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As the Senate tries to navigate its final business before the midterms, Republicans are facing another question — who will steer the ship once they’re done?

Congressional Democratic leaders filed a lawsuit Thursday aiming to prevent the Trump administration from following through on statements that they are considering sending armed federal agents to polling places in November.

Senate Environment and Public Works ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said Thursday that the process of papering, selling and voting on a potential deal to take up legislation overhauling the federal permitting system will likely push considerati…

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walked slowly Thursday into the White House Rose Garden to review U.S. military troops, a stride that matched the pace of talks on pressing issues and highlighted underlying tensions between the two…

Republicans are returning to a familiar 2024 playbook in the final weeks before the midterms, stoking fears about transgender people in sports, schools and beyond.

Senate Democrats are using Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s high-profile state visit to Washington this week to press Republicans for votes on export control legislation restricting Beijing’s access to advanced chips used in artificial intelligence technology.

The Capitol press corps reclaimed their title at the Congressional Women’s Softball Game on Wednesday night, securing a 22-16 victory for the Bad News Babes.

Senate negotiators expressed optimism over negotiations on legislation to overhaul the federal environmental permitting system, even as text remains elusive in what could be the final week in session before the midterm elections.

Senators of both parties expressed alarm Wednesday about the use of artificial intelligence-powered surveillance cameras and automated license plate readers.

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Amid industry and government calls for a pause on the most advanced artificial intelligence development, leading progressives are drawing a line in the sand on one type of AI.

Current and former lawmakers gathered to celebrate the 90th birthday of former Sen.

The White House is scrapping plans for an executive order that would give the Trump administration more control over grantmaking at the National Institutes of Health, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

A diesel export ban is gaining steam as a possible lever the White House can pull, without the need for congressional action, to help contain skyrocketing prices that are causing economic shock waves and becoming a midterm campaign headache for Republican…

At least one Senate Republican is calling for an investigation of wedding after-party celebrations for President Donald Trump’s eldest son, which were financed by a Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin.

A group of visitors walks past the Capitol on Tuesday as light rain falls throughout the Washington area.

GOLIAD, Texas — Standing on a stage draped with patriotic bunting in this red pocket of the Lone Star State, Bobby Pulido prodded the audience of several hundred to look past the “D” next to his name.

ANALYSIS — Another week and another batch of races have shifted toward Democrats in the latest ratings by Inside Elections.

The White House is working with Senate leadership to get health care fraud legislation over the finish line before the end of the congressional session, Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday during an announcement about cracking down on health care fraud.

A federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday threw out rules restricting protesters from the steps of the U.S.

ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump’s unapologetic and chest-thumping address Tuesday before the U.N.

Among the thousands of victims of contaminated drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune was a woman with the ironic name of Mary Freshwater, who was raising her family at the North Carolina base in the 1970s, when toxins in the water were at their…

Key lawmakers are pushing back after reports revealed that the Trump administration is seeking even greater control over the National Institutes of Health grantmaking process.

House Budget Committee members laid out a case Monday for creating a fiscal commission to tackle the nation’s soaring debt at the panel’s first field hearing in three decades.

A federal appeals court on Monday reinstated a Republican-preferred congressional map for Missouri, setting up a likely third Supreme Court fight over the district lines for the “Show-me State.”

The price tag of the Iran war is $43 billion and counting, but Congress has yet to agree on a funding plan.

Vaughn Hillyard, a senior White House correspondent with MS NOW, is seen in a reflection while broadcasting from the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest on Monday.

More than a dozen organizations ranging from Americans for Prosperity to Public Citizen are urging lawmakers to change the law to remove the president from the process of appointing the head of the Government Accountability Office.

After dishing out more domestic discord this month, President Donald Trump this week will pivot hard to foreign affairs, putting his controversial artificial intelligence and Iran policies in the spotlight as the Senate looks to pass a college sports bill…

New York Republican Mike Lawler, one of the most vulnerable members of the House, picked up a notable endorsement Monday from retiring Democratic Rep.

The Senate returns Tuesday, and with the House already on recess until after the midterms, the big question might be: How long will senators stay in town?

House Financial Services Chairman French Hill, R-Ark., often calls for easing regulatory burdens on community banks.

Flock cameras are under new scrutiny in the Senate as a privacy backlash against the law enforcement technology grows.

Both chambers were back in full swing this week, kind of, before the House closed shop early, left town and won’t be back until after the midterms.

The Iran war has cost $43.6 billion as of this month, the highest official estimate to date, the Pentagon told Congress’ defense oversight panels this week.

The House made another brief appearance this week in Washington before heading home early until after the election.

Jason Dick and Nathan Gonzales dive into what they learned now that the 2026 congressional primary season is over, whether re-redistricting and midterm conventions will be the new norm, if we can trust polls and how, ultimately, it might still be the econ…

A ball snapped in a leather glove as the sun rose higher over Capitol Hill.

The last thing the Senate does before the midterms could be a bill on college athletics.

Senators from both parties emerged from a classified briefing with the Pentagon’s policy chief on Thursday morning expressing outrage at what they described as the official’s stonewalling.

High-profile legislation amounting to lawmakers’ first real stab at addressing voter anger over data centers stalled in the Senate on Thursday after securing overwhelming support in the House a day earlier.

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A bipartisan bill aimed at calming college athletics’ chaotic name, image and likeness era easily cleared a second procedural hurdle Thursday as several senators who opposed taking it up said they likely are out of trick plays and timeouts.

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Amid powerful economic headwinds, President Donald Trump rallied loyalists Wednesday in North Carolina, aiming to drive up the Republican vote in a key Senate race in which his chosen candidate has been trailing in the polls.

Surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier, seeking to be confirmed as the nation’s top health educator and spokesperson, on Wednesday declined to fully distance herself from the Trump administration’s changes to the childhood vaccine schedule when pressed by…

The House passed legislation Wednesday that would direct states to consider adopting federal standards for large-scale industrial power users, an attempt to address growing voter anger over the speed and scale of data center development.