Seven years ago last month, President Donald Trump remarked that he had “an Article 2 where I have the right to do whatever I want as president.” This statement was widely mocked during his first term ...

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) doesn’t think 100 is too old to serve in Congress, as we reported last week. Despite twice being duped by Russian comedians and regularly making little sense, the 87-year ...

A Vietnam-era law says Congress must sign off on the Iran war after the conflict hits the 60-day mark. The only problem: Lawmakers can’t agree when that deadline actually hits. And now they’ve left ...

Fourteen state legislatures have passed a resolution asking for something Congress could, in theory, hand them for free: term limits on its own members. They aren't asking Congress to pass a law. They ...

The House voted 214-212 Tuesday to approve a $70 billion funding package for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection that President Donald Trump had initially said should ...

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The Supreme Court’s ruling to limit a key part of the landmark Voting Rights Act this week adds a new bend to the winding history of Black representation in Congress, fueling fear from civil rights ...

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