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 ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are announcing a task force “to make Congress a safer work ...

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 ...

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who had been one of the top candidates running for California governor, announced his resignation from Congress as he faces sexual misconduct allegations. Rep. Eric ...

Congress was late to adopt workplace laws that protect private sector employees. How has that shaped its culture? NPR speaks with Rutgers professor James R. Jones, author of "The Last Plantation." 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 ...

WASHINGTON – When members of Congress are still voting at 2:30 in the morning, it's usually a sign there's a problem on Capitol Hill. That fact was all too clear last week as Republican Speaker Mike ...

Congress will vote this week on whether to approve President Donald Trump's already in motion war on Iran, in what experts are calling a "tipping point" for the unique congressional power to declare ...

Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, not the president. But most modern presidents and their legal counsel have asserted that Article 2 of the Constitution ...