The Constitution provides that during a session of Congress neither house may "adjourn for more than three days." Last week, accordingly, both houses went through the motion of meeting a ...

Several members of Congress were seen wearing little, round, green pins with the number 118 at the bottom. These appear to be pins representing the 118th Congress, which began on January 3, 2023.

Sen.-elect Adam Schiff (D-CA) will resign from the House of Representatives early and be sworn in as California’s junior senator next Monday. Schiff alerted the House on Friday that he would be ...

The House erupted into applause when the House announced former Rep. Matt Gaetz would officially be stepping down from his Florida seat and would no longer be a member of the 119th Congress.

Texas Rep. Al Green was censured on March 6 for interrupting President Donald Trump's congressional address. Here's what that means.

GOP Congressman George Santos is under scrutiny for flashing a white power symbol on the floor of the House of Representatives last Thursday.

The House has passed H.R. 1286 - Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act. This bill was introduced by Representative Robert Bresnahan.

Library of Congress Popular & Applied Graphic Art Curator Sara Duke discussed the historical symbolism of the White House in political cartoons. This was part of a day-long symposium on the White ...

The election will not only decide who will occupy the White House for the next four years, but also which party controls both House and the Senate.

Context The U.S. Constitution does not stipulate that the speaker of the House must be a member of the body, though traditionally a sitting member has always held that position.

After learning the U.S. doesn't officially recognize the bald eagle as its national bird, a Minnesota man swooped in and wrote a bill for Congress. This week, Biden signed it into law.