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While House Republicans hustled to use their new majority to launch inquiries, Democrats hammered the differences between the Mar-a-Lago sea...

Porter has now gotten her campaign launch out ahead of other Democrats who are likely to vie for the seat should it open, including Californ...

But they aren’t in agreement over who should get the largely ceremonial post.

If approved, the shipment would add to the number of armored infantry vehicles being sent to the front lines by multiple countries.

Sequester chatter reemerges as Republicans debate Pentagon cuts.

As House Republicans face their first legislative test after selecting a speaker, there's concern within the conference that they still have...

The department is shifting its approach as new technology hits the battlefield.

Some Democrats say the United States needs to kick out the former Brazilian president.

Making his first trip to the southern border as president, Biden was greeted by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who has sparred with the administrat...

U.S.-Mexico border tension looms over trade, environment and other issues on the table for Biden, AMLO and Trudeau.

But one House Republican said he's not sure Kevin McCarthy will make it through the full two years as speaker.

The California Republican rose rapidly in Congress, but his climb to the speakership was particularly steep — and took its toll.

The Californian finally seemed set to achieve his goal after a dramatic series of pressure campaigns played out live on the House floor.

The victory marks the pinnacle of the California Republican’s time in Congress since he arrived in 2007.

This week’s meltdown in the House has current and former lawmakers diagnosing Republican maladies.

GOP House members in Indiana and Montana are going opposite ways on the speaker race ahead of potential Senate primaries.

The House is submerged in a different breed of gridlock two years to the day after a violent riot shook the Capitol.

After Jan. 6, numerous corporations said their PACs would stop or pause contributions to those who objected to the election results. It didn...

Jan. 6 panel members released mountains of evidence that painted a detailed picture of their GOP colleagues — just as they're taking the Hou...

A handful have begun to engage in preliminary conversations with the GOP about how to end the standoff. But most are determined to let Repub...

"Build your hedge of protection against those who would take advantage of our discord for their own gain," the chaplain said.

The legislative expectations for the current Congress were already low. The House GOP’s speaker fight has sent them plummeting further.

He caved to most of his opponents' demands, but McCarthy's most ardent detractors still appear dug in.

From literal popcorn-popping to infant-changing to smartphone games, lawmakers vented, fretted and killed time as Kevin McCarthy flailed.

Can the speaker be elected without a majority? What was the longest speaker fight in history? How often do lawmakers have to vote?