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CBS News polling finds Americans with largely dour assessments of the state of the union, as President Biden prepares to deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday.

'The Five' co-hosts breakdown how the Black Lives Matter organization hasn't helped Black Americans despite receiving millions in donations over the past few years.

The NYT editorial board published various op-eds over the past eight years taking different positions on "blue slips", a Senate procedure that empowers the minority party to block nominees.

A fence is being built around the Capitol ahead of President Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday, despite Democratic claims that walls are wrong.

Democrats overwhelmingly oppose President Biden running for office again in 2024, according to two polls released this week. Biden has insisted he "intends to run."

Republican governors started the practice of transporting migrants from the U.S. southern border, but Democratic leaders have run with it. They say it's a humanitarian service, not a political stunt.

At State of the Union, Biden has 3 big failures he must own when he addresses nation Biden has failed at inflation, energy and the border and he must deliver solutions at State of the Union

Democrats in Congress and liberal academics are pushing ideas to address the debt ceiling without needing to hear Republicans' concerns.

On Tuesday, Biden will deliver his State of the Union speech to a divided Congress — and a big audience at home. It's seen as an unofficial kick-off to his expected re-election campaign.

GOP lawmakers have incorrectly blamed the spike in fentanyl overdoses on migrants, whom they blame for bringing the drugs across the border.

Virginia Senate Democrats voted to kill the GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin-backed bill on school awards. The bill would have required student and parent notification about certain awards.

The Texas State Board of Education removed language Friday opposing vouchers in its legislative priorities for the 88th session.

New Hampshire has a state law requiring its primary to be the first in the nation. But some Democrats want to change that.

Democrats say Americans need a federal paid family and medical leave program for workers to bring the U.S. in line with other industrialized nations.

President Joe Biden sounded like a candidate making his case for a second term as he rallied a raucous meeting of national Democrats who chanted, “Four more years!”.

Fox News host Laura Ingraham lays out why Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was kicked off the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the vote's backlash on "The Ingraham Angle."

A newly released audio recording offers a behind-the-scenes look at how former President Donald Trump’s campaign team in a pivotal battleground state knew they had been outflanked by Democrats in the 2020 presidential election.

Both Democrats and Republicans support the U.S. sending money and weapons to Ukraine during their continued battle with Russia.

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries has tapped former President Donald Trump impeachment officials for the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.

The Republican Party has an advantage over the Democratic Party when it comes to crime. But there still is a critical mass of Democrats who support radical criminal justice reform.

Members of Congress on the House Natural Resources Committee got into a contentious debate on Wednesday over whether lawmakers should be allowed to carry firearms to committee meetings.

Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, responds to Democrats trying to use race as a 'scapegoat' during Wednesday's border hearing, stating race has 'nothing' to do with the crisis.

Rep. Ilhan Omar shared a recording of a profane death threat she says was received by her office, blaming Republicans who are trying to remove her from a House committee.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy weighed in this week about children using social media. He is concerned about kids 13 and under. But what about 'gender affirming' care?

A new poll shows that more U.S. adults disapprove than approve of the way President Joe Biden has handled the discovery of classified documents at his home and former office.

A group of Hispanic lawmakers in Connecticut has proposed that the state follow Arkansas’ lead and ban the term “Latinx” from official government documents, calling it offensive to Spanish speakers.

Democrats in the House of Representatives changed the rules in the last two years. Now they are going to have to face the consequences of all the changes they made.

A routine House committee meeting erupted into a heated, nearly hour-long debate Wednesday over the Pledge of Allegiance, with one Democratic lawmaker saying that "insurrectionists" who backed former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election should be banned from leading it.

Lynda Schlegel Culver, a Republican from Pennsylvania, was leading in the latest returns from Tuesday's election. Culver will be sworn into the state Senate once results are certified.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed dramatic spending to help New York City handle a wave of international migrants and to stabilize its reeling public transit system with her $227 billion state budget Wednesday, even as she warned of tougher economic times ahead.

Most Democratic voters said they would support a ban on natural gas hookups, an action that would effectively ban gas stoves, after the Biden administration floated such a ban.

A bill proposed by Democrats in Washington state to establish "Universal Civic Duty Voting" would force residents to vote in primary and general elections.

