Dom Calicchio

Supporters of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would be wrong to consider her some sort of political messiah, the New York Democrat says in a new interview.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom faced some backlash from parents and others this week after telling CNN he was “living through Zoom school” – even though his own kids returned to class months ago.

A Republican state senator from Pennsylvania claimed Wednesday he was denied access to inspect what he claimed was a huge stockpile of personal protective equipment (PPE) being stored at the state’s Farm Show site in Harrisburg.

A third California Republican has declared his candidacy for the recall election aimed at ousting incumbent Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The mayor of Portland, Ore., called for nearly $2 million in additional funding for the city’s police force and other agencies Friday, citing a rise in homicides and other violent crime.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has added to his staff a proponent of “guaranteed income” as an economic adviser, according to reports.

One of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s harshest critics blasted the governor again Sunday, implying he was a hypocrite for refusing to resign after facing more accusations of sexual harassment that brought Cuomo’s list of accusers to at least five women.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “rage & vindictiveness” have made former staffers “fearful to speak” about him as more accusations of sexual misconduct piled up against the Democrat, a reporter claimed Saturday night.

Top advisers to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo influenced state health officials to remove data from a public report that showed coronavirus-related nursing-home deaths in the state had exceeded numbers previously acknowledged by the administration, a bombshell report says.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Wednesday that she will vote to confirm U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico to become secretary of the interior.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package early Saturday — the sixth COVID bill since the pandemic began a year ago.

New Mexico’s Democrat governor is on the defensive after a report this week detailed her office’s spending from a taxpayer-supported expense fund.

A Republican state lawmaker in California has unveiled two legislative proposals that are designed as counter-punches against “cancel culture.

President Joe Biden served in the U.S. Senate for more than 30 years, and then served eight years as Barack Obama’s vice president. But until he moved in last month, he said Tuesday night, he’d never been inside the presidential “residence” area of the White House.

President Joe Biden issued a statement late Saturday, hours after the U.S. Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump on an article of impeachment for “inciting an insurrection” in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, succeeded Wednesday in having a Democrat’s statements about him withdrawn from the record during the second day of former President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, according to a report.

President Biden will travel to Wisconsin next week for his first “business” trip since taking office in January — but the state’s Democratic governor says he’s “not sure” he’ll be on hand to greet the president.

Confirmation hearings have been scheduled for Feb. 22 and 23 for Merrick Garland, President Biden’s nominee to be U.S. attorney general, according to reports.

After years of delays and a federal review, construction on the planned $500 million Obama Presidential Center will begin later this year in Chicago, officials said Wednesday.

In a sweeping move this week, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin blocked hundreds of members from serving on various Pentagon advisory boards – including numerous nominees who were appointed by former President Trump, according to a report.

Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney is paying a price for supporting former President Trump’s impeachment, a poll commissioned by Trump’s political operation suggests, according to a report.

A group of aides to members of the U.S. House of Representatives plans to call on members of the U.S. Senate to convict former President Trump on an impeachment charge of “inciting an insurrection.

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul declared former President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial “dead on arrival” on Tuesday after 45 Senate Republicans voted against holding the proceeding, viewing it as unconstitutional.

Security concerns in Washington, D.C., ahead of the scheduled inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden have resulted in some scheduling changes, Biden’s staff said Thursday, according to a report.

Tensions on Capitol Hill nearly resulted in fisticuffs early Thursday between a Republican and a Democrat in the U.S. House, according to reporter accounts.

A 60-year-old Republican state senator from Virginia has died from coronavirus complications, the senator’s office confirmed Friday night, according to reports.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats of “selective hearing” Wednesday night – after President Trump called for Congress to raise coronavirus stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000.

“Seinfeld” fans know that the faux holiday “Festivus” is a time for the airing of grievances. Well, this year Sen. Rand Paul’s grievances amount to about $54 billion.

As if 2020 hasn’t delivered enough unexpected news, consider this: President Trump’s call Tuesday night for Congress to raise coronavirus stimulus payments to Americans to $2,000 won raves from at least three of his harshest critics.

The Law Department of the city of Chicago this week tried to block a local TV station from airing video of a botched police raid in February 2019, in which city officers allegedly stormed the wrong house and handcuffed an innocent woman while she was naked – and while a group of male officers looked on, according to reports.