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Joint Statement on Shooting in Alexandria, Virginia

Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., left and Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, managers of the congressional baseball teams, shake hands during a news conference on Capitol Hill in...

Jeff Sessions Testifies in Senate Intelligence Hearing

Importantly, Sessions said Trump had not yet asserted executive privilege, and he himself had no power to claim it. "These false attacks, the innuendo, and th...

Lawmakers Come Together In Bipartisan Support of Steve Scalise

Mo Brooks, R-Alabama efforts who took off his belt and used it to cut off the bloodflow Brooks said he took off his belt and he and another congressman applie...

Special counsel Mueller investigating Trump for obstruction of justice

Citing unidentified "officials", the Post reported Mueller's probe has taken a dramatic turn. Last week, James Comey testified before the Senate Intellig...

Rep. Doug Collins safe after shooting at congressional baseball practice

Later, House Republican and Democratic leaders called for unity and praised the police, while Trump in an address from the White House said that the prayers o...

Sri Lankan charged threatening to blow up Malaysia Airlines flight

Flight 128 was about 10 minutes into a flight from Melbourne when the man walked from his economy seat to the cockpit door clutching an electronic device and ...

As Sessions denounces Russian Federation allegations, Democrats fail to rough him up

Sessions heard this, yet he still refused to answer any questions about direct conversations with Trump . The next major meeting for House and Senate Russi...

Qatar Downplays Effects of Diplomatic Crisis

In a news conference Friday in Washington, President Trump said Qatar historically has been a "funder of terrorism at a very high level" and called the action...

Kinzinger friends with injured Congressman Scalise

Scalise is majority whip in the House of Representatives, a leadership position that ensures discipline and rallies votes within the party. "We look forward t...

Missing woman found after alleged midnight abduction

Dozens of police officers, dogs and a helicopter last night scoured nearby suburbs and dense mountain jungle for her alleged abductor. Daniel Rooney, 24, was ...

Video captures sounds of gunfire at congressional baseball practice

The White House said Trump will speak from the Diplomatic Room at 11:30 a.m. One Republican congressman says he's going to start carrying a gun in public afte...

Fellow Republicans press Donald Trump about James Comey tapes

It was Trump's only tweet about Comey's testimony-so far-and comes ahead of a news conference planned Friday. Comey said he refused on all points, told sena...

Philippines says it learned of city siege plans in advance

He said the U.S. troops provided technical assistance, information that enhanced the Philippine troops' situational awareness. U.S. forces "are allowed to car...

Attorney General Sessions heatedly denies improper Russian Federation contacts

The attorney general defended his "professional" interactions with Russian officials both before and after the election, and pointed to a DOJ regulation as ju...

Shooting reported in Va. involving member of Congress and police

Hodgkinson had raged against Trump on social media and was a member of anti-Republican groups on Facebook including "The Road to Hell Is Paved With Republican...

Congressman Steve Scalise, Others Shot by Bernie Sanders Campaigner

House of Representatives, was shot in the hip and was receiving care at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, his office said .Scalise was out of surgery and "do...

No sign of new gun control push in US Congress after shootings

But if Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, have devoted the years since her shooting to tightening gun control laws, Scalise is unlikely t...

Manhunt continues for 'dangerous beyond belief' escaped inmates

Sills described the fugitives as violent repeat offenders and extremely unsafe, having taken the guards' 9 mm pistols. Their escape prompted a statewide man...

Happy Birthday President Donald Trump! 5 Facts You Might Not Know!

Trump has form for throwing lavish birthday parties. Ever since Donald Trump announced his campaign for president [VIDEO ] back in June 2015, the entire ...

Gunman shoots congressman, police at Virginia baseball practice

The shooter has died from his injuries, President Donald Trump said in a press conference Wednesday. "Our fearless Capitol Police perform a challenging job ...

Loudermilk was at GOP baseball shooting; is 'OK'

Jeff Duncan of SC as they were leaving practice to ask whether those playing on the field were Republicans or Democrats. Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) says ...

At least 12 dead, dozens injured in London fire

Flames come out of a window at the Grenfell Tower , a 24-story apartment block in North Kensington, London . Paul said he saw one man who was on fire, who j...

Brussels left waiting as May tries to clinch deal

The Irish republican Sinn Fein party - which won seven seats in the election although MPs traditionally do not take up their seats in protest - is also wary...

Congressman involved in shooting at baseball field in Alexandria, CBS reports

Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill., two federal law enforcement sources confirm to NPR's Carrie Johnson. At least five people including Scalise were hospital...

Family seek 12-year-old girl missing after Grenfell Tower fire

Policing and Fire Minister Nick Hurd said Wednesday the government wanted to reassure people living in other apartment buildings. Police commander Stuart Cundy ...

Special counsel probing Trump for possible obstruction

Senior intelligence officials, including Daniel Coats, the director of national intelligence and Mike Rogers , the head of the National Security Agency, have a...

Ways the British Election Results Will Affect Brexit

The Prime Minister called what she thought would be a Brexit-focused election, but the issue was quickly overshadowed by security as two deadly terror attacks, ...

Senate suddenly bars reporters from filming senators in Capitol hallways

But even Shelby's statement didn't seem to quell concern about potential curtailing of camera access in Senate hallways. "These are actions that are without ...

Sharply divided panel advances recreational pot bill

Aaron Vega, D-Holyoke, said he was concerned about the proposed House tax rate, and called it "detrimental". But under the House bill, voters would have had n...

Rifle-wielding gunman wounds lawmaker, then killed by police

Before that it was played at varsity of parks in the D.C. area. Scalise underwent surgery for a wound to the hip, and was in critical condition. He is the f...

Shots fired at GOP baseball practice near DC; victims reported

He was named by U.S. media as James T Hodgkinson, 66, of IL. Several other people were also believed to have been hit, according to a lawmaker who witnessed the...

McSally Announces To Standing Ovation That Baseball Game Will Go On

At least two others were also wounded. "Thankful for the first responders who saved lives". "The camaraderie that we have in the mornings", he said, then paused...

Gunman who shot congressman had history of anti-GOP activity

President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that Hodgkinson had died from his injuries after the shooting . He screamed, then dragged himself to the grass out...

Witness captures Alexandria shooting on cell phone

A congressional staffer was also injured. 3 Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, was shot in the hip and was receiving care at MedStar Washingt...

Britain's Conservative Party Loses Majority; May Faces Calls to Resign

The Tories only managed to win 318 seats - eight shy of an overall majority - and now reply on the DUP to prop them up and pass laws. "And as I reflect on the...