Democrats in the Michigan House voted to move the state's presidential primary. The primary is now set for the fourth week of February after the move was approved by the state Senate.

House Democrats this week objected to a GOP subcommittee on "work and welfare," and said the word "welfare" is a pejorative that should not be used in the committee.

For some Americans, battles over masks, vaccines and mandates are well in the past. For the GOP base, they’re still a fiery issue.

Part of the fight over property tax reform is over whether to use less funds on tax cuts and more on public schools and other needs

Some Democrats voted with Republicans to end the vaccination requirement for federal health workers, and the House also voted to end the public health emergency related to COVID.

The report prepared by the Republican National Committee proposes expanded “election integrity” activities in response to perceptions of a rigged process.

Congress is going to take another look at legislation covering the rights of airline passengers.

Sens. Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal reintroduced legislation that would strengthen airline passengers' rights.

Part of the fight will deal with whether to use less funds on property tax cuts and more on public schools, infrastructure and other needs.

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., on Monday called out Democrats like Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., for opposing the Justice Act and other federal level police reform over the past eight years.

Abolishing the IRS is not a good idea, but a flat levy on consumption is a good starting point if the goal is to shrink the budget deficit.

Republicans are wrestling over how much of the state’s nearly $33 billion budget surplus to spend on property taxes. Democrats have their own ideas about what to do with the cash.

National outrage over the killing of Tyre Nichols has prompted renewed calls on Capitol Hill for police reform. But in a divided Congress, bipartisan reform legislation is unlikely.

Secretary of State Adrian Fontes has asked Attorney General Kris Mayes to investigate potential campaign violations involving the disclosure of voter signatures.

The COVID-19 pandemic, inflation and burnout have pummeled teachers in the last few years. Lawmakers from both parties agree they should get a pay bump.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin announced that the committee will “take a hard look” into a “alleged misconduct” by the Special Counsel John Durham's investigation.

“We’re not going to default,” the House speaker pledged, but he also called for budget cuts without offering specifics.

Outgoing White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain says the "leadership" from progressive Democrats has contributed to the "success" of the Biden administration.

A package of proposed amendments to the Pennsylvania constitution will likely not appear on the May primary ballot after legislators missed a Friday deadline to pass it.

The Michigan Legislature approved Thursday night a spending package amounting to $1.1 billion for industry and the state's economic development fund.

More than 60% of Texans polled by Texas Lyceum said the country is on the wrong course, and the poll found steep drops in the number of people who think democracy is the best form of government.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries insists the looming debt ceiling crisis will be resolved without his party submitting to demands by Republicans who want to tie government spending cuts to a debt limit hike.

MarthaTalamasMcAllenDocumentdichotomyThe Republicans and Democrats knew Donald Trump had top-secret documents in his possession. Many Republicans even denied that Trump had any such top-secret documents. Of course, any time documents are mishandled, especially top-secret documents, it needs to be taken seriously. Do the conservative media even bother to acknowledge that Whelan tried to betray the trust of our country while serving in the Marines? teen asAre these the same conservative media that are ready to welcome him home with open arms, forgetting all the bad behavior he displayed during his time as a Marine?

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced a resolution on Thursday that would bar California Rep. Adam Schiff from accessing classified information.

GOP legislators, stung by the public scrutiny of Ginni Thomas’s emails and the work of the Cyber Ninjas, retreats into secrecy.

The spectrum of ideas on immigration could throw cold water on hope that there will be a breakthrough in Congress.

Richard Trumpka Jr. told the Washington Post the anger over his suggestion the government ban gas stoves due to health concerns was 'misdirected.'

A Democratic-led Virginia Senate panel has defeated several bills that would have restricted abortion access in the state.

Families of the 21 victims killed in a Texas elementary school shooting last May gathered Tuesday at the state capitol in Austin to renew their calls for tighter assault weapon restrictions, just days after three separate shootings in California left 24 people dead.

State policymakers have mapped out familiar territory early in the legislative session, with Democrats seeking to expand voting access and Republicans pledging to make elections more secure.

Conservative activists have pushed for legislative leaders to ban Democrats from leading committees.

While Democrats and the far-right edge of the Republican Party remain focused on abortion, leaders in both chambers have not yet spent much time discussing the issue this session.

