Friday marks the start of the 119th United States Congress as new members are scheduled to be sworn in on Capitol Hill. As ...

Dozens of new lawmakers were sworn in, and Mike Johnson retained his position as House speaker Friday as Congress convened.

An Arizona death row prisoner has asked the state’s highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday to the House speakership on a first ballot, ...

In a Town Hall discussion on the controversial Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP), lawmakers, energy experts, and policy makers spoke about the variou ...

Donald Trump must be sentenced on Jan. 10 in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving hush money paid ...

Veteran Reps. Pete Aguilar (D-Redlands) and Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) hold the positions of Democratic Caucus chair and vice ...

New York state Assemblyman D. Billy Jones says he will not seek the Democratic nomination for the 21st District Congressional ...

The Pew Research Center published a breakdown of religious affiliations for the members of the new Congress, which convened ...

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who has railed for weeks against Johnson, cast his vote for Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn. And Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., voted for Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ...

Most of the U.S. holds its major primary and general elections in even-numbered years, but there are a handful of places where competitive congressional, state and local-level contests will be ...

Democratic lawmakers reacted to Rep. Mike Johnson being re-elected as speaker of the House of Representatives for the 119th Congress on Friday.