U.S. House of Representatives

The Republican-led U.S. House two weeks ago voted to overturn the sweeping new criminal justice changes made by Washington D.C.'s City Council. What was noteworthy is that 31 Democrats voted with the GOP — including three vulnerable members of North Carolina’s Democratic delegation.

North Carolina lawmakers began drawing legislative maps based on new population data from the 2020 census. One proposed map would boost Republicans by putting Mecklenburg County into three congressional districts.

The Senate approved a temporary extension to fund the federal highway program and ends furloughs for the transportation employees.

Population numbers from the U.S. Census are due out Thursday. Those granular numbers will help North Carolina lawmakers decide how to carve up political maps for Congress and state legislative districts.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who directed the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee to negotiate the structure of the commission, now says he will vote against the deal.

During a presidential trip, the report says, the former White House physician made inappropriate comments about a female subordinate, then got drunk and banged on her door in the middle of the night.

The U.S. Capitol Police says it is aware of and preparing for a threat by an identified militia group to breach the Capitol complex on Thursday.

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy did not take the robust action Democrats and some Republicans were calling for, so the whole chamber took up a resolution on her racist and inflammatory comments.

Armed with pro-Trump banners, the rioters far outnumbered and swiftly overwhelmed the Capitol Police as they charged up the steps, smashed windows, broke into the Senate chamber and occupied offices.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has brought House lawmakers back to resume debate hours after rioters breached the U.S. Capitol. Lawmakers are expected to validate President-elect Joe Biden's win.