The Kansas Republican took heat during his last re-election for not owning a home in Kansas. On Thursday just his wife, who lives with him in Virginia, joined Roberts to man the empty Senate.
After getting the farm bill passed with historically large majorities, Pat Roberts is spending the holiday break weighing another run for Senate after nearly four decades in Congress. Is his bipartisan dealmaking an asset or a red flag with Republican voters?
Ending the Affordable Care Act is no longer politically popular among GOP leaders. That’s not stopping Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is still dreaming up unusual approaches to gut or water down its provisions.
Two Kansas families with U.S. citizen children spend their first Christmas season without their dads, who were deported by ICE to Mexico. Still, the holiday season brings hope.
The Missouri Attorney General’s office on Friday released records that show staff used private emails and consulted with political operatives to set Josh Hawley’s agenda in the state’s top law enforcement position.
Rep. Jim Clyburn is out to not only lead Democrats as majority whip, but to prove himself amidst rumblings that he didn’t do enough the last time he had the job.
North Carolina's governor plans to appoint a temporary elections board to complete investigations of potential ballot fraud in a still-undecided U.S. House race even if Republicans don't participate.
One of the leaders of the Democrats taking power in the U.S. House says they would reject seating a Republican candidate in an unresolved North Carolina race next week because of fraud concerns.
A court ruling that could reignite the police murder trial of a former Black Panther brings the 1982 case back to the spotlight years after it drew the attention of Hollywood celebrities and death penalty opponents worldwide.
Federal officials and at least one state announced they've started an investigation into the nationwide CenturyLink internet outage that has caused 911 service disruptions.
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has vetoed legislation that would have made permanent a ban against Michigan doctors prescribing abortion-inducing drugs remotely with webcams or other forms of telemedicine.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump took Christmas Eve calls from children anxious to find out where Santa is on his gift-giving journey. During one call, Trump asked a 7-year-old named Collman, "Are you still a believer in Santa?"
