A Maryland House committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on a measure that would provide workers with partial wage replacement for up to 12 weeks away from work to care for a new child or an ill family member

Roger Stone, an ally and former advisor to President Donald Trump, was sentenced on Thursday to 40 months in prison and a $20,000 fine after being convicted of witness tampering and lying to congress. 

A Massachusetts lawmaker has been arrested on federal charges, including allegations that he illegally used some $70,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses. The FBI Boston said state Rep. David Nangle, a Democrat who represents parts of Chelmsford and Lowell, was arrested by FBI and IRS special agents at his home in Lowell on Tuesday morning. He faces dozens of…

Former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg addressed supporters in New Hampshire after polls closed in the Democratic primary on Tuesday night.

Hear from the top-four finishers from Tuesday’s Democratic Primary in New Hampshire. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is the projected winner, according to NBC News, while entrepreneur Andrew Yang and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., exited the race.

The House Oversight and Reform Committee voted Tuesday in favor of a bill to make D.C. the 51st state, sending the legislation to the House floor. Dozens of D.C. residents, most members of the D.C. Council and Mayor Muriel Bowser filled the hearing room. “Our statehood bill is clearly constitutional. Congress has the authority to make Washington, Douglass Commonwealth...

The House Oversight and Reform Committee voted in favor of a bill to make D.C. the 51st state. Now, the bill heads to the House floor. News4’s Mark Segraves reports there was a fiery debate among committee members Tuesday.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., addressed supporters in New Hampshire after polls closed in the Democratic primary on Tuesday night.

President Donald Trump addressed the crowd at the bipartisan National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, one day after Trump was acquitted in the Senate on two articles of impeachment. He used his time in front of the audience to decry the impeachment effort and appeared to take veiled jabs at Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, for voting to convict him and House Speaker...

When President Donald Trump climbed to the rostrum, he did not take House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s outstretched hand, though it was not clear he had seen her gesture.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, spoke on the Senate floor Monday, criticizing President Donald Trump’s “shameful” conduct in dealing with Ukraine and explaining why she still won’t vote to remove him from office.

A day before the Senate is expected to acquit President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., lashed out at House Democrats for presenting a “constitutionally incoherent” case for impeachment. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., also weighed in, accusing the Republican leader and his GOP colleagues of sweeping Trump’s misconduct under the rug.

Puppy mills fueled by high demand for young canines is the “most pronounced,” one advocate said, but there are other mills catering to those seeking designer cat breeds or families seeking bunnies as gifts for Easter

Listen to House manager Adam Schiff, D-Calif., make his closing remarks during Monday’s impeachment trial in the Senate.

House impeachment managers and President Donald Trump’s defense team wrapped up their arguments on Monday. Hear what the teams had to say during their closing arguments on Feb. 3, 2020. 

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says she is endorsing Mike Bloomberg for president. Bowser said on Twitter early Thursday that the former New York City mayor “is the only candidate who will unify the country and defeat Donald Trump.” She considers Bloomberg a friend and a mentor, she said in the tweet. She made the announcement on her personal...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is endorsing another mayor in the run for president. She put her support behind Michael Bloomberg. Mark Segraves reports both mayors are facing questions about one of the most controversial policies from Bloomberg’s past: stop and frisk.

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, says he would like to hear from former National Security Adviser John Bolton in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Romney also says there is more support from other Republican Senators after a New York Times report outlined a book draft where Bolton reportedly says the president tied aid to Ukraine to investigations into...

Lead Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff, D-Calif., warned of the harm he believes President Donald Trump is doing to the nation’s relationship with allies around the world.

Rep, Jerry Nadler played a viedo clip of White House Counsel Alan Dershowitz from 1998 and a memo from Attorney General Bill Barr to show how both allies of President Donald Trump have said that abuse of power is an impeachable offense.