President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding
February 03, 2026
Two Utah Republican Congress members are asking a federal court to block new U.S. House districts that could help Democrats win a Salt Lake City seat
February 03, 2026
Wes Moore confronts the limits of his own power in a clash with Maryland Democrats
February 01, 2026
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority
January 31, 2026
Hill Democrats – and even some Republicans – plot an exit for Noem
January 28, 2026
Anti-tax advocates are pushing to eliminate property taxes for homeowners
January 28, 2026
Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a man in Minnesota
January 25, 2026
CNN poll: Democrats are deeply motivated for the midterms despite having dismal views of party leaders
January 18, 2026
Abigail Spanberger has become Virginia's first female governor after centuries of men holding the state's top office
January 17, 2026
President Donald Trump has announced the outlines of a health care plan he wants Congress to take up
January 15, 2026
A new poll shows most Americans believe President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries
January 14, 2026
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he expects President Donald Trump to interfere with the midterm elections
January 14, 2026
The Democratic National Committee plans to spend millions of dollars to consolidate voter registration efforts, traditionally handled by nonprofits and individual campaigns
January 13, 2026
Elizabeth Warren says Democrats need to ‘read the room’ on the economy
January 12, 2026
Federal agents are carrying out immigration arrests in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman
January 11, 2026
Members of Congress are considering the possible consequences for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and even Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after an ICE officer shot Renee Good to death in Minnesota
January 10, 2026
Newsom contrasts California ‘blueprint’ with Trump’s ‘carnival of chaos’ in final state of state address
January 08, 2026
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro launches his reelection bid with bigger plans in mind
January 08, 2026
Officials in about one-third of the states have considered revising their U.S. House districts since President Donald Trump called for mid-decade redistricting
January 07, 2026
On the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, there is no official event to memorialize what happened
January 06, 2026
Even after Maduro’s capture, Democrats try to keep their focus on affordability
January 06, 2026
Hasan Piker wants to stream less in 2026
December 21, 2025
Lawler and three other House Republicans bucked their party to join with Democrats and force a vote on a three-year extension of Obamacare subsidies.
December 17, 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
Skyrocketing ACA premiums force enrollees to make tough decisions
November 09, 2025
Democrats celebrated Indiana Republicans refusing to redistrict. They’re still moving ahead with their own push
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
A divided GOP forges ahead on health care message — without plan to address spiking premiums
December 11, 2025
House Republicans in key battleground districts are working to contain the political fallout expected when thousands of their constituents face higher bills for health insurance coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act
December 08, 2025
Rep. Darrell Issa tells the Associated Press he isn’t moving to Texas to run for Congress
December 05, 2025
A special congressional election in Tennessee this week highlights the power and consequences of partisan gerrymandering
December 04, 2025
Photos and video from Epstein’s private island released by House Democrats
December 03, 2025
Republican Matt Van Epps will win the special US House election for Tennessee’s 7th District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, preventing an upset but emboldening Democrats as they were on track to over-perform in a normally deep-red district.
December 03, 2025
Republicans in Indiana's House of Representatives have introduced a new congressional map that could net the GOP two more U.S. House seats, sweeping all nine of the state's seats
December 01, 2025
Federal judges have allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map designed to give Republicans an additional U.S. House seat
November 26, 2025
Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a social media video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders” say the FBI has contacted them to begin scheduling interviews, signaling a possible inquiry into the matter
November 25, 2025
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is standing by his past criticisms that President Donald Trump acted like a despot and a fascist
November 23, 2025
These Democrats helped flip the House in Trump’s first term. They’re coming back to try to do it again
November 23, 2025
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia says she is resigning from Congress in January
November 21, 2025
When President Donald Trump began an extraordinary campaign this summer pressuring Republican lawmakers to redraw state congressional maps, starting with Texas, some Democrats
November 20, 2025
Ro Khanna explains how he helped engineer the vote that ‘ripped MAGA apart’
November 19, 2025
President Donald Trump is finding that redistricting his way to a GOP House majority in next year's midterms is a lot harder than it sounds
November 19, 2025
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November 16, 2025
Republicans scramble for health care plan, as Democrats eye midterm battle
November 14, 2025
The House is moving toward a vote on releasing files from the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein
November 13, 2025
Democrats appear more fired up than Republicans about voting in next year's congressional elections following the party's victories in recent state and local
November 13, 2025
The longest government shutdown in history has come to an end, with almost no one happy with the final result
November 12, 2025
The White House accused Democrats in the House of Representatives of releasing emails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday to smear President Donald Trump.
November 12, 2025
Former Rep. Elaine Luria mounts a comeback for her old Virginia seat
November 12, 2025
Housing market trends favor home shoppers, but Iran war clouds the outlook for mortgage rates
Death toll from Afghan quake rises, including 8 members of refugee family returned from Iran
Can Kennedy lineage and hype over 'Love Story' help send JFK's grandson to Congress?
European ministers call for profit caps on energy companies as Iran war drives price surge
Ye attempts a comeback with sold-out LA-area concert, support from Lauryn Hill
US sprinters Richardson and Coleman advance to the Stawell Gift semifinals in Australia