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Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) is stepping down as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says Americans "should be celebrating" that President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are healthy in the face of a pandemic that has now killed over 85,000 Americans.

A donor to President Donald Trump got nearly $27 million in coronavirus relief for his private jet company.

Former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, criticized President Donald Trump on Thursday for trying to change his story about Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn now that he's running for reelection.

A key government agency has found that a whistleblower complaint filed by Dr. Richard Bright has uncovered a "substantial likelihood of wrongdoing."

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany lashed out at Dr. Rick Bright on Thursday as he testified that the Trump administration ignored warnings about the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The government controls the weather, they caused 9/11, there was no Holocaust, mass shootings are false flag attacks from the government -- these are all conspiracy theories peddled by conspiracy theorists cited in a new examination in The Atlantic's "Shadowland" project.

This Thursday, President Trump took to Twitter to call on Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to call former President Barack Obama into the Senate to testify in the alleged "Obamagate" scandal. But according to POLITICO's Andrew Desidero, Graham was having none of it.

The White House legal counsel reviewed transcripts of Michael Flynn's calls to the Russian ambassador and concluded President Donald Trump's first national security adviser was lying.

SEATTLE — The Riccitti family had a small window of time to make the switch. So they did.When Washington schools closed in mid-March, Colleen Riccitti decided to withdraw her three children from the Kent School District. Her children’s teachers had no immediate plan to continue instruction, Riccitti said, calling the moment “chaotic at best.”She soon found an alternative in Washington Virtual Academies (WAVA), one of the state’s largest public virtual schools — and one that was accepting new students, even in the middle of the school year. And like other public schools, enrollment was free.“It...

All 15 Republicans in the Democratic-controlled state Senate are calling for a special committee to investigate how Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration has responded to the coronaviruspandemic in New Jersey and to prepare for any future health crises.The GOP lawmakers — the minority in the 40-member upper house of the state Legislature — sent a letter Wednesdayto Democratic state Senate President Stephen Sweeneyasking for the probe.“We must acknowledge that the harm caused by the initial threat of the coronavirus may have been amplified by the response of the executive branch of our S...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The official start of hurricane season may get shifted into May in coming years, after several consecutive seasons produced storms prior to the current opening date of June 1.A low-pressure system near the Bahamas has been given a 70% chance of forming a subtropical storm or depression later this week. If it does, this would be the sixth year in a row to see a storm form before the official start date.Dennis Feltgen, spokesman for the National Hurricane Center, said the possibility of shifting the opening date into May is being discussed, in light of the series of pre-s...

President Donald Trump is in an awkward position. If he doesn't reopen the country -- the economy will likely stay where it is. If he reopens the country prematurely, people will die. In an election year, he's betting on the economy being the more important option than the lives of Americans.