The Republican-led House has passed a bill that would rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America and direct federal agencies to update their documents and maps to incorporate the new name.

U.S. President Donald Trump said from the White House on Thursday that his government has reached a trade agreement with the United Kingdom.

As Republican leaders draft President Donald Trump’s big bill of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $1.5 trillion in spending cuts, dozens of more moderate Republicans from contested congressional districts have positioned themselves at the center of the negotiating table.

Congress is drafting President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security and deportation funds.

A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian Institution would be under review for whether they should remain on display at the institution.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said President Donald Trump’s 100 days in office have been an assault of Americans’ very way of life.

Congressman Gerry Connolly of Virginia is stepping down as the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee and won’t be seeking reelection next year.

Chris Van Hollen has emerged, for now, as a leading figure in the resistance to President Donald Trump.

House Republicans have narrowly approved their budget framework.

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that the special election to fill the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner's seat won’t be held until November.

Susan Crawford’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election victory over a conservative candidate backed by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk cements a liberal majority on the state’s top court for at least three more years.

Republican senators unveiled a budget proposal that’s central to President Donald Trump’s agenda of tax breaks, spending cuts and border security.

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

President Donald Trump is pushing the House of Representatives to pass a measure that would prevent immediate financial disaster for the District of Columbia.

Democrats with few electoral outlets for their outrage at President Donald Trump’s dramatic restructuring of the federal government are pouring millions of dollars into two special elections in Florida.

Total spending on Wisconsin’s pivotal Supreme Court race has reached more than $81 million, including more than $17 million by groups funded by Trump adviser Elon Musk.

Democratic lawmakers are courting online content creators, podcasters and celebrities in a bid to find new ways to boost their message to voters.

Democrats are confronting stark divisions within their party as leaders grapple with their losses in the 2024 election cycle and how to confront an emboldened Trump administration.

Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that consistently showed the limits of their new minority and culminated with a deeply personal rupture over how to best counter President Donald Trump.

The House has passed legislation to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September.

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers were attacked in Selma on March 7, 1965.

House Republicans have unveiled a 99-page spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30.

Elon Musk is telling Republican lawmakers that he's not to blame for the firings of thousands of federal workers as he pushes to downsize the government.

In the days leading to the censure, Green has doubled down on his actions saying on X, "Democrats will never abandon the fight to make sure every American has a safe, healthy, and financially secure life."

The House has voted to censure Al Green, a Democratic congressman from Texas, for disrupting President Donald Trump’s address to Congress earlier in the week.

Lindsey Boylan helped drive Andrew Cuomo from office in 2021 when the former aide came forward as the first woman to accuse the governor of sexual harassment.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is encouraging Republican lawmakers to skip town halls that have been rife with protesters.

President Donald Trump is heading to Capitol Hill this week to deliver a speech to Congress.

Democrats filled Republican town halls during the congressional break to protest President Donald Trump’s power grab in Washington.

House Republicans have muscled their budget blueprint to passage, with a push from President Donald Trump.

Key federal agencies such as the FBI, State Department and Pentagon have instructed their employees not to comply with Elon Musk’s latest demand that they explain what they accomplished last week or risk losing their job.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is in a state of legal and political purgatory.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is meeting with key political leaders as she contemplates removing Mayor Eric Adams from office after his administration has been thrown into disarray following the Justice Department’s decision to drop his corruption case so he could assist with President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, jeopardizing health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program.

President Donald Trump's billionaire top lieutenant, Elon Musk, is the focus for thousands of Democratic activists launching a massive protest campaign this week.

Elon Musk has promised transparency as President Donald Trump's leader in making the federal government more efficient.

Talks on a spending bill for the current budget year have bogged down in the wake of President Donald Trump’s efforts to slash federal spending and its workforce.

After fours years of criticizing budget deficits under Joe Biden, Republicans now have a math problem of their own.

President Donald Trump boasted about his first week in office as he rallied House Republicans to advance tax cuts, border security and other conservative priorities.

The Democratic Party has so far been splintered in responding to President Donald Trump’s push against illegal immigration.

Some U.S. House Republicans in California are breaking with Speaker Mike Johnson over his suggestion that federal disaster aid be coupled with as-yet unspecified conditions on the wildfire-ravaged state.

Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has appointed Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas as the new chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.

Congress has certified Donald Trump as the 2024 presidential election winner without challenge.

Inside the Capitol, reminders of the violence from the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, are increasingly hard to find.

The 119th Congress is convening for the first time and House Speaker Mike Johnson has narrowly been reelected to his post.

Republican Mike Johnson has narrowly won reelection to the House speakership on a dramatic first-ballot vote, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts in a tense standoff.

Mike Johnson is fighting for his political life, again.

One of the most turbulent sessions of Congress in the modern era is about to make way for the next one.

The Senate has rushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown.

The House has passed a measure that authorizes a 1% increase in spending this fiscal year and a double-digit pay raise for about half of the enlisted service members in the military.

Republicans swept to power on Election Day and now control the House, the Senate and the White House, with plans for an ambitious 100-day agenda come January.

