Treasury fund paid for Texas Rep. Farenthold’s $84,000 sexual harassment...
WASHINGTON – Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, used $84,000 in taxpayer dollars to settle with a former aide who sued him for sexual harassment in 2014, The Washington Post confirmed Friday. Farenthold...
View ArticleHow House members guard their secrets in sexual harassment cases
WASHINGTON – In the secretive system that governs most sexual-harassment settlements in the House, no single lawmaker or committee has a full picture of how many complaints were settled or how much...
View ArticleRep. Ruben Kihuen won’t seek re-election amid sexual harassment allegations
Rep. Ruben Kihuen, D-Nev., will not seek re-election next year amid allegations that he sexually harassed women, making him the seventh – and youngest – member of Congress felled by reports of...
View ArticleFunding for government lapses as short-term spending bill stalls in the Senate
WASHINGTON – The government shut down early Saturday morning on the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration after Congress failed to meet a midnight deadline to renew funding. Senate...
View ArticleTrump slams Democrats as third day of government shutdown begins
WASHINGTON – The government shutdown headed into the workweek Monday as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he would consider allowing a floor debate on immigration issues in mid- to...
View ArticleCongressman calls for police to arrest undocumented immigrants at State of...
WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers and activists frustrated with the pace at which Congress is moving on protections for “dreamers,” undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, often point...
View ArticleRepublican lawmakers distance themselves from Trump on memo; Democrats push...
WASHINGTON – A fierce partisan battle over the Justice Department and its role in the Russia investigation moves into its second week Monday as Democrats try to persuade the House Intelligence...
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Senior White House official to resign after ex-wives’ allegations of abuse
WASHINGTON – A senior White House official said Wednesday that he would resign after his two ex-wives accused him of physical and emotional abuse, with one presenting pictures of her blackened eye. The...
View ArticleGOP on edge as West Virginia considers U.S. Senate bid of controversial coal...
Wealthy outsiders pursued Republican Senate nominations on Tuesday in Indiana and West Virginia, as leaders battled anti-establishment fervor that threatened their position ahead of November’s midterm...
View ArticleWhite House officials defy subpoenas to testify in impeachment inquiry as...
WASHINGTON — House investigators on Monday released the first transcripts from closed-door depositions taken as part of the impeachment inquiry as four White House officials, including John Eisenberg,...
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