Dareh Gregorian

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis had previously called Peters’ 9-year prison sentence “harsh.” President Trump has repeatedly demanded she be released.

The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday it is investigating Rep.

The FBI director and Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland got into a heated exchange during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing.

Suspending the federal gas tax would require congressional approval, and it could cost the government billions of dollars in revenue.

The Cultural Landscape Foundation seeks to block the ongoing repainting of the reflecting pool on the National Mall that Trump said will be “American Flag Blue.”

The Trump administration has made an aggressive push to add the president's name to buildings, battleships, money and government websites.

The Senate passed a resolution to ban members and staffers from trading on prediction markets.

Federal prosecutors say former FBI Director James Comey's use of the term “86” on Instagram was a threat “to do harm" to President Donald Trump — but some food service workers say the term is "everyday lingo" to them."It’s probably the most overused word in hospitality," said Mike Reyes, 45, who has worked in the hospitality industry for years, currently as an operational excellence consultant at FLIK Hospitality Group."Any time you're out of anything, it's 86-ed" — meaning it's unavailable and needs to be replenished or replaced — he said, adding that he first heard the term when he started his first restaurant job at age 14

“Maybe it’ll go away,” James Comey said last May of an investigation into his Instagram post showing seashells arranged on a beach in the shape of the numbers “8647.”On Tuesday, Comey, the former FBI director, was indicted on two felony counts alleging he "knowingly and willingly" made "a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon, the President of the United States."The charges come five months after a judge threw out an indictment alleging Comey lied to Congress and as President Donald Trump has made clear his frustration that the Justice Department has failed to prosecute his perceived political enemies.

The State Department announced it will be releasing a limited series of passports this summer containing an image of the president inside the front cover.

The Government Accountability Office, an independent and nonpartisan investigative watchdog for Congress, has opened a review into how the Justice Department has handled redactions from investigative documents relating to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein