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As thousands of government employees fret over whether they will receive their January paychecks, one category of government workers will continue to be paid regardless of a shutdown: senators and members of Congress. But Democratic Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling for that to change. In a tweet on Saturday, Ocasio-Cortez …

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) announced Monday that he will not seek re-election in 2020. “I will not be a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate in 2020,” wrote Alexander, who at 78 is one of the oldest senators in Congress. “The people of Tennessee have been very generous, …

As strange as it may seem, Major League Baseball has its own political action committee. It isn’t afraid to spread its money around Washington, either. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the league has given $245,000 this year to a diverse array of politicians, from Republicans like Rep. Kevin …

Kellyanne Conway appeared on Fox News Sunday this morning with more of her patented alternative facts. This time, the White House aide was discussing video the administration shared of the interaction between CNN reporter Jim Acosta and a White House press intern who tried to take a mic away from …

It appears that Brian Kemp almost suppressed his own ability to vote. The Georgia gubernatorial candidate — who also serves as the state’s secretary of state, meaning he oversees the state’s election system — has long been under fire for his voter suppression tactics. Polling just about dead even with …

A man was arrested in Plantation, Florida, Friday morning in connection with a string of pipe bomb packages mailed to prominent Democratic figures.Department of Justice spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores confirmed on Twitter that a suspect was in custody and the DOJ will hold a press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET …

WASHINGTON — As part of its efforts to combat forms of foreign election interference like that seen in 2016, the FBI in August launched a project called Protected Voices to help political candidates and consultants defend against the next wave of cyberattacks on U.S. soil. Now, just three weeks before …

There are protests outside the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington D.C. Thursday morning, but all eyes are on a small room inside the building, 226, as hearings convene that could determine the makeup of the Supreme Court for a generation. Christine Blasey Ford, professor of psychology at Palo Alto …

Andrew Janz delivers a stump speech like a closing argument. Blame his day job. The trim, pokerfaced 34-year-old is deputy district attorney in Fresno, California. And at a meet-and-greet, in the living room of a retired schoolteacher on the north end of this sprawling city, he sounds less like he’s …

He’s best known as the charming frontman of Fall Out Boy — but long before he embarked on the path to pop punk stardom, Patrick Stump spent days and nights poring over his mom’s old textbooks, memorizing the names of long-extinct mammals and aquatic life. “All my favorite superheroes were …