An army of Democratic lawyers and aides are preparing to formally present the case for impeachment to lawmakers — and the country.

The decision by the woman, Christine Blasey Ford, came after days of uncertainty over whether she would appear at a hearing and answer questions about her accusations of sexual assault.

The Postal Service needs billions, the agency told Congress, and Democrats want to provide a bailout. The Trump administration may not agree.

Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced she has referred a matter involving Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to federal investigators.

The House Intelligence Committee has opened an inquiry into Michael D. Cohen’s claims that lawyers for President Trump and his family helped shape false testimony.

Allies of Mr. Trump have mounted a campaign to quash a subpoena from the Senate Intelligence Committee, putting intense pressure on its chairman, Richard M. Burr.

John R. Bolton, then the national security adviser, ordered an aide to report the machinations by the president’s personal attorney to a White House lawyer, House investigators were told.

George Santos inspired no shortage of suspicion during his 2022 campaign, including in the upper echelons of his own party, yet many Republicans looked the other way.

Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska issued a scathing takedown of President Trump during a telephone town hall with constituents, saying he cozied up to dictators and white supremacists.

Ms. Hicks, the White House communications director, told lawmakers investigating Russia’s election interference that she has not lied about matters relevant to their inquiry.

The upset of the veteran congressman from St. Louis sent tremors through the Democratic establishment in Missouri and Washington, D.C.

Retaining two counsels of Norman L. Eisen and Barry H. Berke’s caliber is relatively unusual for a congressional panel, and underscores the legal and political jeopardy the president faces.

The Republican, Senator Lisa Murkowski, said she was troubled by Christine Blasey Ford’s story. Senate Republicans hired a sex-crimes prosecutor from Arizona, Rachel Mitchell, to question Dr. Blasey.

Mr. Maloney, who leads the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, upset some Democrats by opting to run in a district currently represented by a Black congressman.

The White House says its top lawyer never saw a bureau file containing spousal abuse allegations against Mr. Porter, the president’s staff secretary. The file is mentioned in a letter to Congress.

Mr. Kushner and Ms. Trump’s use of private email accounts and an unofficial messaging service could violate federal records laws, a House committee chairman said.

Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch was recalled from Ukraine after a long campaign against her by Rudolph Giuliani and his allies. Her boss told her she had “done nothing wrong.”

The Republicans who broke with their party to find Donald J. Trump guilty were an eclectic group, bound by their shared lack of concern about retribution from the former president or his followers.

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The complaint, from a member of the intelligence community, remained opaque but involved at least one of the president’s communications with a foreign leader.

Lawmakers are escalating a fight by moving the dispute into the federal courts, which will probably determine whether the president’s tax returns will be seen by Congress and the public.

Judge Kavanaugh’s angry Senate testimony, urged by the White House counsel, Don McGahn, turned the tables and emboldened demoralized Republicans.

Judge Kavanaugh’s angry Senate testimony, urged by the White House counsel, Don McGahn, turned the tables and emboldened demoralized Republicans.

Some House Republicans plan to try to use Congress’s tallying of electoral results on Jan. 6 to tip the election to President Trump. The attempt will put Republicans in a pinch.

The California congresswoman, who heads the Congressional Black Caucus and was the first black woman speaker of a state legislature, has navigated internal divides to produce Democrats’ expansive...

Peter Strzok, the F.B.I. agent who led the investigations of Russian interference and the Clinton emails, was hauled before the House but came out swinging.

Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to increase incentives to film and television to $700 million a year, arguing that a lesser commitment would cause producers to go elsewhere.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned of a “new chapter of lawlessness” and a turning point in the House investigation of President Trump.

For nearly two years, Madeline Cuomo quietly worked with grass-roots activists to help smear her brother’s accusers. He was “seeing everything,” she told his defenders.

Accusations that Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, the president’s pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, mishandled an opioid and wrecked a car while intoxicated surfaced in a document compiled by the...