As the internal watchdog from the Justice Department begins an investigation into revelations that the Trump administration secretly seized phone data from at least two House Democrats, former attorneys general must be subpoenaed to testified on the scandal, according to a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

President Biden's been negotiating with Senate Republicans in an attempt to win votes for his once-in-a-generation American Jobs Plan infrastructure initiative, but time -- and the president's patience -- are growing short, according to a member of Biden's Cabinet.

Sen Joe Manchin of West Virginia, perhaps the most conservative member of the razor-slim Democratic majority in the Senate, told reporters that it is "frustrating" with his Republican colleagues -- but still was not ready to vote for a rules change to end the Senate filibuster.

Although most congressional Republicans are fighting hard to kill a proposal for a bipartisan commission to study the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, a prominent conservative columnist wants the events of that day "burned into the American mind as firmly as 9/11."

Republicans and supporters of Donald Trump regularly complain that the "mainstream media" is biased against them and in the pocket of the Democratic Party. Not true, says journalist and Washington Post columnist Perry Bacon Jr.

Even after her GOP colleagues stripped her of her perch in House leadership, the daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney remained unbowed and defiant.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's leadership is lacking in a Republican Party in which grievance and an eternal culture war has replaced genuine policy and responsible governance, according to an outspoken "Never Trumper" Republican congressman.

Rep Liz Cheney, the congresswoman from Wyoming who's third-ranking in House Republican leadership, continues to experience blowback from most of her GOP colleagues for her vote to impeach Donald Trump.

At least Santorum had the honesty to admit that Republican white nationalism and racism isn't limited to Black Americans and immigrants coming across the southern border. Apparently, according to Santorum, there's no limit to the brown or Black people Republicans will revile.

By historical rights, Republicans should be hearing up for a big election in 2022. But some are afraid that loonies like Marjorie Taylor Greene will help snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.