Donald Trump won’t arrive back in the White House until January. But he’ll have fingerprints over every piece of the lame ...

House Republicans are planning to strategize with President-elect Trump on their path forward to funding the government past ...

A short-term extension passed earlier this year ends in December, that means Congress has to pass a spending bill or face a ...

Returning lawmakers will be choosing the leaders for the next Congress and finishing work on the remaining priorities of the ...

Congress returns to a changed Washington. Lawmakers are back in town this week for the start of what's called the “lame duck, ...

The US Senate's Democratic majority began a crusade on Tuesday to confirm as many new federal judges nominated by President ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reflected on last week’s bruising electoral defeats in which Republicans flipped four seats, giving them a 53-seat majority in the Senate, emphasizing Democ ...

I say it all the time, I’m dying to get back to do this. We will ultimately eliminate the federal Department of Education,” ...

In the weeks ahead, Congress faces another deadline, Dec. 20, to fund the federal government or risk a shutdown, and ...

to fund the federal government or risk a shutdown, and conservatives are redoubling their pressure on Johnson not to cave on ...

The once and future president is pushing Republicans to systematically abdicate the Senate’s constitutional role in vetting ...