Americans are losing faith in Congress. According to recent polling from the Pew Research Center, just 17 percent of Americans trust the government to do what is right for the country — a near record ...

For a brief moment last week, Congress started to do something productive. The Senate, after weeks of bickering and fruitless negotiations, unanimously approved legislation to fund most of the ...

Two months ago, Democrats in Congress said they would not give immigration enforcement agencies another cent without reforms to limit the tactics of their officers. But 59 days into a record-long ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson have refused to support efforts to stop President Trump's efforts on the war in Iran. Reporter Over the past six weeks, ...

President Donald Trump's 108-minute State of the Union address on Feb. 24 was a largely unsurprising and uninspiring screed, but he did find a brief moment of consensus with Democrats in Congress, ...

The Constitution gives Congress alone the power to declare war, but modern presidents have asserted broad authority to use military force. Congress has done little to push back, including last week, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...