The Senate approved a bipartisan measure Thursday limiting President Donald Trump’s authority to launch military operations against Iran.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a moderate Republican, said on the Senate floor Monday she’d vote to acquit President Donald Trump even though his actions were “shameful and wrong.” Full the full story, go to NBCNews.com.

U.S. Rep. Doug Collins announced Wednesday that he’s running for a U.S. Senate seat held by a fellow Republican, setting up a battle that could divide the Georgia party this election year. Collins made the announcement on “Fox & Friends,” saying “we’re ready for a good time down here to keep defending this president.” Collins waved off concerns that...

Democrats bid to win support from Republicans in the Senate for witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial was already a tough challenge. Democrats have warned they will live to regret not delving deeper into the evidence of Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. One of the managers, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, even told them it was “treacherous” to vote...

Democratic House prosecutors are warning as they make their final arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial that he will persist in abusing his power unless Congress intervenes to remove him from office. Rep. Adam Schiff told Republican senators on Friday that they know the president. He said of Trump: “He is who he is.”

Lead Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told Senators during Friday’s session of the impeachment trial that he believes President Donald Trump will continue to solicit foreign assistance in investigating his political rivals unless he is removed from office.

The gerrymandering wars are heading South, NBC News reports. A number of Southern states, including Texas, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, are prime targets for partisan gerrymandering as the congressional redistricting process gets underway after next year’s statehouse elections, experts said. “Many of the states that had the really aggressive gerrymanders the last time — Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin —…

Staffers for New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew are resigning after the lawmaker announced he would break from the Democratic party and vote against impeaching President Donald Trump.

The House Judiciary Committee has taken the first steps toward voting on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, beginning a marathon two-day session to consider the historic charges with a lively prime-time hearing at the Capitol....

Democrats and Republicans used the otherwise procedural meeting Wednesday evening to deliver sharp, poignant and, at times, personal arguments for and against impeachment. Both...

The House is plunging into a landmark impeachment week, with Democrats who once hoped to sway Republicans now facing the prospect of an ever-hardening partisan split over the question of removing President Donald Trump from office. Lawmakers were getting their first look at the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment report Monday night behind closed doors, and Chairman Adam Schiff said...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a short-term funding bill, averting the threat of a government shutdown until next month. Trump signed the bill, which will extend funding through Dec. 20, hours before government funding was set to expire. The Senate, by a 74-20 vote, passed the short-term funding bill earlier in the day. The push to keep the government...

A congressional committee is investigating U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan’s campaign spending. The U.S. House Committee on Ethics said Monday it hopes to complete its investigation by Dec. 17.

The U.S. House Committee on Ethics said Monday a committee is investigating U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan’s campaign spending.

U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan says she used $300,000 deposited by her husband into a joint account to help finance the final days of her 2018 campaign for Congress. The Massachusetts Democrat while acknowledging “several errors” said Wednesday she “didn’t give much thought to what bank account to use,” because per a prenuptial agreement her and her husband’s accounts were...

Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch is hoping to replace Elijah Cummings as chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Cummings represented Maryland’s 7th Congressional District since 1996 and chaired the committee. The Democrat died Oct. 17 at age 68 of complications from longstanding health issues.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Thursday introduced a resolution backed by more than 40 GOP senators excoriating House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, accusing Democrats of violating due process for interviewing key witnesses behind closed doors. Graham, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the five-page resolution that includes Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as a co-sponsor on Thursday afternoon, NBC...

Republicans failed to force a vote on the House floor on Monday evening on a resolution that would have censured House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., for his handling of the impeachment inquiry. Democrats, who control the chamber, killed the GOP effort after House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., offered a motion to table the measure. The motion was adopted...

Candidates who’ve been campaigning in New Hampshire for months will find out this week when they’ll be able to officially sign up for the first-in-the-nation presidential primaries. Secretary of State Bill Gardner says he will announce the dates of the 2020 filing period early this week. During the roughly 12-day period, candidates or their representatives sign paperwork in Gardiner’s office...

The measure was drafted in response to a state law signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in July that requires presidential candidates to release their tax returns, a move aimed squarely at the Republican president.

The Republican Party, the Trump campaign and other GOP organizations said Thursday that they are freezing their spending on Twitter to protest the platform’s treatment of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Twitter temporarily locked McConnell’s campaign account Wednesday after it shared a video in which some protesters spoke of violence outside his Kentucky home, where he is recovering from a...