Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon’s resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the ...

"Country" Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s, died Sunday at 84. He wrote hundreds of songs, from psychedelic jams to soul-influenced rockers, and released dozens of albums.

After initially saying he would wait for a House Ethics inquiry to conclude, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he had asked ...

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Democratic governor of Minnesota says administration’s federal withholding of $259m ‘has nothing to do with fraud’ ...

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is facing rising calls to resign over racy text messages he sent to an aide who later committed suicide. Several Republican women and other colleagues called on the ...

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A Republican congressman from Texas is being urged to resign by some members of his own party after he allegedly had an affair with a staffer who died by suicide after lighting herself on fire. Rep.

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) said Tuesday that he has no plans to resign despite scattered but growing calls from fellow House Republicans for him to drop his reelection bid or leave Congress ...

WASHINGTON—Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas faced calls from Republican colleagues to drop his re-election bid over an alleged affair with a staff member, after new text messages of a sexual nature ...

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) received his first call to resign on Monday from a fellow House Republican after evidence emerged that he sent explicit late-night text messages to a staffer who died by ...