Politics

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton teetered on the brink of impeachment Thursday after years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations that the state’s Republican majority had largely met with silence until now. In an unanimous decision, a Republican-led House investigative committee that spent months quietly looking into Paxton recommended …

Authorities said that a mentally ill man who attacked Rep. Gerry Connolly’s district office — shattering windows and striking two women, one of whom was an intern — first chased and threatened a woman with a metal baseball bat in a northern Virginia neighborhood. Connolly’s staff managed to shelter in …

A federal jury on Thursday found Andrew Gillum, a former Democratic nominee for governor of Florida and ex-mayor of Tallahassee, not guilty of lying to the FBI while deadlocking on 18 other counts, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial on those charges, attorneys said. The single verdict came after …

Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland won’t seek reelection in 2024, opening a rare U.S. Senate seat in the state that neighbors Washington, D.C. “I am proud of all I have done for Maryland,” Cardin said in a statement. “I have given my heart and soul to our great state, …

Washington — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Republican lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled their plan to raise the debt ceiling and cut government spending ahead of the looming summer deadline to avert a catastrophic and historic default by the U.S. on its debt obligations. Called the “Limit, Save, Grow Act,” the …

The Democratic-leaning city of Nashville’s Metropolitan Council will get to keep all 40 of its seats for now, under a temporary decision issued Monday by three state judges. The ruling stymies an effort by state Republican lawmakers to cut the council in half after it blocked the the 2024 Republican …

Brandon Johnson, a union organizer and former teacher, was elected Chicago mayor on Tuesday, a major victory for the party’s progressive wing as the nation’s third-largest city grapples with high crime and financial challenges. Johnson, a Cook County commissioner endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union, won a close race over …

The military service academies saw the highest level of estimated instances of sexual assault or harassment since at least 2006, according to an annual Defense Department report, while one in five female students reported experiencing unwanted sexual contact, an anonymous survey found.  “Our numbers indicate that this is the highest …

President Biden used the searing memories of Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” to recommit to a cornerstone of democracy, lionizing a seminal moment from the civil rights movement at a time when he has been unable to push enhanced voting protections through Congress and a conservative Supreme Court has undermined a landmark …

The Commerce Department is opening the application process for computer chip manufacturers to access $39 billion in government support to build new factories and expand production. All companies seeking the funds will need to show how they plan to develop a local workforce, with firms getting $150 million or more …