A U.S. lawmaker introduced legislation to require that new motor vehicles be equipped with manual door releases, a move to address safety concerns with the type of electrically powered handles popularized by Tesla Inc.

The measure from Representative Robin Kelly, an Illinois Democrat, calls for automobiles with electric door systems to include ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Venezuela would send the United States as much as 50 million barrels of oil, declaring it would be sold with the proceeds to benefit both countries.

“I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Tuesday evening that Venezuela’s interim authorities have agreed to turn over between 30 million and 50 million barrels of oil to the United States, an unexpected sign of the rapidly evolving relationship between Washington and the Caracas socialist leadership.

It was not immediately clear which Venezuelan entities...Read more

WASHINGTON — The special election to succeed former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia will take place on March 6, according to an order signed Tuesday by Gov. Brian Kemp.

Greene, a onetime ally of President Donald Trump who famously broke with him over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files and the direction of his “...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump implored Republicans to turn around their political fortunes ahead of November’s midterm elections, warning that if Democrats retake control of Congress, he would be impeached for a third time.

“You got to win the midterms,” Trump said Tuesday at a retreat for the party’s House caucus in Washington....Read more

WASHINGTON — A congressional deal is expected to give lawmakers more oversight over a new FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., as part of a funding agreement that stands to bring millions of dollars to Maryland and avoid another government shutdown.

The agreement, which Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen helped broker, would prevent certain ...Read more

Imminent action this week in the U.S. Senate on a bipartisan war powers resolution — which aims to block President Donald Trump from engaging in further hostilities against Venezuela — has thrown a spotlight on Missouri's Josh Hawley.

The Hill reported Sunday that the resolution, introduced in early December, is "privileged," which means ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom must call for a special election in the next two weeks following the unexpected passing of Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., early Tuesday morning.

LaMalfa, a fourth-generation rice farmer who had served in the House since 2012, died during surgery after he suffered a medical emergency on Monday night, ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Wolfe County woman was indicted by a grand jury Tuesday for first-degree fetal homicide after taking abortion medication without a doctor’s advisement.

Melinda Spencer, 35, of Campton, was indicted Jan. 6 on charges of fetal homicide, concealing the birth of an infant, abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday sought to keep his House Republican troops in line even as he expressed concerns about November’s midterm elections and issued a warning to American weapons manufacturers.

“We got to close the deal,” Trump said of an election that will decide control of the House and Senate as he urged his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan spending package rolled out Monday would turn down several key Trump administration budget proposals aimed at restructuring components inside the Justice Department and orders reports on a new way the DOJ is coordinating some major probes.

The bill would decline a past Justice Department proposal to eliminate the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Legal pundit George Conway on Monday launched a campaign for the Manhattan congressional seat held by Rep. Jerry Nadler, who will not seek reelection.

The fierce critic of President Donald Trump and ex-husband of former Trump spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway is betting that anger at the White House’s right-wing agenda will catapult ...Read more

NEW YORK — U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman on Monday picked up the endorsements of Democratic heavyweights Rep. Jeffries and Gov. Hochul in his reelection fight against progressive primary challenger Brad Lander for the NY-10 district spanning lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn.

The two-term incumbent, a mainstream moderate Democrat, won praise from...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump implored Republicans to turn around their political fortunes ahead of November’s midterm elections, warning that if Democrats retake control of Congress, he would be impeached for a third time.

“You got to win the midterms,” Trump said Tuesday at a retreat for the party’s House caucus in Washington....Read more

Last week, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro was on stage in front of his supporters, waving his hands and dancing, seemingly oblivious to the danger that awaited him. Monday, that same man was a criminal defendant incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York’s Brooklyn borough, having just been arraigned on drug trafficking...Read more

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders, emerging Monday from a classified briefing on Venezuela, offered sharply contrasting takes on both the president’s odds of overhauling that country’s government and whether leaving Congress out of the decision to strike was constitutional.

The full House and Senate are expected to be briefed behind ...Read more

On the same day that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to drug charges in a Manhattan courtroom, U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on Monday said he planned to introduce legislation in Washington that would block federal funds from being used for U.S. military occupation in the South American nation.

The chance of the...Read more

WASHINGTON — On the same day Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appeared before a Manhattan judge, Western Maryland Rep. April McClain Delaney called for President Donald Trump’s impeachment over the operation that brought Maduro to the United States.

“I cannot stand by as my Republican colleagues allow President Trump to defy the rule ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lead the process to implement economic and political reforms in Venezuela and the U.S. believes it is getting “full, complete and total” cooperation from the government in Caracas after the capture of Nicolas Maduro, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller said ...Read more

MIAMI — After months of calling Edmundo González — backed by opposition leader María Corina Machado — the legitimate winner of the 2024 Venezuelan elections, South Florida’s congressional delegation is now defending President Donald Trump’s comments that Machado doesn’t have the “respect” to lead Venezuela, and Trump’s plans ...Read more