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The Chinese surveillance balloon that traveled into U.S. territory this week has sparked comparisons from Republicans with the ongoing crisis at the southern border.

House Republicans have begun to blitz the airwaves they previously shunned. Last Sunday four of the five traditional Sunday talk shows featured House Republicans, a stark contrast to recent years when weeks or months could go by without a single House Republican appearing.

Going into Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden sees a nation with a glowing economic future.

Eric Swalwell, a Democrat from California, prompted backlash after he inquired about the size of a Republican colleague's pin, which is in the shape of a rifle.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones are vowing to hold rogue prosecutors accountable for giving accused criminals a pass by not charging misdemeanors for some crimes.

While the Republican primary is still ramping up slowly, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott and others are planning travel as campaigning enters a more active phase.

Incoming University of Florida President Ben Sasse will be greeted at his new workplace by protesters who have already put forth a list of demands.

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.

Republicans on Friday were calling for the Biden administration to do more to deal with the continued presence of a Chinese surveillance balloon over the U.S. interior.

Wisconsin Republicans have begun circulating legislation to specify which crimes would be affected by a proposed constitutional amendment to tighten bail restrictions.

Texas lawmakers say the federal government should reimburse states and communities for the money they've spent on the federal priority of securing the border.

"It’s totally unrealistic to assume that you can balance the budget and not touch Social Security, Medicare," a fiscal watchdog tells Fox as Congress debates the debt ceiling

Republicans said it's "no surprise" that far-left lawmakers like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "would use racism as an excuse" for Rep. Ilhan Omar's committee removal.

None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. CLAIM: House Republicans are requiring Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, to remove the headwear he’s donned on the House floor while undergoing chemotherapy. THE FACTS: Republicans have made no such request and have in fact been nothing but supportive, a spokesperson for Raskin told the AP.

Lawmakers on the new House select committee on China condemned the suspected Chinese spy balloon seen over Montana as a "violation of U.S. airspace and American sovereignty."

Montana Republicans are calling for President Biden to take action against the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon currently roaming over the state.

Republicans will take up two bills aimed at killing two Washington, D.C., laws the GOP says go too far in reducing criminal penalties and rewarding illegal immigration.

Signatures on a petition requesting that the proposed City Charter amendment be added to the May 6 municipal ballot have yet to be verified.

We (barely) survived past GOP-induced default crises. This time, the most radical, least-seasoned House Republicans could force a looming economic cataclysm.

This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted Jan. 27-Feb. 1, 2023 among a random national sample of 1,003 adults and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points among the full sample and larger error margin among subgroups.

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."

the latest Fox News Poll finds sizable majorities concerned about illegal immigration and nearly half see the situation as a national security crisis.

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

A South Carolina bill that will aid in shielding the identities of death penalty drugmakers has advanced. The full Senate is currently investigating capital punishment methods.

Two House Republicans blurted out what they really thought about Thursday's vote to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar in what they thought was private.

Former President Donald Trump is refusing to say whether he’ll commit to backing the 2024 GOP presidential candidate if it’s not him, injecting uncertainty into Republican hopes of reclaiming the White House next year.

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.

Embattled Rep. George Santos on Thursday congratulated the House for voting to punish Rep. Ilhan Omar for her past antisemitic remarks after they kicked her off a key committee.

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.

Former GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz warned on "The Faulkner Focus" that the decision was not one for Republicans to make and could come with consequences for the party.

Fulfilling a pledge, Speaker Kevin McCarthy's GOP-led House narrowly votes to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies accused the GOP of hypocrisy and engaging in antisemitic behavior as it looks to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee over offensive comments she made relating to Israel.

In an interview with Hugh Hewitt, Trump went on a tirade against news outlets that reported on Russian interference during the 2016 election.

Republicans have cited the Minnesota Democrat's past controversial comments about Israel. Omar, who herself has faced anti-Muslim bigotry since taking office, called the move "purely partisan."

At the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, President Biden delivered a message of unity, just two weeks after calling Republicans lawmakers "fiscally" demented.

House Republicans have set their sights on removing Omar (D-Minn.) after she made what House Speaker Kevin McCarthy recently described as “repeated antisemitic and anti-American remarks.”

Other than Sen. Tim Scott, the Republican senators viewed as potential 2024 presidential contenders are sitting on the sidelines as Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis grab outsized attention

Safe storage laws can prevent accidents and save children’s lives.

Expect Donald Trump to blame his own party if the Republicans’ debt-ceiling gambit goes wrong.

Kansas schools should be places to learn, not fight over CRT, LGBTQ book characters, face masks and vaccines.

Republicans in Florida have introduced bills in the state legislature and the senate that would prohibit students from accessing TikTok on school-provided internet.

House Republicans have voted to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., appeared on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” Wednesday night to discuss efforts by House Republicans to have her removed from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., reintroduced a bill to ensure parental rights over their child’s education by "preventing schools from concealing information about students’ gender from their parents."

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Wednesday teased a "big announcement" on Feb. 15, which is expected to be the formal launch of her 2024 presidential bid.

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee blamed Biden administration policies for the record number of migrant apprehensions. Democrats accused them of fear-mongering and spreading misinformation.

