Both the House and Senate have acted decisively to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The leader of the Indiana state Senate, a Republican, has said that his chamber will no longer meet in December as planned to vote on redistricting, citing lack of support from his members.
Now that the government shutdown is over, House and Senate Republicans say they'll negotiate with Democrats on whether to extend COVID-era tax credits that help tens of millions of Americans afford their health care premiums.
President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill that ends a record 43-day shutdown.
The deal cut by some Senate Democrats to reopen government has refueled the party’s tussle over strategy and identity just days after sweeping election victories had raised hopes that the left’s disparate factions were pulling in the same direction heading into the 2026 midterms.
The Senate has passed legislation to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end after a small group of Democrats struck a deal with Republicans.
The Trump administration’s legal efforts to fight having to fully fund food stamps for millions of vulnerable Americans is creating an opening for Democrats eager to use the longest government shutdown in U.S. history to paint the president as callous and out of touch.
Democrats are riding high after Election Day wins and some are capitalizing on the victory of New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani.
The Trump administration is indicating in court that it will only partially fund the federal food assistance program as the government shutdown reaches into a second month.
Donald Trump features prominently in state and local elections happening Tuesday, a year after he retook the White House.
Republicans and Democrats remained at a stalemate on the government shutdown over the weekend as it headed into its sixth week, with millions of Americans starting to lose food aid benefits and President Donald Trump pushing GOP leaders to change Senate rules to end it.
President Donald Trump has called for Republican states to redraw their U.S. House districts ahead of next year's elections.
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has rallied supporters with heavyweight support from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The Trump administration says it won't use a roughly $5 billion contingency fund to keep food aid flowing in November amid the government shutdown.
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, is pledging to embrace his Muslim identity amid growing attacks in the final days of the campaign.
If Zohran Mamdani wins New York City’s mayor’s race next month, he would become the city’s first Muslim mayor and its youngest in a century.
A man whose convictions for storming the U.S. Capitol were erased by President Donald Trump’s mass pardons has been arrested on a charge he threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Senate Republicans projected a unified front at the White House Rose Garden Tuesday, arriving at President Donald Trump’s invitation as they refuse to yield to Democratic demands for health care funds into the fourth week of the government shutdown.
As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, President Donald Trump is welcoming Senate Republicans for lunch at the White House.
Democrats are calling on President Donald Trump to get more involved with negotiations to end the government shutdown.
The Supreme Court has indicated a willingness to limit race-based districts under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
The government shutdown is entering a third week, and Democrats say they're not intimidated by President Donald Trump’s efforts to fire thousands of federal workers or by his threats of more firings to come.
Eleanor Holmes Norton has been an outspoken advocate for the District of Columbia during her 18 terms as the city's delegate in Congress.
House members' absence during the government shutdown is creating a political dilemma for Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and is testing his leadership.
Democrats are ramping up pressure on Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in the newest member of Congress.
President Donald Trump cracked the door slightly to negotiations with Democrats on the health care subsidies they’ve made central to the shutdown fight, then abruptly closed it Monday, leaving the two sides once again at a seemingly intractable impasse.
Washington lawmakers remain at a standstill over reopening the government, showing few signs of progress as President Donald Trump says layoffs are “taking place right now.”.
Halfway through Donald Trump’s inaugural White House meeting with congressional leadership, the red "Trump 2028" hats appeared on the president’s desk.
A new poll conducted just prior to the current government shutdown showed most Americans wanted Congress to extend tax credits that could expire at the end of the year.
President Donald Trump is now openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign.
Republican leaders have presented a united stance as they try to keep the government open and berate Democrats for demanding health care policy changes in exchange for their votes.
A week after her decisive win in an Arizona special election for the U.S. House, Democrat Adelita Grijalva has yet to take office.
The government shutdown has sparked intense political battles, with both parties blaming each other even as major job cuts — and major disruptions to iconic sites like the Liberty Bell and Pearl Harbor — have begun taking hold.
Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.
Democratic congressional leaders have left a White House meeting without a deal with President Donald Trump and Republicans to avoid a government shutdown.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Leader John Thune are digging in ahead of this week’s deadline to keep the government open, showing little evidence of budging even as both sides have agreed to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.
President Donald Trump plans to meet with the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Monday, one day before the deadline to fund the federal government or face a shutdown.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are “marching the country” into a government shutdown.
The Supreme Court has extended an order allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to keep frozen nearly $5 billion in foreign aid.
The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week.
Democratic leaders have accused President Donald Trump of throwing a tantrum and chickening out after he canceled a meeting with them ahead of a potential federal government shutdown.
President Donald Trump will meet with the Democratic leaders in Congress this week ahead of a looming risk of a federal government shutdown.
A possible federal shutdown is looming at month's end, and the Democratic leaders of Congress are demanding a meeting with President Donald Trump to negotiate.
The Senate rejected competing measures to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date.
The House declined late Wednesday to punish one of its own over commentary in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Republican leaders in the House and Senate are rejecting Democratic demands for health care subsidies in a bill to avoid a government shutdown.
In a story published Sept. 16, 2025, about the House voting on bills on the Washington criminal justice system, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a bill would replace the members of the Judicial Nomination Commission with presidential appointees.
There’s bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is willing to risk a government shutdown at the end of the month if Republicans don’t accept Democratic demands on health care.
SiriusXM is giving a national boost to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's podcast, announcing it will begin distributing it and host Beshear for a regular call-in show on the satellite radio network.
President Donald Trump announced that U.S. Space Command will be relocated from Colorado to Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary home.
Donald Trump’s vow to fire Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook is at the intersection of the Republican president’s efforts to consolidate power and purge diverse voices from the higher ranks of American leadership.
Democrats have struggled to find effective ways to oppose President Donald Trump, and even some Democratic voters describe the party as weak.
Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet at the U.S. Capitol can’t mask the partisan tensions that are brewing on government funding and President Donald Trump’s nominees.
President Donald Trump's name and image will never be forgotten should congressional Republicans have a say in the matter.
The White House is focusing on redistricting efforts beyond Texas to help Republicans maintain control of the U.S. House in 2026.
President Donald Trump is urging House members in competitive seats to stay put and not run in other races.
A House subcommittee has voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
House Republicans are trying to formulate a response to the Trump administration’s handling of records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case.
The National Urban League has declared a “state of emergency” over civil rights policies in response to the Trump administration.
Democrats are using a Louisiana town hall to preview one of their main strategies for attempting to retake the U.S. House next year, ripping into the health care changes in the just-passed Republican tax and spending bill.
House Republicans have lifted President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final passage.
House Republicans have propelled President Donald Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final congressional passage.
House Republicans strained through a day of starts and stops trying to advance President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts package.
The stunning success of Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, in the race for New York City mayor has exposed the fiery divisions plaguing the Democratic Party as it struggles to repair its brand.
President Donald Trump is in Europe for a two-day NATO summit laden with uncertainty over Iran’s response to U.S. airstrikes, the fate of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the future of U.S. troops based in NATO countries.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told ABC News on Monday morning that Iran was an “imminent threat” and President Donald Trump is the “first president with the guts to actually do something about it.”.
President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a military strike on Iran’s nuclear sites without fully consulting the U.S. Congress is layering a partisan approach onto a risky action.
The House has voted to cut about $9.4 billion in spending as President Donald Trump’s administration looks to follow through on work done by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk.
After long months when President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk appeared united in their chaotic mission to remake Washington, their relationship imploded this week.
Elon Musk has blasted President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and spending cuts as a “disgusting abomination."
Speaker Mike Johnson was rushing through the halls of the Capitol during the overnight House vote on President Donald Trump's big tax bill.
