Todd Blanche speaking at the Capitol last month.

Representative Max Miller of Ohio categorically denied the accusations against him in a roughly 20-minute livestream that he had previewed as a “special announcement.”

A delivery in Wilmington, N.C., this month. Heat is linked to hundreds of workplace deaths each year, but labor groups say the true toll is unknown because heat-related illnesses are not properly tracked or reported.

Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, at the Capitol this week.

Todd Blanche, according to current and former officials, understands that coping with President Trump’s demands, rages and U-turns is the price to pay for rising in his orbit.

Senate Republicans are muscling through legislation to provide more than $70 billion by employing a special budget exemption that was never intended to be used this way.

Voters in Independence, Ky., on Tuesday.

Concern had increased over the mysterious absence of Representative Thomas Kean Jr. from Washington and from his New Jersey district, where he faces a competitive race for re-election.

An aerial view of the construction site for President Trump’s planned ballroom.

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida proposed a redraw of the state’s congressional districts that could result in as many as four new Republican seats.

President Trump has a long history of publicly clashing with the pope. He spent years tangling with Pope Francis over his immigration policies.

Representative Tony Gonzales during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing in Washington in February.

Kamala Harris, former vice president and the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, spoke at the National Action Network Convention in New York on Friday.

James Blair, a deputy chief of staff, is taking over President Trump’s outside political operation and its $300 million-plus budget, Mr. Trump announced on Friday.