson has been in politics. “It is the type of job that one if you are really into it, the time passes without you even really realizing its passing, “ said Congresswoman Johnson. Throughout her career, […]

President Joe Biden is shifting strategy with additional aid for Ukraine and more COVID-19 funding languishing for weeks: Pass them separately and prioritize emergency funds to counter the Russian invasion in order to avoid further delays. The move is almost certain to ensure that tens […]