Nearly every House Democrat on Wednesday voted against a bill aimed at forcing federal workers to return to their offices now that the COVID pandemic is winding down.

The South Dakota Senate has censured and reinstated a Republican senator who was suspended last week.

Newly reelected Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia is promising to use his first full term to cut deals where possible with Republicans and deliver for his home state.

Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Rick Scott of Florida were removed from the Senate Commerce Committee as the new Congress gears up, Fox News Digital has learned.

A Georgia banker has defeated late House Speaker David Ralston's widow in a House race on Tuesday. The two Republicans will advance to the runoff election scheduled for Feb. 28.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul released her new budget proposal on Wednesday. The proposal included raising the cigarette tax and increasing state school aid by 10%.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy held a Girls and Women in Sports Day event to address the issue of biological men competing in women's sports.

Senate Republicans introduced “Parents’ Bill of Rights” which would limit sexuality and gender identity lessons taught in North Carolina schools.

Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn are helping host the event at the Omni Barton Creek Resort and Spa.

House Republicans have begun their promised aggressive oversight of the Biden administration.

A procedural vote Wednesday in the House showed unified Republican support in moving to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Not long ago, Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy used to have breakfast together in the then-vice president’s home.

Gov. Tim Walz has enshrined the right to abortion and other reproductive health care into Minnesota statutes.

The rank-and-file Democrat who was unexpectedly elected speaker of the Pennsylvania House as a compromise candidate earlier this month is saying he hopes to keep the job.

Rural school leaders in Texas have been able to stave off the legislative priority of some of the state’s most prominent Republicans. But private school officials hope this year will be different.

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.

The House Oversight Committee is set to hear testimony from former Twitter employees involved in the social media platform’s handling of reporting on President Joe Biden’s son Hunter.

For all the sound and fury about raising the nation's debt limit, most economists say federal borrowing is not at a crisis point.

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

The South Dakota Senate has suspended a Republican state senator in a rare move that stripped her of legislative power while keeping the allegations against her a secret.

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

The debt ceiling has long been a political tool to force partisan agenda items across. But Roy is facing some resistance within his own party on his border plan.

The Biden administration is temporarily delaying legal protections for two imperiled species after getting pushback from congressional Republicans.

House Republicans have renewed an investigation into the art dealings of Hunter Biden, pushing for details as part of the party’s long-promised probe of President Joe Biden and his family.

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.

President Joe Biden has hosted the Democratic congressional leaders at the White House.

Lessons learned from the debt ceiling standoff more than a decade ago are rippling through Washington.

Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts was sworn into the U.S. Senate on Monday, replacing Republican Sen. Ben Sasse as the Senate returns from several weeks of recess and begins a new session of closely-divided government.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is tapping into a debate that's sharply divided Latinos with her decision to ban most state agencies from using the gender neutral term Latinx.

The radio ad, which criticizes Phelan for appointing Democratic committee chairs, prompted pushback from Republican colleagues in the House over why the state party would use resources to attack its own member.

Look who's in line for coveted House committee assignments.

A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights has filed a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s abortion ban, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby imposed those beliefs on others who don’t share them.

The Biden administration is directing $930 million toward reducing wildfire dangers in 10 western states by clearing trees and underbrush from national forests.

The Treasury Department says it has started taking “extraordinary measures” as the government has run up against its legal borrowing capacity of $31.381 trillion.

Two years since the attack on the U.S. Capitol, a series of drive-by shootings targeting Democrats in New Mexico is a violent reminder that the false claims about a stolen election persist in posing a danger to public officials and the country’s democratic institutions.

Texans came from all corners of the state to watch Abbott’s inauguration Tuesday. Even those who don’t completely agree with the Republican leader reveled in the ceremonies.

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.

Republican leaders across Tennessee have largely maintained that the state’s abortion ban allows doctors to perform the procedure, should they need to save the life of the mother, even though the statute doesn’t explicitly say so.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has notified Congress that the U.S. is projected to reach its debt limit on Thursday and will then resort to “extraordinary measures” to avoid default.

A top U.S. intelligence official is urging Congress to renew sweeping powers granted to American spy agencies to surveil and examine communications.

For years, problems with classified materials have been a shortcut to controversy in Washington.

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.

House Republicans are taking early action on abortion now that they are in the majority.

House Republicans have opened their long-promised investigation into President Joe Biden and his family.

About two months into his comeback bid, few prominent Texas Republicans have endorsed Trump — and some are showing more willingness to cross him publicly.

Conservative Kansas legislators are pushing back more aggressively this year on LGBTQ-rights issues than in the past two years.

The volume of classified documents is different and the circumstances of their discovery worlds apart.

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.

The House Ethics Committee has been asked to investigate Rep. George Santos.

The Texans are poised to chair some of the most important committees, including the appropriations and budget panels.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been sworn in as Arkansas' 47th governor and the first woman to hold the office her father once held.

House Republicans have began their tenure in the majority by passing a bill that would rescind nearly $71 billion that Congress had provided the IRS.

Kevin McCarthy has passed his first tests as House speaker as Republican lawmakers approved their rules package governing House operations.

Lawmakers no longer have to walk through metal detectors before gaining access to the House floor.