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Democratic Representative Lloyd Doggett on Tuesday became the first sitting Democratic member of Congress to call on President Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race. Biden's shaky performance during the debate with Trump has shaken Democratic support to its foundations, with members of the party at all levels entertaining…

Democrats shocked by Joe Biden's dismal debate performance urged the US president Tuesday to be transparent about his mental fitness as he faced the first call from his own side to drop out of the election.

‘Only on rare occasions in our Nation’s history has a sitting Chief Justice met with legislators,’ John Roberts writes

The chief justice wrote in a letter Thursday that he would have to "respectfully decline" a meeting with senators

Reaction from Donald Trump, President Joe Biden’s campaign and members of Congress came swiftly after the guilty verdicts against Trump.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. declined on Thursday a meeting requested by two Democratic senators about Supreme Court ethics issues.

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. told Congress on Wednesday he would not step aside from cases involving former President Donald Trump.

Senate Democrats seek meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts to discuss issue and seek Alito’s recusal on January 6 cases

Mr Alito is one of the justices who offered an opinion favouring Donald Trump’s immunity claims — and now his impartiality is being questioned after he flew flags used on Jan 6 at his own home