As Congress tables proxy voting, state lawmakers seek solutions for parents who serve in office
A bipartisan group of representatives have forced a delay in Congress over a proposed rule that would let new parents cast their vote by proxy
How a fight over proxy voting for new parents upended the US House
The U.S. House is rethinking its voting rules after a push from Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to allow proxy voting for new parents
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/fight-proxy-voting-new-parents-upended-us-house-120738527
Justice Department seeks to restrict testimony of fired pardon attorney
The Justice Department is attempting to use executive privilege to prevent its fired pardon attorney from telling Congress about the circumstances of her departure, and dispatched armed deputy U.S. marshals to her home to deliver restrictions on her te...
Former US Rep. Mia Love honored in Utah after brain cancer death
Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love will gather in Salt Lake City to honor her life and legacy after she died of brain cancer in March at age 49
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/former-us-rep-mia-love-honored-utah-after-120549768
Will Trump's tariff wars affect the 2026 World Cup or 2028 LA Olympics?
As the United States prepares to welcome the world for FIFA’s Club World Cup this June, golf’s Ryder Cup in September, the World Cup next year and the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, the question becomes: Will the world want to come
UFC boss Dana White texts with Trump, starts a boxing league and does things his way
Dana White spends his time texting with President Donald Trump, running UFC and starting a new boxing promotion
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/ufc-boss-dana-white-texts-trump-starts-boxing-120270607
Transgender Americans aim to block Trump's passport policy change
A federal judge will consider whether to block a Trump administration policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers
What to know about Wisconsin's Supreme Court race
Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court is just entering its final stretch and it’s already breaking records as the most expensive judicial election in the nation’s history
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/wisconsins-supreme-court-race-120106460
Halfway to the 2030 census, the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits over the last one
The U.S. is halfway to the next once-a-decade census, but the Supreme Court is still dealing with lawsuits that grew out of the last one
First Black Republican Rep. Mia Love has died
Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died on Sunday
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/former-utah-rep-mia-love-black-republican-woman-120085572
Jury convicts failed New Mexico political candidate in drive-by shootings
A jury has convicted a failed political candidate of federal charges in connection with a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in Albuquerque in the aftermath of the 2020 election
Democrats clashed over their shutdown strategy. But the party's identity crisis runs far deeper
Democrats are confronting stark divisions within their party as leaders grapple with their losses in the 2024 election cycle and how to confront an emboldened Trump administration
Trump says his administration is set to release JFK files with no redactions
President Donald Trump says files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy will be released without any redactions, making good on a promise he made during his campaign
Democrats running for New Jersey governor navigate the delicate politics of immigration
New Jersey’s governor’s race this year, one of just two along with Virginia, is emerging as a proving ground for Democrats struggling to find a message that can win over voters
Trump administration ramps up rhetoric targeting the courts amid mounting legal setbacks
President Donald Trump’s supporters are echoing some of the rhetoric and actions that elsewhere have preceded attacks on the judiciary as the courts deliver a series of setbacks to his dramatic attempt to change the federal government without congressi...
Earle-Sears has faced tough races before. Her campaign for Virginia governor is no different
Virginia's lieutenant governor is used to facing formidable obstacles in her political campaigns
Texas Rep. Al Green unrepentant as he faces censure vote in House for disrupting Trump speech
Rep. Al Green is facing censure in the House for his outburst during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress
US Rep. and former Houston mayor Sylvester Turner dies at 70
A spokesperson for Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas says he has died just two months after taking office and hours after attending President Donald Trump's address before Congress
First-term Michigan senator assails Trump's policies in Democratic response
First-term Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan has delivered the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s joint congressional address
Tennessee sets execution dates for four inmates after nearly three-year pause
The Tennessee Supreme Court has set new execution dates for four inmates after a nearly three-year pause