Politics

Sen. Scott joins Gov. DeSantis in calling for resignation of Florida GOP chair amid rape investigation

By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press

Sarasota police are investigating a claim that Ziegler raped a woman with whom he and his wife had previously had a sexual relationship.

Federal Trade Commission is investigating ExxonMobil's $60 billion deal to acquire a Texas oil company

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Security filings show the Federal Trade Commission is investigating ExxonMobil's $60 billion deal to acquire a Texas oil company, potentially one the largest energy industry mergers in two decades.

The House will vote next week on formalizing its Biden impeachment inquiry, Speaker Johnson says

By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

Johnson and the Republican leadership team had been contemplating in recent weeks a vote to formalize their monthslong inquiry into the president. The constitutional process has yet to produce any direct evidence of wrongdoing by the president.

Man believed to have fired shots before a Virginia house exploded is dead, police say

By Matthew Barakat, Ben Finley, Associated Press

Police have not publicly identified the person whose actions brought them to the home in Arlington on Monday after firing a flare gun 30 to 40 times into the Bluemont neighborhood.

Supreme Court dismisses case that could have limited lawsuits over disability access

By Associated Press

The Supreme Court has dismissed a case involving a Maine hotel that could have made it harder for people with disabilities to learn in advance whether hotel accommodations meet their needs.

WATCH: U.S. announces extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department says it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

WATCH: Harris vote breaks 32nd Senate tie, making history

By Chris Megerian, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris has set the record for the most Senate tiebreaker votes, topping a nearly 200-year-old mark by casting her 32nd to help confirm a new federal judge in Washington, D.C.

WATCH: Sen. Tommy Tuberville says he's ending his blockade of most military nominations

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The Senate in a single stroke Tuesday approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a blockade of nominations over his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy.

WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing as Senate approves hundreds of military promotions

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The Senate in a single stroke Tuesday approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a monthlong blockade of nominations over his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy.

LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case on taxing foreign income

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed inclined to uphold a tax on foreign income while leaving questions about a broader, never-enacted tax on wealth for another day.