Category: Congress

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday he had spoken with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, following the 34-year-old's electoral win in the Senate leader’s hometown. Schumer repeatedly...

Speaker Mike Johnson connected House Republicans’ fate in next year's midterms to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, just hours after GOP candidates took an election night drubbing from Democrats...

It’s officially the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, and about a dozen Democrats are itching to find a way out. But after Democrats’ sweeping victories Tuesday night, their...

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) chided Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) on Tuesday for her confrontation with airport security, after the House member claimed she was treated unfairly by agents at...

About a dozen Democratic senators now believe it's time to reopen the government. But getting to a resolution could take days.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley is seriously considering jumping into the race for the Massachusetts Senate seat currently held by fellow Democrat Ed Markey and has been checking in with allies...

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) announced Tuesday he will not run for governor in 2026. Speaking from the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Padilla said it was “with a full heart”...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries praised a bipartisan group of House lawmakers who presented a health care compromise proposal Monday for working "in good faith" toward an extension of...

Any possible extension of soon-to-expire Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies will need to get 60 votes, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday as rank-and-file lawmakers close in on...

The Senate rejected the House-passed funding patch Tuesday afternoon for the 14th time, as Congress is poised to beat the record later in the day for the longest government...