Politics

Four years ago, then-President Donald Trump rallied his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol and urged his vice president to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. No such drama is expected when Congress convenes to count the Electoral College vote this Jan. 6 — Monday.

The congressional joint session to count electoral votes is expected to be much less eventful than the certification four years ago. On Jan. 6, 2021, a violent mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump tried to stop the count and overturn the results of an election that he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. This time, Trump is returning to office.....

Some of the newest lawmakers in Congress are making history. NBC10 political reporter Lauren Mayk has more from Washington D.C. 

Sarah McBride took a train from Wilmington, Delaware, to Washington, DC, on Thursday to begin her historic tenure as the first openly transgender person in U.S. Congress. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk shows us her journey. 

Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered flags at half-staff in honor of former President Jimmy Carter who died at the age of 100. See reactions from other local leaders to Carter’s death.

Trump allies, including Elon Musk, vigorously defended the program to other MAGA adherents this week.

A multiday firestorm has erupted over comments made by two incoming advisers to President-elect Donald Trump about H-1B temporary worker visas.

The President-elect’s priorities could run into the realities faced by agents focused on enforcement and removals: The number of people already on its lists eclipses the number of officers available to do the work.

First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland.

After Musk helped tank a bipartisan bill to fund the government, Trump told conservative activists that he hadn’t “ceded the presidency” to the tech billionaire.

Donald Trump is suggesting that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal.

Cherelle Parker reflected on her first year as Philadelphia’s mayor and looked ahead to next year in her State of the City address at Temple University on Friday.

If the government shuts down days before Christmas, holiday travel could be hit but holiday shipping spared.