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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said she wouldn’t rule out working with Republicans to resolve the speaker battle but emphasized she did not see GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as a “unity candidate.”

The White House was not able to explain Wednesday why President Joe Biden exited Marine One wearing a surgical mask — a break from his recent habits.

Former Vice President Mike Pence urged Republicans to support Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) bid for House speaker, jumping into the conversation to encourage unity among the party as it remains paralyzed by dissent.

Negotiations between House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and the members obstructing his path to the speakership appear to have reached an impasse — dragging the leadership vote into a historic second day.

The View hosts returned to give their opinions on politics in the new year, and they did not hold back.

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) decided against a push to adjourn the House as he struggles to lock down the votes to become speaker.

FBI officials are raising the reward for information on the person who planted pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., in January 2021 to $500,000.

Virginia's Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Wednesday that his office would be launching a state civil rights investigation against Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County.

A mammoth expert claims nearly 500,000 tusks were dumped in the East River in New York City decades ago and that they still may be at the bottom of the body of water to this day.

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed the D.C. Council’s bill to overhaul the city’s criminal code, arguing several of the provisions that seek to reduce penalties for some crimes would send “the wrong message” and overwhelm the district’s court system.