The House has rejected a pair of resolutions that would put a check on President Donald Trump’s power to use military force against drug cartels and the nation of Venezuela
December 17, 2025
The Senate has given final passage to an annual military policy bill that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs
December 17, 2025
Congress races against the clock to avert skyrocketing health care costs for millions
December 14, 2025
Brian Jack is a first-term Republican congressman from Georgia, but he's become a key figure in the Oval Office
December 14, 2025
Ryan Crosswell, a former federal prosecutor, is running for Congress after resigning when the Trump administration dropped corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams
December 12, 2025
In a resounding rejection of a pressure campaign from the White House, Indiana Republican Senators voted down a new congressional map created to give the GOP an advantage in the upcoming 2026 election
December 11, 2025
Senators from both parties are pushing to change a defense bill after crash investigators and victims' families warned it could undo key safety reforms
December 11, 2025
The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year
December 11, 2025
A divided GOP forges ahead on health care message — without plan to address spiking premiums
December 11, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene defiant since announcing resignation after falling-out with Trump
December 08, 2025
Big 12 Commission Brett Yormark says legislation currently stalled in Congress is needed to regulate college athletics and put a stop to what he essentially calls uncapped spending for name, image and likeness in football
December 06, 2025
Members of Congress now know that the U.S. military fired upon two people clinging to the wreckage of a boat allegedly carrying drugs — and they want answers
December 05, 2025
Rep. Darrell Issa tells the Associated Press he isn’t moving to Texas to run for Congress
December 05, 2025
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers
December 05, 2025
House Republicans plans to vote on a bill regulating college sports has been scrapped due to divisions within their caucus
December 04, 2025
President Donald Trump has long praised tariffs as key to increasing wealth in the United States, idealizing Gilded Age policies that preceded the implementation of a modern federal income tax
December 03, 2025
Speaker Johnson’s narrow majority gets a bit more breathing room with new GOP congressman
January 02, 2025
Stefanik says her provision is back in key defense bill after taking spat with Johnson public
December 03, 2025
The White House and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee have each lent support for a bill designed to regulate college sports that has been criticized by opponents as a giveaway to the NCAA and its most powerful schools
December 02, 2025
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Dec 2 - The U.S.
December 02, 2025
Hopes for an extension of health care subsidies are dwindling in Congress
December 02, 2025
The founders’ vision of the speaker of the House – a nonpartisan moderator and referee – has yielded to a far more powerful position. But has Speaker Mike Johnson given away his chamber’s power?
December 01, 2025
President Donald Trump and top Republicans are making a last-ditch push to prevent embarrassment in a hotly contested Tennessee special election for Congress
December 01, 2025
The FBI has requested interviews with six Democratic members of the U.S.
November 25, 2025
Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as new archbishop of New York
World shares are mixed after AI worries drag Wall Street tech stocks lower
Turning Point youth conference begins in Phoenix without founder Charlie Kirk
Arab female directors drive change at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah
Belgium demands ironclad guarantees of protection as EU leaders weigh a massive loan for Ukraine
FACT FOCUS: Trump's glowing account of progress is at odds with his government's own stats
Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died