Alger Hiss, accused of Communist espionage, takes an oath during hearings before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He denied Whittaker Chambers' accusation that he was a Communist, Getty ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government shutdown appeared all but inevitable as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dug in Thursday, vowing he will not take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal ...

AMONG Senator McCarthy’s complaints about the select committee is that “it became the Communist Party’s involuntary agent.” ...

McCarthyism hearkens back to a dark time in American history. The term has entered political nomenclature to describe ...

Now is a good time — a very important time — for Americans to remember the saga of “Tail Gunner Joe.” Only Joe was never a tail gunner who flew numerous combat missions in World War II — he was a desk ...

In a September news release, U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Hays County, announced that he has asked U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republican leaders in the House to form a select committee to ...

WASHINGTON -- Former Minnesota Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, whose insurgent campaign toppled a sitting president in 1968 and forced the Democratic Party to take seriously his message against the Vietnam ...

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has expressed skepticism over the Senate confirmation of President-elect Trump’s nominee for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.). What Happened: ...