Rep. Sanford Bishop allegedly misused more than $90,000 in campaign and official funds

Rep. Sanford Bishop. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Democratic Rep. Sanford Bishop of Georgia allegedly improperly spent…

Frustrations simmer as Congress prepares rare August work

“We will not start the August district work period until we pass appropriate Covid-19 relief to…

Pelosi and McConnell resist testing for lawmakers as anxiety spikes

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill on Friday.…

Pelosi duels with White House as unemployment aid set to expire

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi slammed Republicans for refusing to concede anything in the negotiations…

The week in wildlife – in pictures

Havelland, Germany. A sheep’s wagtail sings on a branch in the Havel floodplain. The species likes…

House clears $1.3T spending bill with $210B in emergency cash

The House has now passed 10 out of 12 spending bills on the floor. | J.…

Engel subpoenas State Dept. for Biden documents given to Senate Republicans

Rep. Eliot Engel. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo Rep. Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs…

Animal stunning slowly being accepted by Turkey’s halal butchers, say activists

As Turkey gears up for Eid al-Adha, or Qurban Bayram, the Muslim festival of sacrifice, animal…

UK waste incinerators three times as likely to be in deprived areas

Waste incinerators are three times as likely to be situated in the most deprived and ethnically…

Australia’s ‘black summer’ bushfires showed the impact of human-wrought change | Tim Flannery

Australia’s “black summer” megafires were a severe blow to ecosystems already reeling from decades of adverse…