Women who serve in the Missouri House will face a tougher dress code when they return to the floor this week after a debate that Democrats panned as a pointless distraction from the issues facing the state.

House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, snuffed out a monthslong push Wednesday to end the chamber’s longtime tradition of having committee chairs from both parties.

The IRS is beginning to see “a light at the end of the tunnel” of its customer service struggles, thanks to tens of billions of new money from the Democrats’ climate and health law and the authority to hire more people.

House Republicans have moved to swiftly establish the marquee investigations of their new majority, voting to create panels focused on China and what they assert is rampant abuse of power in the federal government.

Lawmakers begin work today for their biennial legislative session. They’ll debate over the state budget, school issues, border security and property taxes, among other issues.

As Republican infighting debilitates Washington, some state legislatures have managed to launch sessions complicated by similar GOP partisan divides or razor-thin margins of party control with creative, if yet untested, solutions.

There are 64 Democrats in the 150-member House, one fewer than before the election. There is also one fewer Democrat in the Senate.

New state data shows that an election eve Pennsylvania court decision that said mail-in ballots without accurate handwritten dates on their exterior envelopes can’t count resulted in otherwise valid votes being canceled in the high-stakes November election.

New Hampshire Democrats are asking the national party not to “punish” them while overhauling its 2024 presidential primary calendar.

Democrats took full control of state government as the Minnesota Legislature convened for its 2023 session Tuesday.

A Democrat who promised to govern as an independent was elected speaker of the narrowly divided Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday on the strength of every Democrat and more than a dozen GOP votes.

An explosion of new election-related legislation followed former President Donald Trump's lies about losing the 2020 presidential election due to fraud.

A sweeping national survey of the electorate, AP VoteCast, finds that Republican House candidates nationwide won the support of 38% of independent voters during last month's midterm elections.

Gov. Greg Abbott reportedly sent the migrants, who arrived at Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence Saturday night. The governor has been busing migrants to Democratic-let cities since April and first sent buses to Harris’ home in September.

The legality of abortions has been in flux in some states since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade six months ago.

Congressional leaders have unveiled a $1.7 trillion bill to fund the government.

Republican Adam Hinojosa conceded Friday after a recount that included three counties in Senate District 27, the most competitive senate district in the state.

Lawmakers who eagerly accepted piles of cash from Samuel Bankman-Fried now can’t move fast enough to offload contributions from the disgraced crypto mogul to anywhere but their own campaign coffers.

Florida lawmakers have advanced sweeping GOP legislation intended to shore up the state’s struggling home insurance market in the year’s second special session devoted to the topic.

Young voters who have been critical to Democratic successes in recent elections showed signs in November's midterms that their enthusiasm may be waning.

The impacts of climate change hit communities across the country, yet voters in rural areas are the least likely to feel Washington is in their corner on the issue.

Kari Lake, the Republican defeated in Arizona governor’s race, is formally challenging her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs.

After disappointing results in this year's elections, Republicans are reevaluating their antipathy to mail voting.

Sen. Chuck Schumer has been elected for another term as Democratic leader in the Senate.

The House has given final approval to protections for same-sex marriages.

Martinez Fischer replaces Rep. Chris Turner of Grand Prairie, who has led the caucus since 2017 and did not seek reelection.

A U.S. Supreme Court case involving North Carolina's congressional districts could have ramifications for the way voting districts are drawn in other states.

Democrats have voted to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024.

House Democrats unanimously chose Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina for a new role in party leadership next year.

Adam Hinojosa finished 659 votes behind Democrat Morgan LaMantia in a race that garnered 175,415 total votes.

New York congressman Hakeem Jeffries has been elected House Democratic leader and will become in the new year the first Black American to lead a major political party in Congress.

The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, putting Congress one step closer to passing the landmark bill and ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.

Outgoing Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says his Republican administration will ensure an orderly transition to Democrat Katie Hobbs.

A day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would step aside, congressman Hakeem Jeffries of New York has announced his history-making bid to become the first Black person to helm a major political party in Congress as leader of the House Democrats.

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has taken herself out of the running for Democratic leadership in the next Congress.

A Democrat who is the top official in Texas’ largest county on Thursday acknowledged problems around Houston on Election Day that included paper ballot shortages and delayed openings of polling locations.