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Another funding bill. A debt limit extension. Major party-line bills on immigration and taxes. Nominations. Trump tried to push Congress to take the debt ceiling off his plate but failed.

A Delaware County woman is accused of trying to fraudulently register four people – including her dead father and a person who died inside her home — to vote in the 2024 presidential election.

What is the debt ceiling, also known as the debt limit, and how is it tied to government spending? And why would it be such a catastrophe for the U.S. to default on its debt? Here’s what to know.

In an interview, Biden weighed in on the issue, which has come under increasing scrutiny on Capitol Hill.

Electors gathered in state capitals around the country to take the next step in getting President-elect Donald Trump to become the 47th president of the United States. All the states electoral votes will be counted on Jan. 6, 2025. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has more.

People who receive income from public pensions may have their Social Security benefits reduced. The Senate may soon vote to eliminate those rules.

IRS leadership on Thursday announced that the agency has recovered $4.7 billion in back taxes and proceeds from a variety of crimes.

The president-elect suggested in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the former committee’s members should be jailed.

Senator Bob Casey made his final visit to Philadelphia after he lost his bid for reelection. He is closing out his third term in the senate after losing his seat to Republican Dave McCormick. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk spoke with Casey about the potential for another run.

President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to deport undocumented immigrants on day one of his administration. This rhetoric has caused panic among immigrant communities. Experts speak on what Trump is promising versus what he can actually do. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle has more.

President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law is widely viewed as a candidate to fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat.

In the latest episode of Battleground Politics, Senator-elect Andy Kim speaks with Lauren Mayk about taking the new office as a Democrat with his party about to lose control of the Senate.

New Jersey Senator-elect Andy Kim was elected to fill the Senate seat formerly held by Bob Menendez who resigned after being convicted on federal corruption charges earlier in the year. Kim will fill the remainder of Mendendez’s term and then start his own six-year term in January....

In the latest episode of Battleground Politics, Senator-elect Kim speaks with Lauren Mayk about...

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has been arrested on federal public corruption charges, officials said Friday.

New Jersey gets a new Senator on Monday, Congressman and Senator-elect Andy Kim is set to be sworn in. Kim will be filling in for the rest of the term of the current Senator, Bob Menendez who resigned after his conviction. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk spoke to Kim and has what he had to say.

A hearing on Capitol Hill over the assassination attempt on President-elect Donald Trump broke into a shouting match between the acting Secret Service director and a lawmaker from Texas. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has an update.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised that his new administration will launch deportations of people in the country illegally. There are a lot of questions about what that would look like, who would be affected, and how it would be implemented. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk spoke with a local sheriff about that.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, on Friday raised concerns about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda for the Department of Health and Human Services.

Former representative Matt Gaetz says he will withdraw from consideration to be president-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general. The path for Gaetz was mired by a series of allegations of sexual misconduct. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the details. 

Dr. Mehmet Oz hosted a long-running television show before pivoting to politics.