Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to endorse Jack Schlossberg in his run for a hotly contested US House seat, according to a source familiar with the matter.

As of Feb. 2, 2026, there are three active vacancies in the 119th Congress, which spans from Jan. 3, 2025, to Jan. 3, 2027. Due to the active vacancies, Republicans have a 53-47 majority in the U.S. Senate and a 218-214 majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. [1]

Read what candidates in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate think about the top issues of the day.

In the fight for control of the US Senate, the majority may come down to which factor carries more weight: the map or the environment.

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed two of President Donald Trump's latest nominees to serve as federal judges, including a former law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and a lawyer who challenged the participation of transgender athletes in collegiate women's sports.

Georgia Republican U.S. House member Barry Loudermilk, who has been active in efforts to discredit Democratic-led investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, announced Wednesday that he won't seek reelection this year.

President Trump froze a program to allow Afghans who had worked with American troops to come to the United States. Now Congress has quietly scrapped the visas, leaving little hope of reviving them.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. House lawmakers said they plan to introduce legislation to address a series of safety recommendations after a January 2025 mid-air collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and Army helicopter killed 67.

Move will hit Michigan, Illinois, New York and other states with highest levels of lead drinking water pipes the hardest