Nikole Killion is a CBS News congressional correspondent based in Washington D.C., who has covered some of the biggest stories on Capitol Hill since 2021. Killion has also served a key role in CBS ...

Congress is wrapping up the year in the shadow of the longest government shutdown and with a growing reputation as the least productive in modern history. "Congress is in a coma. It has a pulse, but ...

Six members of Congress disclosed 11 stock transactions worth more than $1 million in 2025 — including trades of Nvidia, Microsoft and Broadcom — as bipartisan momentum grows to ban lawmakers from ...

Congress is even less popular than it was before the shutdown, but experts don’t see plummeting approval as enough incentive for lawmakers to strike a deal and reopen the government. Gallup polling ...

To learn more about the CNBC CFO Council, visit cnbccouncils.com/cfo Calls for a ban on congressional stock ownership have grown in recent years, leading to a bill ...

One of the more remarkable moments in the history of our system of checks and balances came after the 2024 election. Despite President Donald Trump having been elected with less than a majority of the ...

There are no term limits for the United States Congress, and an analysis by the Get the Facts Data Team found that members of the 119th Congress have been in office for nearly two terms in the Senate ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has largely banned military officials – including the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force – from speaking with Congress unless they ...

I often complain that Congress has abdicated its duty to legislate and serve as the engine of our federal government. But what I want to write today is why. Why has this Congress been so willing to do ...

Congress has left the building. Lawmakers are home for the holidays with the memory of the longest ever government shutdown still fresh. This Congress is earning a reputation as the least productive ...

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