The former special counsel, who led the Russia investigation during President Trump’s first term, has had difficulty speaking in recent months and will not be able to comply with a request that he testify before Congress.

The annual spending battle will dominate the September agenda, along with a possible effort by Senate Republicans to change their chamber’s rules to thwart Democratic stalling tactics on nominations.

Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics. Republican states enjoy killing their prisoners, and with Donald Trump in the White House, they’ve been even more eager to end human life, a Daily Kos analysis finds. On Thursday, Florida killed Curtis Windom, a 59-year-old Black…

A judge has ruled that Georgia's Fulton County must pay $10,000 daily until it appoints two Republican nominees to its election board