House Leader Hakeem Jeffries won reelection Tuesday as the Democratic leader.

After winning a special election to finish her late mother’s term in Congress, Erica Lee Carter, the daughter of Sheila Jackson Lee, will take the oath of office in Washington D.C. on Tuesday.

House Republican leaders are projecting confidence that they will keep control of the U.S. House.

The majority in the U.S. House hangs in balance.

Republicans have taken the Senate majority and are fighting to keep control of the House.

The races for control of Congress are at a stalemate.

Hakeem Jeffries has said this election is about the economy, and stopping Project 2025 and MAGA extremes.

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries crisscrossed Southern California over the weekend as his party works to wrest control of the U.S. House from Republicans.

One year since House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was booted from office after Congress voted to fund the federal government, the new House Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself courting, but so far avoiding, a similar fate.

Lawmakers are scrambling to ensure that the U.S. Secret Service has enough money and resources to keep the nation’s presidential candidates safe amid repeated threats of violence.

The hidden figures of the space race have been recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is rejecting a proposal Speaker Mike Johnson has put forward that links continued government funding for six months with a measure to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

While a high-profile primary challenge in Missouri highlights a divide among Democrats, Republicans running for office in the state are showing just how united they are — at least when it comes to their loyalty to former President Donald Trump.

Reflections on the late Congresswoman from Houston's lie will also come from her children as well as local and national leaders.

Republican Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania will lead a House task force charged with investigating the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

Insiders who were close to Joe Biden's struggles are describing a president who was dogged in his determination to keep his candidacy alive — but ultimately not in denial about the odds.

The Congressional Black Caucus has become a bedrock of support for President Joe Biden as he faces calls from congressional Democrats to stand down as the party's presidential nominee in November.

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has a one-word answer on whether President Joe Biden is a liability for the most vulnerable House Democrats seeking reelection.

The uproar over President Joe Biden's ability to win reelection is leaving Democrats at a standstill.

President Joe Biden is standing firm against calls for him to drop his reelection candidacy and calling for an end to the intraparty drama that has torn apart Democrats since his dismal debate performance.

President Joe Biden is vowing to keep running for reelection as he rejects pressure from within his Democratic Party to withdraw after a disastrous debate performance raised questions about his readiness.

Congressional leaders have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address a the U.S. Capitol.

Hardline Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has tried and failed to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Without wielding the gavel or holding a formal job laid out in the Constitution, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries might very well be the most powerful person in Congress right now.

House Democrats will vote to save Speaker Mike Johnson’s job should some Republican lawmakers seek to remove him from the position, avoiding a repeat of when eight Republicans joined with Democrats to oust his predecessor, former Rep. Kevin McCarthy.

The House has pushed a $95 billion national security aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies closer to passage.

Some Democrats are entertaining the prospect of helping House Speaker Mike Johnson save his job should Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia force a vote seeking his ouster.

House congressional leaders are toiling on a delicate, bipartisan push towards weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as several other national security policies.

Lawmakers have introduced a $1.2 trillion spending package that sets the stage for avoiding a partial government shutdown for several key federal agencies this weekend.

President Joe Biden and congressional leaders have reached an agreement on this fiscal year’s final set of spending bills.

Hakeem Jeffries’ Black Baptist upbringing has shaped his role as House minority leader.

Congressional leaders emerged from an “intense” Oval Office meeting with President Joe Biden speaking optimistically about the prospects for avoiding a partial government shutdown beginning this weekend.

President Joe Biden will convene the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the emergency aid package for Ukraine and Israel, as well as avoiding a government shutdown next month.

Large numbers of Americans believe the founders intended the U.S. to be a Christian nation.

House Republicans will move forward with a $17.6 billion package to provide military aid to Israel and replenish U.S. weapons.

The Justice Department is looking into allegations Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri misused government funds for her personal security.

A bill to create a bipartisan commission that would tackle the nation’s soaring debt and make policy recommendations to Congress has won approval from a House committee.

Mourners had gathered in Dallas to remember a longtime Texas congresswoman.

“Without an Eddie Bernice Johnson, there would be no Vice President [Kamala] Harris,” Pastor Michael Waters said at the Monday wake.

George Santos is gone from the House, but his name is certain to pop up in key congressional races across New York next year.

Police and protesters have clashed outside Democratic National Committee headquarters during a demonstration for a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas.

The House has voted overwhelmingly to prevent a government shutdown.

President Joe Biden has met with new House Speaker Mike Johnson at the White House.

Rep. Jim Jordan has failed to win the vote to become House speaker on a crucial second ballot.

Reps. Jake Ellzey, Kay Granger and Tony Gonzales joined 17 other House Republicans to block the Ohio Republican from the gavel.

Rep. Jim Jordan is facing strong opposition to his speakership bid as 20 fellow Republicans voted against him on a first ballot.

Republicans have rejected congressman Jim Jordan for House speaker on the first ballot.

Republican Steve Scalise has ended his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes to win the gavel.