Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., jumped to the defense of her colleague, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, after he pulled a fire alarm during a congressional vote. [Read more]

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says talking to Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is a waste of time because he has "no sway" in the House of Representatives. [Read more]

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., gave a full-throated endorsement of Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday, saying that ousting the speaker would be a "disaster." [Read more]

Fellow Republicans lashed out at Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., over his threats to trigger a motion to vacate for a vote to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. [Read more]

The Supreme Court is returning to a new term to take up some familiar topics — guns and abortion — while concerns about ethics swirl around the justices. The year also will have a heavy focus on social media and how free speech protections apply online. A big unknown is whether the court will be asked to weigh in on any aspect of th [Read more]

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned Saturday to her hometown for the final time when a military jet carrying the late Democratic senator's body landed at San Francisco International Airport. The long-serving senator and political trailblazer died Thursday at her home in Washington, D.C., after a series of illnesses. At 90, she was the o [Read more]

President Joe Biden has signed a bill to fund the U.S. government through mid-November and avoid a shutdown, less than an hour before money for federal agencies was set to run out. Biden posted a picture of himself signing the bill on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, late Saturday night. In the message, he urged [Read more]

Seven months after the Carter Center announced he was entering end of life hospice care, former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn made a rare, surprise appearance during a peanut festival in their hometown of Plains, Georgia. As they waved to bystanders while riding in an SUV that proceeded down the main street of Plains, it [Read more]

The new law bans the open carrying of firearms and prohibits the sale of more than three handguns within 30 days to any one person, with some exceptions. [Read more]

A federal judge blocked two portions of North Carolina's new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues. [Read more]

The Minnesota Democrat, who has been outspoken about his opposition to the president's reelection, plans to remain in Congress. [Read more]

The move came after Trump dubbed her “birdbrain' after she criticized him at the second GOP primary debate. [Read more]

Trump administration Defense Secretary Mark Esper tells "Face the Nation" that he has "concerns" about now-candidate Trump's comments about cutting off funding for Ukraine and possibly pulling the U.S. out of NATO. "So for all those reasons, that concerns me and and, of course, we could talk about our allies and partners in Asia as well w [Read more]

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tells "Face the Nation" that he'll "survive" after Rep. Matt Gatez threatens to oust him as leader for the deal to avert a government shutdown. McCarthy also said he "firmly supports the border first" in negotiating a longer-term government funding deal. [Read more]

Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of the staunch defenders of funding for Ukraine, tells "Face the Nation" that despite the far-right Republican opposition to including it in the government funding deal. "Do you think I would leave Ukraine" I don't believe that one bit," Graham said. [Read more]

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," House Speaker Kevin McCarthy discusses Congress' last-minute vote to avoid a government shutdown, plus Jimmy Carter celebrates his 99th birthday in Plains, Georgia. [Read more]

The former governor of South Carolina, who was ambassador to the United Nations under Donald Trump, now needs to appeal to early state voters. [Read more]

As the nation teetered on the brink of a shutdown, its citizens were largely focused on other things. [Read more]

A day after the Republican speaker turned to Democrats for help passing a stopgap spending bill to avert a shutdown, the far-right congressman promised to try to remove him from his post. [Read more]

The Republican speaker opted to keep the government open the only way he could — by partnering with Democrats — in a surprise reversal that left him as politically vulnerable as ever. [Read more]