The two lawmakers have gained support from conservatives and liberals alike partly by promising to fight for Congress to determine how to spend an ever-bigger share of Brazil’s federal budget ...

While the bill has now been passed out of Congress, there are hurdles ahead for its implementation. The Laken Riley Act will require a ramp-up period and a boost in funding, Immigration and ...

If Congress fails to extend the debt ceiling, the U.S. could face a financial crisis and economic recession. The government exceeded its borrowing limit on Donald Trump's second day in office ...

President Trump is threatening to use his powers to adjourn Congress so he can make recess appointments for at least some of his top Cabinet nominees and their deputies, enabling them to begin ...

As President Donald Trump boldly defies the will of Congress by issuing executive orders freezing billions of dollars in federal cash that lawmakers have approved in recent years, Senate ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene at the inauguration of President Trump at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025. Photo: KENNY HOLSTON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.

Just over a quarter (26%) of voting members in the U.S. Congress identify as a race or ethnicity other than non-Hispanic White, making the 119th Congress the most racially and ethnically diverse to ...

By Robert Jimison Reporting from the Capitol A small contingent of Republicans in Congress on Tuesday criticized President Donald Trump’s pardons of more than 1,500 people charged for their ...

TikTok’s shutdown today — however brief — marks a historic moment in Washington’s governance of the tech industry, an overwhelming bipartisan deal to shut down a popular app over national ...

including Congress Hall. "It's terrible," said Melanie Osburn, of Jacksonville, Florida. Osburn and her siblings stopped at Parkway Central Library on Vine Street for the first time on Friday to ...

This new push for remote voting, led by a conservative Republican, reflects a younger generation of members of Congress eager to modernize the institution — as well as the intense pressure on ...