Congress

Republican members of Congress have gone to great lengths to avoid public meetings with their constituents over their two-week Easter recess.

Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., signaled support for impeaching President Donald Trump during a town hall he hosted near Atlanta on Friday.

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said this week that he wants to hold congressional hearings on a debunked conspiracy theory about the Sept. 11 attacks.

Pope Francis was the only pontiff to participate in a joint session of Congress. Here’s a look at his impact on D.C. and his famous address to the U.S. government.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says that rental assistance for some 60,000 Americans fleeing homelessness or domestic violence will run out of money by the end of next year.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., suggested on X this weekend that journalists would write “less false stories” if violence were still used to handle disputes, NBC News reported.

One month after Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner’s death, Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has yet to call a special election to fill his seat.

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took to the Senate floor Monday evening, saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.”

The Senate minority leader responded to criticism from his party about his handling of a GOP government funding bill and accused Trump of triggering a constitutional crisis.

The attacks on the judiciary by Trump and his allies have increased in recent days, with calls to impeach a judge who ruled against his deportations.

A group of House Republicans has put forward legislation seeking to prevent Chinese students from studying in American schools, citing national security concerns.

Nine other members of the Democratic Caucus — a contingent of mostly swing-state and retiring senators — eventually joined Schumer in voting to advance the Republican funding proposal

Federal wildland firefighters secured a permanent pay raise Friday after years of waiting for Congress to answer their plea.

The Senate passed a six-month funding bill Friday to avert a government shutdown hours ahead of the midnight deadline, sending it to President Donald Trump to sign into law.

Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., died Thursday due to “complications of his cancer treatment,” his office announced in a statement.

Twenty states and the District of Columbia announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration Thursday over its mass firings at the Department of Education.

After meeting with his conference, the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said “Republicans do not have the votes” to advance the House-approved measure.

A House Foreign Affairs committee hearing ended abruptly Tuesday after the committee chair, Republican Rep. Keith Self of Texas, misgendered Democrat Rep. Sarah McBride of Delaware, who is transgender.

An existing power-sharing agreement reached last month will keep a Republican speaker in power in the state House.

A House hearing ended abruptly ended Tuesday after an exchange between a Republican and a Democratic committee member over the GOP chair’s misgendering Rep. Sarah McBride.