Author: Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY

Ron DeSantis standing up to Donald Trump’s taunts, Biden’s first veto and free-speech advocates opposing the TikTok ban framed this week in politics.

This week the Biden administration resisted calling help for Silicon Valley Bank a bailout as it looks to also ban the Chinese-owned app TikTok.

This week underscored how much the 2024 presidential race is warming up with former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

After midterm elections a record number of Black statehouse speakers are ‘changing the face of leadership’ for the Democratic Party, officials say.

The South Carolina lawmaker’s call for a ‘new American sunrise’ could be the long-awaited alternative to Trumpism in 2024, but skeptics remain.

The former vice president said ‘fiscal discipline’ must be a priority in the coming decades, which includes a long-term debate on entitlement reform.

Democrat Jennifer McClellan broke a barrier against a pro-Trump Republican as Virginia’s first Black women in Congress.

The GOP leader survived one of the longest speaker races in U.S. history by winning over foes in what marks a turbulent start to the 118th Congress.