January brings several consequential dates for the U.S. Congress as Republicans consolidate power as a result of last ...

The median age of senators in the incoming 119th Congress will be 64 years old. In the House, the average age is 59. Most of our Supreme Court justices are past, or approaching, retirement age. Do ...

The case of Rep. Kay Granger, a retiring 81-year-old Republican, is stirring controversy over Congress’ trend of shielding ...

The 81-year-old congresswoman’s situation reanimated a debate about the health and mental acuity of aging elected officials, ...

A disgraced Seminole County tax collector is at the center of the House Ethics Committee's newly public report investigating former Rep. Matt Gaetz.

In Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, some members of Congress were equally frustrated by an FBI official who repeatedly told them the bureau had not yet identified an individual or group that may be ...

Traditionally set at 65, the full retirement age began rising after Congress passed a 1983 law to account for increasing life expectancy, according to the Social Security Administration.

According to a new report from the department’s inspector general, the Trump-era DOJ secretly obtained phone and text message logs of 43 congressional staffers and two members of Congress in ...

The House voted 281-140 on Wednesday to pass a bicameral ... the costs of gender dysphoria treatments for people under the age of 18. The controversy surrounds a one-sentence provision: “Medical ...

Mark Alford said the federal government needs to bring down costs, citing a rise in the retirement age as a possible solution ...

More than two dozen members of Congress have been the victims of sexually explicit deepfakes — and an overwhelming majority of those impacted are women, according to a new study that spotlights ...

Good morning! I’m Lauren Weber, a health accountability reporter focused on the forces behind medical misinformation. Today I’m diving into our coverage of the man most people know as Dr. Oz.