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With a potential debt default just six days away, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy arrived at the Capitol Friday telling reporters he remained optimistic despite no deal in hand. McCarthy said negotiators “made progress” overnight but wouldn’t get into specifics of…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi strode into the Capitol on Thursday morning dressed in a suffragist-white pantsuit, flanked by top aides as her filmmaker daughter, Alexandra, who has for three decades documented her mother’s life and career, trailed behind holding a…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who announced she’d step down from leading the House Democrats on Thursday, made history as the first woman to ever hold the position and was a political target — and thorn in the side — of…

For nearly six decades, the legacies of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer have been closely linked — and together they will give up their leadership roles in Congress. At once allies but also political rivals, they…

The TAKE with Rick Klein For all the rightful talk of the Republican Party defining itself around its extremes, what’s left of the middle — or at least what candidates can hope to get out of self-labeling — could shape…

Minnesota voters headed to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots in primaries for the House, governor, for state executives, the state legislature and more. Also Tuesday was a special House election to replace the late Republican Rep. Jim Hagedorn.…

In an exclusive ABC News interview, former Vice President Mike Pence expressed dissatisfaction with the possible arrest of former President Donald Trump and expanded on pointed remarks regarding his former boss and the Capitol insurrection — as well as his…

The FBI is investigating threats allegedly made on YouTube against Democrats, including President Joe Biden and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, law enforcement and the LGBTQ community, according to an unsealed criminal complaint. The FBI received an online tip earlier this…

Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, speaking on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Friday, said he was “absolutely” prepared for cross-examination in a potential trial after completing his testimony this week before a Manhattan grand jury mulling charges against Trump.…

When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered her farewell speech as Democratic leader Thursday, one person was notably missing from the chamber: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy has yet to publicly congratulate Pelosi, whose decision to step down marks the…