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

There was a first-day-of-school energy on Capitol Hill as members of Congress took their oaths and Speaker Mike Johnson ...

The Louisiana Republican was unanimously nominated as his party’s candidate for speaker. But resistance among right-wing ...

Biden on Thursday hailed the 235 judicial nominations that were confirmed by the Senate during his four years in office — the largest number of confirmations in a single term since Jimmy Carter was ...

President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 prisoners on the federal government’s death ...

US President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 of the 40 inmates on <a target=_blank href=http ...

leaving Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson at the last chance saloon as he huddled with aides to keep government agencies running. If the bill fails Senate scrutiny, non-essential government ...

The House of Representatives and the Senate needed to approve the legislation to ensure the government remained funded beyond midnight on Friday. The bill extends funding for the government until ...

The House on Friday passed a three-month government spending bill just hours before a government shutdown, but its fate in the Senate was uncertain as the deadline loomed. Republican House Speaker ...

The House passed a government spending bill Friday evening to avoid a government shutdown set to ensue at midnight, but now the clock is ticking for the Senate and President Joe Biden. The ...

The Senate sent the spending package to Biden's desk at 12:38 a.m. Saturday by a vote of 85 to 11, hours after the House voted 366 to 34 to approve it. The bill funds the government through March 14.