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The DOJ has dropped its probe into 3 US senators who dumped stock work millions shortly before the coronavirus market crash
Sens. Kelly Loeffler, James Inhofe, and Dianne Feinstein have said money managers sold the stock wi…
Tom Porter
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We lost the war in Afghanistan — time to come home
The US has suffered thousands of losses and spent trillions of dollars in Afghanistan and has nothi…
Henry Blodget,David Plotz
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GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz may have violated House rules by shelling out $184,000 in taxpayer funds to rent office space from a longtime friend and donor
Rep. Matt Gaetz's rental agreement with the donor, Collier Merrill, appears to violate House rules.
Sonam Sheth
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Secret recording reportedly captures GOP Sen. Richard Burr issuing a dire warning about coronavirus to a private club, while publicly conservatives and Trump downplayed the threat
NPR obtained a copy of the recording, which it broadcast on Thursday. About three weeks ago, Burr w…
Kayla Epstein
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for Sen. Richard Burr's resignation after he reportedly sold off $1.7 million in stocks after reassuring the public of US preparedness during the coronavirus outbreak
On Thursday, the novel coronavirus, which causes a disease known as COVID-19, has infected more tha…
Lauren Frias
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'He must resign from the Senate': Fox News host demands Richard Burr's ouster after bombshell report suggests he dumped $1.72 million in stocks before coronavirus crisis
Burr, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, began unloading between $628,000 and $1.72…
David Choi
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Live Results: Democratic state Sen. Wiley Nickel defeats Bo Hines, a Trump-endorsed Republican, in North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election
Polls closed in the state at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Hanna Kang
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Bo Hines, a Trump-endorsed Republican, faces off against Democratic state Sen. Wiley Nickel in North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election
Democratic state Sen. Wiley Nickel said the day Roe v. Wade was struck down was "our best fund-rais…
Hanna Kang
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GOP Sen. Mike Braun says he would vote to codify 'settled' interracial marriage but wants to 'wait and see' what his constituents think about same-sex unions
Braun flubbed a question on interracial marriage in March. On Wednesday, he joined other Republican…
Bryan Metzger
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Sen. Rand Paul may have violated insider trading law by failing to disclose wife's COVID drug stock purchases
A watchdog group is asking the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate Paul after his wife purchased…
Bryan Metzger
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GOP Sen. Ben Sasse says politics shouldn't be about the 'weird worship of one dude,' after rebuke for opposing Trump
Nebraska's Ben Sasse is one of several Republicans who've faced a backlash from state GOP parties f…
Tom Porter
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GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler just handed over documents to federal authorities investigating alleged insider trading
A spokesperson said the senator had forwarded "documents and information" to federal authorities in…
Charles Davis
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Ohio GOP Sen. Rob Portman won't run for reelection in 2022, says it's become difficult 'to break through the partisan gridlock'
"The 2022 election in Ohio starts today and Republicans will hold that seat," the National Republic…
Oma Seddiq
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Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who once ran crypto-currency firm, sold off stock ahead of coronavirus market crash
Citing filings with Senate ethics officials, The Daily Beast report states that Loeffler sold betwe…
Charles Davis
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New disclosure reveals Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her husband dumped retail stock and bought shares in a company that manufacturers medical supplies
On Tuesday, The Journal-Constitution reported that newly-disclosed stock transactions from early Ma…
Grace Panetta
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Sen. David Perdue bought stock in a company that produces protective medical equipment the same day senators received a classified briefing on the coronavirus
Perdue's disclosure form lists 112 transactions, 82 of which were made on March 3. Seventy-six were…
Sonam Sheth
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People were left utterly confused by Sen. John McCain's bizarre questioning of James Comey
During his six-minute line of questioning, McCain referred to Comey as "President Comey" and seemed…
Mark Abadi
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Trump kept a 'hit list' with pictures of the Republicans who voted to impeach him on his White House desk, Cassidy Hutchinson says in new book
Hutchinson said White House chief of staff Mark Meadows asked her to make the chart shortly after T…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Senate Republicans want Congress to step in and prevent a nationwide rail strike that could hammer the economy
The US Chamber of Commerce estimates that a shutdown of the nation's railroads would cost $2 billio…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballo…
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Bernie Sanders blocks Republican proposal to override workers and stop a railroad strike: 'It is time for Congress to stand on the side of workers for a change'
Sanders sparred with Republicans on the Senate floor, saying the resolution would take away "fundam…