The $3.5 trillion spending package which Senate Democrats agreed to this week will be a highly transformative piece of legislation for the nation, according to its chief architect, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders.

Former president Donald Trump's a "diminished figure," who -- while still dangerous -- won't actually run for president in 2024, according to a former Republican congressman who developed a reputation as a "Never Trumper."

Given that lives are at stake, Dr Anthony Fauci favors extending vaccine mandates at the local level.

The Republican governor of Arkansas is speaking up about misinformation contributing to a lower rate of vaccination against COVID-19. It's Gov Asa Hutchinson's fellow Republicans who are typically spreading that misinformation, however.

Arizona's secretary of state, Katie Hobbs, is offering a large and well-deserved "buyer beware" for the partisan so-called ballot audit which has been dragging on since the spring.

Dr Anthony Fauci, the federal immunologist who's become a household name during the coronavirus pandemic, has sharpened his rhetoric against those who continue to denigrate available vaccines against the virus.

Rep. James Clyburn, the third-highest ranking Democrat in House leadership, clarified where many in his party stand on the contentious matter of voter ID.

In a television interview Sunday, ABC News host Jon Karl turned the tables on Joe Manchin, asking the West Virginian why he never uses that influence as a cudgel against Republicans to fall in line for more of the bipartisanship that Manchin regularly says is his goal.

Now that Joe Biden's first face-to-face encounter with Russian leader Vladimir Putin since becoming president of the United States is in the history books, the best way to determine whether it was all for show, or if it will lead to substantive diplomatic breakthroughs, will all come down to what happens next, according to a prominent former top official with the White House National Security Council (NSC).

As the House voted again Tuesday to award would bestow the Congressional Gold Medal to the Capitol Police, local DC police, as well as commend other federal officers who assisted the response to the deadly January 6 insurrection at the Capitol, some 21 Republican lawmakers voted "no."