But he has less authority over Republicans in Congress, who have a pivotal role in advancing his agenda. The Senate, for instance, must approve his choices for more than 1,000 jobs, including all ...

After details of a new ceasefire-for-hostages deal was announced on Thursday, and with both sides seemingly trying to make last-minute improvements, it is imperative that the new Congress wield ...

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The 119th session of Congress is officially in full swing and members have already gotten to work on their lengthy to-do list. This session will last until 2027 and is predicted to have a jam ...

Congress is ready to put up a fight. Republican and Democratic lawmakers, who control NASA’s purse strings, want Americans to return to the lunar surface in 2027 — and they’re not willing to ...

Thousands of protesters shouting “No to Nazis” gathered in the German town of Riesa, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party held a key convention approving co-leader Alice ...

The opening day of a new Congress is usually electric — noisy, celebratory and hopeful. Constituents pack the galleries to watch their hometown heroes being sworn-in for the first time.

The portfolios of dozens of members of Congress from both major parties outperformed the benchmark S&P 500 in 2024, according to the annual analysis of the politicians' stock portfolios by Unusual ...

GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia posed with House Speaker Mike Johnson for a photograph to mark the start of the next Congress and left with a guarantee that his investigation into the January ...

The decision by House Republicans to bring up the legislation, known as the Laken Riley Act, as the first bill of the new Congress highlights the central priority of the issue for the party.

A new Congress is officially in session as Republicans take control of both the House and Senate ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to Washington. Now that Speaker Mike Johnson has ...

Unauthorized immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes could be be deported. The House voted at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act, passing the bill as its first piece of legislation of the ...