Brian Naylor

The House speaker said President Trump "must go," as GOP defender Rep. Jim Jordan charged Democrats "want to cancel the president" in Wednesday's impeachment debate. Watch video of their statements.

Officials say charges could be brought ranging from trespassing to felony murder.

The first lady issues a statement denouncing violence and "false misleading accusations on me."

President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in at the traditional ceremony on the West Front of the Capitol — minus the outgoing president.

The president-elect made the remarks before introducing his choice for U.S. attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland.

In his first remarks since the start of the insurrection, President Trump said of the extremists who stormed the Capitol, "You're very special."

The president spoke before supporters at a rally on the Ellipse as Congress began ceremonial counting of electoral votes.

Arizona is the first of what is expected to be at least three challenges by GOP lawmakers attempting to overturn the results of the presidential election.

Many Republicans have indicated they will object to the formal electoral vote count. There is a good chance it will become a spectacle, but there's next to no chance it will change the outcome.

President Trump is awarding the nation's highest civilian honor to a lawmaker, who the White House claims "uncovered the greatest scandal in American history," even though that has no basis in fact.

It's unclear whether Trump's call violated election law or whether the president should — or even could — be prosecuted.

From direct payments for American households to mass transit, the legislation President Trump signed on Sunday has money for individuals and institutions affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

The FEC has not been able to operate since July, and there's a lot to do. Complaints against the Trump campaign and Mike Bloomberg are among the cases awaiting action.

President-elect Joe Biden said he would make cybersecurity — and responding to this broad attack in particular — a priority for his incoming administration.

At 38, Pete Buttigieg is the youngest of President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet selections to date. He said that "future generations have a lot at stake in infrastructure policy."

Onetime presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg will be the first openly LGBTQ person nominated to a permanent Cabinet post.

The federal workforce has often been pilloried by President Trump, but still there are far more applicants than there are federal jobs.

Christopher Krebs argues critics' public statements amounted to calling him a "traitor" for stating the 2020 presidential election was "the most secure in American history."

Just before the election, President Trump issued an executive order creating a new category of federal employees, which some worry may politicize the civil service.

President Trump's eldest daughter gave a deposition this week in connection with the suit, being heard in a Washington, D.C., court. She condemned the investigation on Twitter.